freemarlie opened this issue on Aug 26, 2010 · 39 posts
bagginsbill posted Sat, 28 August 2010 at 7:17 AM
Quote - No comments anymore and from now on I'll try to stay out a thread your posting in, unless I was there already.
As for monitors being gamma corrected or not..... all I know is that standard newer macs apply a gamma correction of 1.4 and that my video card gives me the option to apply GC as well. And yes..... I do have a monitor upstairs that has GC settings as well. You may not agree with that, but that's the way it is.....
You're confusing gamma adjustment with gamma correction.
You can adjust the gamma, but that doesn't mean your system becomse linear.
And the current standard for Macs is system gamma = 2.2. "System Gamma" means something different than gamma correction.
The 1.4 is where you have a partial gamma correction, leaving you with a system gamma of 1.8. If that's how you're configured, then to see images accurately, you still have to gamma correct them.
I never said it had to be 2.2, except when your system gamma is 2.2
All PC monitor system gamma is 2.2
Some Mac monitor system gamma is 1.8, but most modern ones are 2.2.
And all digital images on the web are encoded in sRGB format for accurate display on a monitor with a system gamma of 2.2.
If you do not convert an image to encode for a system gamma of 2.2, then you are not producing an accurate image.
These are facts.
Some people dismiss these and claim that I am intolerant of opinions.
It's not an opinion I argue with. I argue with FALLACY. There's a big difference. Don't pretend there is no difference between a differing opinion or a fallacy. A fallacy is when a statement is made that contradicts known facts.
If you believe the things I say come from me, and not from factual academic sources, and you have not actually checked this belief by reading those academic sources, then you're adding to the problem.
Either read and learn or stay out.
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