Kari Kivisalo wrote:
> 
> "Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> >
> > Kari Kivisalo wrote:
> >
> > >  sRGB gamma=2.2, primaries=HDTV, white point=6500K
> >
> > Talk about "stifling innovation!"
> 
> Don't turn blue yet. This is supposed to be the average
> internet (PC) monitor. The white point and primaries
> don't matter as much as the gamma and correctly adjusted monitor
> (http://hammer.prohosting.com/~kkivisal/adjust.gif)
> 
> I just wanted to point out that you don't go to an art gallery
> wearing sunglasses and then complain to the artist: "It's too dark!" :)

Right, which is why you should set your gamma to 1.8. Oh sure, there are
people out there who do graphic work with things that aren't Macs, but
they don't count. ;)

Greg has a point, though.. requiring everyone on the world to adhere to
a specific set of monitor settings when there was no computing-wide
standard to begin with is a bit, hmm.. arrogant? Monolithic? (Especially
when PC graphics are so nasty anyway.) Apple had an easier and more
compatible idea in ColorSync; unfortunately, it didn't catch on nearly
as well as they'd hoped.

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