[Digikam-users] Gamma on Linux

[Bartek Pietrasiak]

You wan't to correct the signal in order to make the display be 2.2. Read:
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/113936

2010/2/3 Leonardo Giordani <giordani.leonardo at gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to understand the gamma tuning of Linux: I always read on
> Internet that we aim at gamma 2.2, but if I set Gamma 2.2 through
> xgamma, I get a way too bright monitor, I cannot even see black. The
> best value (without real calibration) is 1.0 (xgamma -gamma 1.0).
>
> I'm a bit puzzled by this: what is the nominal gamma of my monitor (a
> Samsung SyncMaster, so a very common one)? If it is 2.2 why shall I
> set it to 1.0?
>
> Any help or suggestion?
> Thanks in advance
>
> Leonardo
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