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Re: Gamma Factor



on 11/22/02 15:08, ot at email@hidden wrote:

> If above is true. Ben, what makes you hope others would use QT MPEG-4's way of
> \ignoring\ users gamma settings?

    Well, there is a standard QuickTime way of doing it, which means Apple
could fix it to use ColorSync in the future, and then it'd be fixed for
everyone.

> Taking the responsiblity for monitor gamma besides the users settings appears
> a bit, eh,
> rough. REAL style, sotosay.

    Well, I'd say only 5% of users have ever changed their gamma settings.

> What about hoping for a user-side gamma setting in the QT player itself?

    Ugh.  That's like putting a hue control on a consumer television - users
are more likely to make things worse than better.

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