Re: [Devel] On GRAYS_USE_GAMMA

[Billy Biggs]

Matthijs Melchior (address@hidden):

> Well, I have read much more about gamma on the net, and I have
> reverted to not have X correct the gamma of my monitor any more.  Text
> looks very good now, and most picures are OK.

  So you're using xgamma -gamma 1.0 ?

> I had to increase the brightness of my monitor quite a bit, from 10 to
> 60 and decrease the contrast from 60 to 50 (both on a scale 0..100,
> whatever these numbers may mean...).  Black is not really black any
> more, it is just dark gray now.  I have not found a procedure to
> calibrate the settings of the monitor in a context where there is no
> gamma correction applied.  Any suggestions for that...? [I now just
> look at it and see if it pleases me....]

  I recommend Poynton:

  http://www.poynton.com/notes/brightness_and_contrast/index.html

  And no, you should not use GRAYS_USE_GAMMA, it is not a correct
solution.

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Billy Biggs
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