Screen gamma and PNG files

[MisterX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Gaskin
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 17:55
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Screen gamma and PNG files
> 
> Chipp Walters wrote:
> > I've a stack called Screen Gamma at:
> > http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/runrev/tutorials.htm
> > 
> > It's a collection of some studies I did awhile ago on this 
> very subject. 
> 
> Great work on that gamma stack, Chipp.
> 
> Oddly enough though, I keep my Mac at PC gamma (2.2) but the 
> engine reports my screengamma as "1.7" -- any clue as to why 
> the engine would differ from what my OS X Display settings tell me?
> 
> And for those of us who might see the gamma difference as yet 
> another substantiation for the old light bulb joke*, why is 
> the Mac gamma different from all other OSes?
> 
> 
> * Q: How many Apple employees does it take to change a lightbulb?
> 
>    A: Three:  one engineer to build a better but slightly
>       non-standard light bulb, a second engineer to build a
>       better but slightly non-standard socket for it, and
>       a marketing exec to kill the program when it fails to
>       meet sales projections.
> 
> --
>   Richard Gaskin
>   Fourth World Media Corporation
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