From 90b4923f4abef6d34a3abef3b416a364338ad67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklas Haas Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:51:25 +0100 Subject: manpage: Improve wording on icc-approx-gamma This version is clearer on its origin, prevalence and use case and offers some advice to the user. --- DOCS/man/en/vo.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS') diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/vo.rst b/DOCS/man/en/vo.rst index 9e74cc9f3d..c42ac35771 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/en/vo.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/en/vo.rst @@ -464,11 +464,11 @@ Available video output drivers are: ``icc-approx-gamma`` Approximate the actual BT.709 gamma function as a pure power curve of - 1.95. This is not quite correct, but it was historically used as a - faster version of the actual function, and seems to still be used by - many video editing programs and perhaps even studios. If you find your - videos displaying ever so slightly slightly brighter than you'd expect - them to, try enabling this option. + 1.95. A number of video editing programs and studios apparently use this + for mastering instead of the true curve. Most notably, anything in the + Apple ecosystem uses this approximation - including all programs + compatible with it. It's a sound idea to try enabling this flag first + when watching movies and shows to see if things look better that way. ``3dlut-size=xx`` Size of the 3D LUT generated from the ICC profile in each dimension. -- cgit v1.2.3