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Gamma? - 12-04-2007, 04:11 PM


Should a macintosh be calibrated to 2.2 gamma or 1.8 gamma. or does it matter?

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I have mine (both Mac and PC's) set at 2.2.

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Ditto mine. With color managed apps it doesn't matter. With non-color managed apps, most displays are set up for about 2.2 so it makes more sense (to me) to use that.

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