After a few talks with some other people, i started to realize that my monitor brightness is a lot darker than it should be. I became aware of this when people started telling me my werewolf render looked washed out, which i didn't see due to my dark monitor. I made a thread earlier about that, which was resolved thanks to you guys and Bagginsbill =) I'm using a CRT which i prefer when it comes to gaming, and even with the brightness/contrast at 100%, it's still darker than most of my friends LCD monitors. My brothers LCD monitor also seems to have a higher gamma. This becomes a problem since what i'm seeing on my renders is not what other people are seeing when i post it up, and when i brighten it up, it might end up being too bright on other people's monitors. I tried the calibration stuff, but it actually told me to lower my brightness by 10%, which only makes the problem worse.

My graphics card comes with settings to increase the brightness/gamma/contrast even more, but i need to see how much more and find a middle ground. So what i did was compile some of my renders, and need your guys help to determine if they're too bright, too white, etc. This is gonna be like a mini-eye exam =P

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Picture A: Does his face look dark orange, orange, tan, light tan, or is it too bright? Does it look good?

Which is better: Picture B or Picture C?

Picture C: Is it too dark or is there too much contrast?

Picture D: Is he dark red, red, lighter red, or is there too much white in his skin?

Picture E: Is there too much white, or is there a "dull gray" that looks like too much gamma? Or does it look fine?

Picture F: Again, is there too much white and gray, or does it look fine?

Picture G: Is it too dark or is there too much contrast in here?

Which is better: Picture F or Picture G?

One the forum background, is it pure black, dark gray, gray, or light gray on your monitor?

 

Another thing i noticed, is in some renders, when you turn up the brightness or gamma, they still look good, while in other renders, they tend to get very white/gamma washed out. Does anyone know why this is?