POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : gamma handling discussion : Re: gamma handling discussion Server Time
27 Apr 2024 08:30:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: gamma handling discussion  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 4 Nov 2016 06:50:00
Message: <web.581c67c7d8b64c9e6546fe630@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> > >> http://koti.kapsi.fi/warp/media/pov37_test2.png
> > >> http://koti.kapsi.fi/warp/media/pov37_test4.png
>
> > As far as I'm concerned, the default ambient is just a place holder.
> > That said, on those occasions when I forgo radiosity, my ambient value
> > is usually greater than rgb 0.1, even though I use assumed_gamma 1.  The
> > scenes in which I use less than rgb 0.1 all have a very dark
> > environment.  This is to say that rgb 0.1 is a perfectly fine default,
> > and I would certainly not lower it.
>
> You honestly think that pov37_test4.png looks better than pov37_test2.png
> above?

I did not say that.  I said that the problem with pov37_test4.png is in the lack
of ambient inclusion, not the ambient light level.


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