CompuServe Messages

You should always have your brightness and contrast controls set at their normal (centered) position when you adjust gamma values. It sounds like your Targa board is still doing gamma correction, if the outer box is always darker than the inner box. You can try running to the monitor via the NTSC signal instead of the S-video signal… that might give you a better idea of what's going on. Since you say that you're setting your display gamma to 1.8 and your samples are "much too dark", it sounds like you're either setting your brightness and/or contrast too low (off the center position) or that something's wrong with your monitor. Are you going out to videotape with this setup? If you aren't, you might want to try turning gamma off and seeing if that makes life easier for you.