Readers Lives

Staff · Issue 25, Jul/Aug 2005 · pp. 5–6

Products mentioned: PhotoShop 4, Gamma Version 2

Readers Lives Thomas Knoll gamma tool? With PhotoShop 4 came a great tool call Gamma Version 2. It is not a plug-in but a standalone application which allows you to adjust the Gamma of your monitor on the fly. It DOES NOT actually alter any images themselves that you are working on - it simply alters the whole screen appearance temporally. Unfortunately it only works under Mac OS9. I have searched the web to see if Thomas Knoll ever wrote one for OSX but have drawn a blank. Does anyone know if he did or if there is an alternative please? Note: I want only to adjust the screen itself temporarily, quickly and on the fly - I know how to do more permanent changes! The actual reason for doing this is to blow the gamma right out on an image just using the monitor. Then be able to work on the image in photoshop with the gamma still blown. Do any subtle changes that you cannot see on the screen …