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  Re: Lonely sunflower  
From: Larry Hudson
Date: 28 Mar 2008 00:01:14
Message: <47ec7b9a@news.povray.org>
Alain wrote:
> Larry Hudson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/03/26 21:22:
> 
>> Warp wrote:
>>
>>> Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>
>>>> The first one was rendered in 3.7 Beta with media and radiosity. 
>>>> here's the same file with 3.6
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   I think you had different gamma settings. (3.7 uses different default
>>> gamma for some reason.)
>>
>>
>> I'm getting a strange effect with these images apparently due to the 
>> gamma settings.  In Thunderbird the first image looks very pale and 
>> washed out and the second one is much darker -- contrast is still 
>> rather low, but definitely _much_ darker.  However, when I save them 
>> and look at them with a separate graphics viewer (GQview or the GIMP 
>> in Linux) they both look the same.
>>
>> Very puzzling...     :-/
>>
>>      -=- Larry -=-
> 
> Switching between the two versions, I can see:
> The noise generatior is different. The brick wall is more interesting in 
> yhe 3.7 version.
> The lighting under the overhanging parts is different.
> 
Yes, I see those differences too, but I was just commenting on the 
difference in the brightness/contrast that I was seeing in Thunderbird 
vs separate graphics viewers.  But you're right, I should have been more 
specific.

      -=- Larry -=-


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