From the course: 3ds Max: UVW Mapping

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Gamma handling

Gamma handling

- Although the handling the both system and file Gamma options has, since 3ds Max 2014, become greatly simplified. There is still a very real chance, depending on how we have our own copy of 3ds Max set up, that we may encounter Gamma mis-match warning dialogues as we work with the provided scene files now for this course. The dialogue is simply Max's way of telling us that the Gamma settings saved in the scene file differ from the settings currently at work in 3ds Max itself. To make certain that what you see in the application as you work matches the visual presentation found in these videos, all you need to do is choose the "Adopt the File's Gamma and LUT Settings" option on each and every encounter with the dialogue, and all will be fine. If, by mistake, we do select the wrong option here, we don't need to worry, as switching Gamma options inside 3ds Max is a very simple and straightforward process. All we do, is come up to the "Customize" menu, select the "Preferences" option…

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