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#Cs gamma control mac

Wikipedia has a good explanation of how Simultaneous Contrast works. The Simultaneous Contrast Effect and How it Relates to Gamma Settings

It’s due to the Simultaneous Contrast Effect of human perception.

#Cs gamma control mac

In fact, the differences in the standard gamma settings used by Mac and Windows versus the standard gamma settings for television or cinema are all based on overall brightness levels in the room! Most discussions of setting gamma start with the display you’re using or your final delivery – but that misses the point of Rule #1: When mastering / color correcting your images, you set your gamma based on your viewing environment. And when it comes to setting gamma for color correction, what’s the rule for setting gamma? 1st Rule of Setting Gamma: It’s Based on Your Viewing Environment For example, you’re set for broadcast but delivery is for the Internet.Įach viewing environment has a different recommended gamma setting.

Scenario 2: Your color correction / mastering environment does NOT match the delivery / viewing environment.

For example, your mastering environment is set for broadcast and you’re delivering for broadcast.

Scenario 1: Your color correction / mastering environment matches the delivery / viewing environment.

Why a can of worms? Because you have to consider not one but two different scenarios for setting your gamma: It’s a great question – but opens a can of worms when it relates to setting your gamma on your reference display and the various options in DaVinci Resolve. What color & gamma settings should I use in FCPX & Resolve when it’s going either to the internet or onto DVD’s? We recently had a question come in about a common source of confusion:

Tutorials / Gamma 2.2 vs Gamma 2.4 – How, Why and When (in DaVinci Resolve)? How do you set up DaVinci Resolve for different Gamma settings (and why)?