在計算機圖形學領域時常聽到gamma correction ，gamma correction 控制了圖像整體的亮度，reproduce colors也需要gamma correction的一些理論知識，gamma correction不僅僅是控制了圖像的亮度，而且還控制了RGB各個分量的比例，我們知道渲染器是線性的，而顯示器并非線性，其實電子打在屏幕上從而產生亮點，電子的運動受電壓控制，這兩者是指數關系的，所以產生的亮度也跟電壓成指數關系，而發送給顯示器的voltages范圍是0~1：

對于我們輸入的圖像，如果直接顯示，那么就會篇暗，根據已知電壓與顯示亮度的關系，進行gamma correction ，其實就是對gamma曲線的修正。一般生產廠家不加說明，他們的伽碼值大約等于2.5.

代碼：

   gammaCorrection = 1 / gamma
   colour = GetPixelColour(x, y)
   newRed   = 255 * (Red(colour)   / 255) ^ gammaCorrection
   newGreen = 255 * (Green(colour) / 255) ^ gammaCorrection
   newBlue  = 255 * (Blue(colour)  / 255) ^ gammaCorrection
   PutPixelColour(x, y) = RGB(newRed, newGreen, newBlue)

知道monitor不是一個線性的，那么我們在進行顏色加法時，我們得到的顏色并不是真正的顏色值的相加，比如gamma factor是2.2

red = add (r1, r2);

red= add (0.235,0.156);

對于一個線性設備，red = 0.391,對于未經修正的montior red=0.126;

因為有一個冪函數的運算：C_out = C_in^2.2

現在使用gamma correction :C_corrected= C_out^1.0/2.2

0.391^2.2 = 0.126

0.126^1.0/2.2 = 0.39

我們看到使用伽碼校正以后我們能得到我們預想的顏色值0.39.

There are two ways to do gamma correction:

• Using the renderer. The renderer (the graphics card or GPU) is a linear device. Modern renderers have the support of gamma correction via sRGB textures and framebuffer formats. See the following OpenGL extensions for more details: GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB and GL_EXT_texture_sRGB. With these extensions you can get gamma corrected values for free but gamma correction factor is set to 2.2. You can’t change it.
• Using a software gamma correction. The gamma correction is applied to the final scene buffer thanks to apixel shader and you can set the gamma correction you want.

In OpenGL, using GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB is really simple: once your FBO is bound, just enable the sRGB space with

glEnable(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_SRGB);

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