Mac OS X v10.6: About gamma 2.2

 
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Mac OS X v10.6: About gamma 2.2

Gamma is a numerical value that describes the relationship between the varying levels of brightness or luminance that a monitor can display or a digital camera or camcorder can capture.To better serve the needs of consumers and digital content producers, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard uses a gamma value of 2.2 by default. In versions of Mac OS X prior to 10.6, the default system gamma value was 1.8. Using the capabilities of ColorSync, the gamma value of 2.2 is automatically applied and seamlessly transitions your display, images and videos to the new gamma value. If you are a graphic or video professional, read below for more information.

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pfsgamma(1)						      General Commands Manual						       pfsgamma(1)

NAME
pfsgamma - Apply gamma correction to color or gray-scale images SYNOPSIS
pfsgamma [--gamma <gamma> | --inverse-gamma <inv-gamma>] [--mul <multiplier>] DESCRIPTION
Use this command to gamma correct a stream of pfs images. Gamma correction is equivalent to raising value of R, G and B (or Y for gray- scale images) channels to 1/gamma power. More information on gamma correction can be found at: http://www.poynton.com/notes/colour_and_gamma/GammaFAQ.html This command can work on color images, in which case XYZ channels are transformed to RGB space, then they are gamma corrected before they are converted back to XYZ. For gray-scale images (only Y channel and XZ missing) gamma correction is applied only to Y channel. Data can be multiplied by an optional multiplier before gamma correction. Note: gamma correction will set the 'LUMINANCE' tag to 'DISPLAY' thus cancelling any sRGB correction when saving to LDR files (like PPM, TIFF). This will also cause a warning message when saving to HDR files, because the intensities after gamma correction are not linearly related to luminance any more. OPTIONS
--gamma <gamma>, -g <gamma> Perform gamma correction (input^(1/gamma)). This can be used to convert images from relative luminance or radiance to pixel values. Default value: 1.0 --inverse-gamma <inv-gamma>, -i <inv-gamma> Perform inverse gamma correction (input^(gamma)). This can be used to convert images from pixel values to relative radiance or lumi- nance. --mul <mul>, -m <mul> Multiply data by this value before gamma correction. Default value: 1 EXAMPLES
pfsin memorial.hdr | pfsgamma -g 1.8 -m 10 | pfsout memorial_gc.ppm Multiply memorial image by 10, gamma correct it and save to memorial_gc.ppm. SEE ALSO
pfsin(1) pfsout(1) pfsdisplayfunction(1) BUGS
Please report bugs and comments to the pfstools discussion group (http://groups.google.com/group/pfstools). pfsgamma(1)