I read the entire post about Gamma Correction and I'm a bit surprised at the stances that were taken on Gamma Correction.

I consider myself artist. Not because I do traditional art be it sketching or water painting. I don't consider myself an artist because I render in poser.  I consider myself an artist because I have taken an idea from my mind and have made a presentation of it.  I don't care if it looks photo realistic, I don't care if it looks fake, I don't care if it looks like a child did it.  How many times have people said that Picasso's work looks like something their child has done.  Did it make him less than an artist?  Does it make the child less than artist? No.

Regardless of if you use Gamma Correction or not, you have to first determine why you are rendering.  If you are rendering to produce realistic effects and lighting then you have to do the things that will help you accomplish it.  If you are rendering to produce work that stirs emotion in the human heart then realism is rarely what gets the job done.  Because it's not the realism that you are trying to capture but the emotion of it.

So before the battle lines are drawn just remember that we are trying to accomplish different things when we render.  Some of us express ourselves as more like Picasso and Salvador Dali, while other may prefer photo realism. When it comes to art there is no wrong way or right way to do it, unless you are trying to follow a certain style.  Other than that "the world is yours" so express and create what makes you feel good.