Re: Default colors vs. gamma

[Dennis Leeuw]

Alex Perez wrote:
> On 11 Oct 2004, Pascal Bourguignon wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > And for gamma-newbies around here like me, why should the gamma be 1.6
> > rather than 1.0?  Why shouldn't we keep 'absolute' values for colors
> > (gamma=1.0) everywhere?
>
>
> This is another point of contention I have with these 1.6 gamma zealots. 
> 1.6 is an arbitrary gamma value, and is not correct for every (quite 
> possibly even most) monitors, but "they" won't tell you that. They just 
> blindly tell everyone to set their gamma to 1.6, and the ignorant and 
> innocent newbies do it, often without question. Several of these 
> high-gamma advocates don't even understand what they're recommending to 
> people (this is of course my opinion and my opinion only).
>
> For a brief and easy-to-understand overview of Gamma, read
> http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm .

The different patterns on that page, in conjunction with:
http://www.linuks.mine.nu/displaycalibrator/
might be able to solve the problem at the source. No patches needed just 
a manual/helpviewer-doc to set you the right gamma. Might even be part 
of Preferences.

Step 1: Set date and time
Step 2: Set language
Step 3: Set gamma

Just an idea...

Dennis

 For a more in-depth
> explanation, see http://www.cgsd.com/papers/gamma.html
>
> I urge everyone here to administer themselves a very large amount of 
> sanity before making brash and ill-informed arguments about what someone 
> else's gamma SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be. 
>
> Cheers,
> Alex Perez
> "Your gamma is either set to 1.6, or you are with the terrorists!"
>
>
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