Gamma Baked into Jpeg for diffuse?

[Ben278]

Hi everybody.
I have a question about the old and never ending topic "gamma correction"!
I use 3ds Max 2016 and my gamma setting in 3ds max is 2,2.

Is it right that I need to take care that my texture for diffuse slot has gamma 1,0 applied in photoshop before using it in 3dsMax/Corona. So I need to save it in RGB for example

And Bump, Disp, Normal is saved in sRGB, is this right?

Thanks in advanced!

[maru]

Usually:
-you can load the diffuse texture just like that, without any gamma changes
-you should load bump (and other black and white maps) with gamma override set to 1 when loading the file
Why? There are some topics about this:
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=12932.msg83635#msg83635

[Ben278]

Hi maru.
Thanks.

But do I need to save my diffuse texture before in photoshop with gamma 1,0 applied to it?

I was reading alot about it, but I couldnt find it anywhere about what color/gamma profile should be embedded on my diffuse texture  saved on disk?

[Ben278]

Hey. I think I twisted gamma 1,0 and 2,2. ^^

[maru]

No need to touch gamma in Photoshop, unless you are using some exotic color management settings.

[Ondra]

You could work like this in theory, but it would be waaaay more complicated, inconvenient, and error prone compared to the ordinary workflow: save images as they are, use max 2014+ with default settings. That's it.

[Njen]

*If* you are using exr's, and using a program like Nuke, it is way more convenient and simpler to work linearly with a gamma of 1 on everything.

[Edit:]
I understand the title was specifically about jpg's, but if someone wanted to work with a gamma of 1, I thought I would mention it.