Max renders saving with odd colours

Skillmister

Got a problem where what i am rendering in Max isn't how my images are being saved. If i copy it to photoshop and then save it comes out as shown in the render window.
There are no render effects set up or anything like that its just a basic scanline render. I did have a brightness/contrast render effect set up on another file but that is a completely different save file and was on a different version of max aswell (2011, this is on 2012)

Any idea whats going on here? :poly142:

Will Faucher

I've always had issues with Windows Photo viewer. Open the new saved picture in photoshop, I'm pretty sure there won't be a problem. Heck, try it in paint.

Entity

Probably a gamma issue. I'm not a Max user anymore so I don't know the particulars, but it looks like max is displaying your renders at a lower gamma (1.8?) then the output (maybe 2.2)

Skillmister

Nope, nothing to do with photo viewer. The difference is clear just in the windows explorer folder and in any program. It's like Max is saving images with the contrast altered but for no reason.

edit: how do i check/alter the gamma?

AlecMoody

What format are you saving your images in?

Skillmister

This is my gamma settings


Images are saved as jpeg but it happens with png also just tested.

I enabled gamma correction and that looks to have sorted it. Well everything renders as it saves at least.

Thanks for the help all

Entity

No problem, typically you would want to set it to 1.8 if you're working on game assets. 2.2 is good if you want light to behave correctly (good for architectural renders or anything requiring photorealism)