Quote - You not thinking of or considering GC doesn't invalidate GC, aeilkema. It merely means you never considered or thought to try something other than cranking up the lights when your materials appeared to render dark. Someone comes out with a suggestion (GC your materials), I try it. I publish my tests. Then, if multiple runs of those tests prove conclusive, I change my practice. When something even better comes out (corrected-sRGB) I try it. I run tests. etc etc

Now, I'm going to have a go at Esther's suggestion. Or do you consider that a bad idea too?

BTW, what have your tests shown?

This is so typical....... reading half a post and then making an assumption. I you would have read my post you would have known better. I've tested CG a lot and if you would have read my conclusion I stated it isn't a one stop miracle solution. Both Poser Pro versions have CG, I've years of experience with CG already, not a new kid on the block when it comes to that.

Btw.... you know what's most funny about your post...... CG your materials, now that's what Tone Mapping is for! From all my tests I've found that TM does a much better job on that, since it has been made for that purpose. If your materials tend to render dark, TM will do a great job fixing that problem, without affecting the rest of the scene. If your whole scene tends to be too dark then CG comes in handy.

I do run tests, of course I do, I wouldn't even participate if I didn't use the feature at all. All I saying is stop over using the feature, a lot of images are wasted by it, there's a lot more to a good scene then CG only.

Besides, running tests is never conclusive, you cannot use the same approach on every scene, different scenes need different approaches to get the best out of them.

While you suggest I'm set in my ways, sounds like you're the one that's really set in your ways once your test are conclusive.

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