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- From: lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: What is this Grayscaling Formula called ??
- Message-ID: <6801@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:05:05 GMT
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- Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
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- In article <1992Nov18.180859.25901@netcom.com> kudzu@netcom.com (Michael Sierchio) writes:
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- >In article <6760@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley) writes:
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- >>Remember you must first gamma correct the RGB values so the light
- >>levels are linear. Then try working around the following values
-
- >Bzzzt. You mean so that the log luminance is linear (or near linear).
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- No, I mean so that the light levels - the luminance - is linear. Not
- log linear. Linear linear. Bzzzt yourself ;-)
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- The transfer function from input voltage to output luminance of a
- monitor can be roughly modelled by a power law. The exponent of this
- law is called gamma. So a correction function is applied using the
- inverse of the gamma value, producing a luminance which is linear. In
- other words, producing the values that the input signal would have
- produced if the transfer function were linear.
-
-
- >>Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and Visualisation Training Project
- >
- >You could use some of that training yourself...
-
- I will let you figure out who needs the training most: the person that
- wrote the training materials, or the person he is patiently explaining
- basic concepts to ;-)
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-
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- Chris Lilley
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