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Default Gamma setting changed

Apple said that it has changed the default gamma display setting to help both consumers and professionals. The Cupertino-based company made adjusted the default settings to be closer to those used by Windows PCs and televisions. According to the latest Snow Leopard release notes, the default gamma setting has been changed from 1.8 to 2.2 — which is recommended by many professionals — and that applications that override the deftault and assume a gamma 1.8 setting may have different onscreen and printed output than they did in previous releases of Mac OS X.

Although the 1.8 setting has been used as the default by Apple since its earliest monitors and laser printers, Apple already actually recommends on its website to re-calibrate monitors to the 2.2 setting for photographic work.

Chatter on the ‘Net: Snow Leopard and its support for FCP 6 may not be compatible as the rumors abound about a rewritten FCP in the work…

Source: MacNN & FCP-L

http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html

How will that affect editing older projects when the Gamma was 1.8?
Is this going to be a giant PITA?

Tell us what YOU think?

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