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oldClut = LoadIdentityClut(windowPtr [, loadOnNextFlip=0][, lutType=auto][, disableDithering=1])

Loads an identity clut on the window specified by windowPtr. If
loadOnNextFlip is set to 1, then the clut will be loaded on the next call
to Screen(‘Flip’). By default, the clut will be loaded immediately or on
the next vertical retrace, depending on OS and graphics card.
By default, this also tries to disable digital output dithering on supported
hardware, setting the optional flag ‘disableDithering’ to zero will
leave dithering alone.

If you use Linux and have low level hardware access enabled via a call
to PsychLinuxConfiguration during installation or later, or if you
use OS/X and have the PsychtoolboxKernelDriver loaded
(“help PsychtoolboxKernelDriver”) and the graphics card is a GPU of the
AMD Radeon X1000 series or later card, or a equivalent model of the FireGL
or FirePro series, then this routine will try to use special low-level setup
code for optimal identity mapping.
It will also disable digital display dithering if disableDithering == 1.
On Windows with AMD cards, digital display dithering will also get disabled
automatically. On other graphics cards, digital display dithering will not
be affected and needs to be manually controlled by you in some vendor specific way.

On other than AMD cards under Linux or OSX, the function will make
a best effort to upload a suitable clut, as follows:

This mechanism relies on heuristics to detect the exact type of LUT to
upload into your graphics card. These heuristics may go wrong, thanks to
the ever increasing amount of graphics hardware driver bugs in both
Windows and MacOS/X. For that reason you can also use the function
SaveIdentityClut() to manually specify either the type of LUT to use
(overriding the automatic choice), or to specify the complete LUT, or to
capture the current identity LUT of a display that works. That function
will store the override Clut in a per-user, per-GPU, per-Screen configuration
file. If LoadIdentityClut finds such a matching configuration file, it
will use the LUT specified there, instead of performing an automatic
selection.

The routine optionally returns the old clut in ‘oldClut’.

You can restore the old “original” LUT at any time by calling
RestoreCluts, or sca, but only until you call clear all! The original
LUT’s are backed up in a global variable for this to work.

If you use a Cambridge Research systems Bits+ or Bits# box or a VPixx Inc.
DataPixx, ViewPixx or ProPixx device, use the script BitsPlusIdentityClutTest
for advanced diagnostic and troubleshooting wrt. identity clut’s, display
dithering and other evils which could spoil your day for high bit depth
visual stimulus display.