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value before you start ma k ing adjustments in case

you need to restore it.

You can use these con trols to load an Autodesk

View LUT or adjust gamma numerically; choose

either option.

Autodesk View LUT —Click the Browse button

andthenusetheLoadLUTFiledialogtofindand

open a LUT file. Thereafter the LUT file name

appears in the text field to t he right of the button.

Note: 3ds Max does not support generation of LUT

files at this time, and no LUT files are included

w ith the software. To create a LUT file, use a

program such as Combustion.

Gamma—Adjusts the gamma display for 3ds Max.

The field increases or decreases the value (lightness

or darkness) of the solid gray center square. Adjust

the value until the center square is as close as

possibleinvaluetothesurroundingcheckered

square.

If you’re creating imagery that will be sent to

someone, turn on the Gamma options to assure

yourself that the image will look correct at the

destination site.

You can also display these gamma sett ings from

the Gamma button in the File Browser dialog, for

example, when you are rendering a scene to an

image file.

Materials and Colors group

By default, the Gamma setting affects the viewport

display, but not the color selectors or the Material

Editor. Use these switches to enable gamma

control of either or both of these.

Affect Color Selectors—When on, the Gamma

setting affects the display of colors on the standard

3dsMaxColorSelectordialog.Thishasnoimpact

on the Object Color dialog, however.

Affect Materia l Editor—When on, the Gamma

setting affects the display of colors on the Material

Editor dialog.

Bitmap Files g roup

Input Gamma—The system input gamma that the

software uses to process bitmaps if that bitmap

type doesn’t override the gamma with its ow n

gammavalue.InthecaseofTargafiles,thefile’s

inherent gamma will overr ide the s ystem input

gamma. You use the Input Gamma to invert the

gamma of bitmaps coming into 3ds Max (for

example, texture maps) so that when they are

processed by the renderer and re-output, the

bitmaps aren’t gamma corrected twice.

Tip: If you have gamma enabled when loading

texture maps, set your input gamma to the same

value as your display gamma, or your maps will

be too bright.

Outpu t G a mma —The system output gamma that

the s oftware uses to process bitmaps if that bitmap

type doesn’t override the gamma with its ow n

gamma value.

Viewpor t Pr efer ences

Customize m enu > Preferences > Preference Settings

dialog > Viewports tab

On the Viewports p a nel of the Preference Settings

dialog, you set options for viewport display and

behav ior.

YoucanalsosetthecurrentDisplayDriver.