Render Wash Out

[votequimby]

hey everyone i have a big annoying rendering problem. i render (w/mental ray) in max, it looks good in the rendered window, but then when i save and i open it in any other problem or print it becomes completely washed out and light. wtf.

 

i had a file a while ago that had a different gamma lut then my system default but i dont think i changed any system settings, and i have checked and restored the lut to 1 and the gammas to 2.2.

 

so anyone have any ideas? it basically just changed over night a month ago. its killing me in fly throughs, and night renderings are impossible

[aaronrumple]

It's a gamma issue. What is the file format and your gamma settings?

[votequimby]

i create both tiffs and jpegs as output. the gammas are both 2.2

 

thats the default right? ive never had this issue until a month ago

[Logitek]

Hi Tim,

 

Why is there a Gamma 0.5 written on the top of you window (left thumbnail)? Check the Max gamma setting in your preferences.

 

If not that, we'll dig deeper :-)