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A recommended reading on the topic: the famous article by Eric Brasseur called "Gamma error in picture scaling.
– ulidtko
Commented Apr 9, 2013 at 8:51
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@ulidtko That's now a 404. Here's a copy on ther Web Archive.
– Cole Tobin
Commented May 3, 2017 at 17:43
So IE and MSPaint.exe apply gamma correct and Firefox/Chrome do not -- is that right?
– Zeek
Commented Jun 30, 2021 at 10:37
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@Zeek (Old) IE and Safari display the pixels as they are stored, ignoring the gamma information. Firefox and Chrome correct for the gamma value.
– gronostaj
Commented Jul 23, 2021 at 8:44

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