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Re: How to set for Native gamma with Spyder3 Elite

2009-06-10 by Doug Kerr

Hi, David,

--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>
> Haven't tried it lately, so I can't make any guarantees, but thats the  
> theory.
> 
> There is no such thing as "native gamma", as the native tone response  
> curve will never be exactly a perfect gamma curve, nor will it be  
> identical in all channels. It would be less misleading to call it  
> something like "native tone response" or perhaps "native stock market  
> graph" as it may well look more like that then like a gamma curve.
> 
> To leave the gamma untouched means making no adjustments to the  
> videocard VLUTs. So these should be "null" in such an instance, though  
> there will still be a tag for them in the profile.
> 
> Such a method leaves the screen off color, and may bias the eye in  
> such a way that profiled images in colormanaged apps will not look  
> correct.

That all makes sense.

As an aside, I suspect that when the new Spyder3 software suites come out, I may upgrade from Pro to Elite.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Doug

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