One last comment, and I'll stop :) You can play around with the gamma setting using a program called xgamma. This can be done interactively without any side effects (at least so far as I can tell.)
The simplest commandline is: % xgamma <gamma> where <gamma> is a number like 0.5 or 1.8. On Tuesday 26 March 2002 06:43 am, Krishna Tateneni wrote: > Best explanation I've found so far... > http://www.vtiscan.com/~rwb/gamma.html > > Some more information on brightness in general... > http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~harrison/P202/PDF/05-perception-of-brightne >ss-4up.pdf (there's probably something better out there.) > > --krishna > > On Monday 25 March 2002 09:04 am, Ely, Gerald (USPC.PCT.Hopewell) > > wrote: > > I stumbled on references to gamma but have not made the > > connection you found. Gamma is supposed to be some kind of > > 'general' rating of monitors relative to how exact they > > reproduce colors. In theory, by calibrating you monitor with > > the correct gamma setting, you should be reproducing colors > > optimally. Different monitors calibrated to their gamma setting > > should produce 'identical' color results. My acer monitor at > > home is a 2.5. Hope this helps. > > Jerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Krishna Tateneni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:24 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Misc: XFree86 config tip > > > > > > Maybe I'm the last dope on the planet to find out about this > > really nifty setting in the XFree86 config file, but just in > > case, I thought I'd share: > > > > In the "Monitor" section, you can put a line like: > > Gamma <number> > > where the default is 1.0. I tried 0.5, and all of a sudden, > > my laptop display panel looks a whole lot better! It feels > > like the contrast has been turned down, and the colors seem > > more vibrant than before. > > > > --krishna > > > > p.s. I'm going to be out of town on Apr 2, which I believe > > is our next scheduled meeting. May seems like it's too far > > away, I wish we could meet sometime in between :)
