Hmmm, how is "normal" defined? I would guess "something that most the
people do" comes quite close.
In this case: If "most" of the people use higher settings than "normal",
then probably those higher settings *are* normal? Maybe it is monitor/TV
manufacturers which set their machines to "unnaturally" low levels? ;)

Johannes.


"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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>
> Mike Weber wrote:
> >
> > I like looking at the images readers submit here... but what I find
in most
> > is that they are so dark and difficult to see.  Is it that most are
> > modelling and rendering by the glow of the CRT and I have a bright
room?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Most use the gamma excuse but I personaly think most computer users
> generaly have their brightness and contrast controls turned up too
> high. To compensate for this they use lower ambient and diffuse
> settings than would those who have their monitor controls set
properly.
>
>   A good example of this can also be seen in the way people adjust
> the controls on their TV's. I cannot even begin to remember the
> number of friends houses I have visited where they have the color
> adjustments over driven and the brightness and contrast controls
> set way to high for comfortable viewing levels. People in the
> TV and monitor repair business often complain of the same kind
> of consumer abuse and would actually prefer that there were no
> user settable controls on these types of equipment. If they can
> be abused they will be 9 out of 5 times by people that just don't
> know what they are doing.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing
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