Display gamma is an important factor in Web image viewing

Xuemei Zhang; Yingmei Lavin; D. Amnon Silverstein

doi:10.1117/12.429516

8 June 2001 Display gamma is an important factor in Web image viewing

Xuemei Zhang, Yingmei Lavin, D. Amnon Silverstein

Proceedings Volume 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429516
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We conducted a perceptual image preference experiment over the web to find our (1) if typical computer users have significant variations in their display gamma settings, and (2) if so, do the gamma settings have significant perceptual effect on the appearance of images in their web browsers. The digital image renderings used were found to have preferred tone characteristics from a previous lab- controlled experiment. They were rendered with 4 different gamma settings. The subjects were asked to view the images over the web, with their own computer equipment and web browsers. The subjects werewe asked to view the images over the web, with their own computer equipment and web browsers. The subjects made pair-wise subjective preference judgements on which rendering they liked bets for each image. Each subject's display gamma setting was estimated using a 'gamma estimator' tool, implemented as a Java applet. The results indicated that (1) the user's gamma settings, as estimated in the experiment, span a wide range from about 1.8 to about 3.0; (2) the subjects preferred images that werewe rendered with a 'correct' gamma value matching their display setting. Subjects disliked images rendered with a gamma value not matching their displays'. This indicates that display gamma estimation is a perceptually significant factor in web image optimization.

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Xuemei Zhang, Yingmei Lavin, and D. Amnon Silverstein "Display gamma is an important factor in Web image viewing", Proc. SPIE 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI, (8 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429516

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