Quote - I simply turn off gamma correction, which imo can make the image look flat, dull, washed out, and it kills highlights/shadows. GC can look nice if you take all the required steps as mentioned by other posters above, and set up the materials properly, but imo simply too much work for the results. If you're a photoshop person like me, just tick it off and apply it as needed in PS. Also if you're losing a bit of photorealism due to turning GC off, theres many softening techniques and hdr-toning that will really make your image pop out and realistic. It works for me since my images are 40% poser 60% photoshop. If you don't use photoshop, then IDL will give that realistic look, and most IDL sets i've seen actually require you to turn off GC.

 

There is no doubt for me that Gamma on and set to 2.2 is the way to go. As mentioned above, scene fixer will correct anything wrong in the materials. What I have found that with gamma off, reflection maps (especially), don't act as they should.

If IDL is being used, and it's using an HDRI, then the gamma for the HDRI should be set to 1.0 in the materials editor.

In fear of repeating myself though, Scene Fixer is a must have item. If your not going into the material room to set-up bump, displacement, reflection or trans-maps correctly, or using Scene Fixer, then the materials are not being shown as intended...period!

 

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