>> I'm sure I am doing something wrong. In order to get everything
>> looking good on
>> my monitor (CRT), I set the video card gamma to +1.0. If I set it
>> lower or
>> higher I CANNOT get things to look right by adjusting the brightness and
>> contrast settings. If I set my video card to gamma 2.2 it looks
>> absolutely
>> terrible.
>>
>
> While I agree totally with clipka remarks, I think perhaps your CRT is
> also to blame here... your issues remember me of my problems many years
> ago with a faulty Samsung monitor. I suspect this is why you see as
> "washed out" what others see as "correct", and also why others see as
> "too dark" what you see as "correct".
>
> Look for example at this old image of mine, which I created while using
> the flawed monitor:
>
> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/persiana/persiana.jpg
>
> Back then it looked fine to me: I was even able to see the plant on the
> corner! Now, with a properly calibrated monitor, I can barely see
> anything else than the sunlit parts and a little radiosity near them.
> How do you see it? ...do you see the plant on the corner?
>
>
Everything except the directly lit parts are black. I've rendered it 
myself some times ago and had to make some big changes in the lighting, 
finishes and radiosity settings to have it look correct.



Alain

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