[Closed] ImgTag woes

I’m applying .PNG images to imgTags in maxscript and the images are being displayed too dark.
This is because max 2012 turns on gamma settings by default, and the imgTag takes that into account. (source).

Now, I’ve looked around for solutions and came across a few, none of which work for me.
I’ve referenced the help, which gives an example that is too verbose for me, and also doesn’t apply in the context of how I’m loading in images into imgTags. From the help:

 b = bitmap 320 240 gamma:displayGamma 
 render camera:c to:b
 

I’ve tried the fileInGamma trick, which doesn’t work as expected:

 fileIngamma = 1.0 --set the gamma 
 ImgTag headOneBtn bitmap:(openBitmap (url+"headOne.png")) pos:[0,0] width:17 height:6 
 fileIngamma = 2.2 --set the gamma back
 

Error in listener:
– Syntax error: at =, expected name
– In line: fileIngamma = 1

The syntax I’d prefer to use for imgTags would be like this:

  ImgTag myBtn bitmap:(openBitmap ("myImage.png")) pos:[10,10] width:50 height:50 [b]gamma:1.0[/b]
  

Is there any equivalent maxscript that would let me set the gamma for an imgTag as I create it?

Also – and this is a little bit off topic – in this blog Chris Johnson presents some C# code that modifies the file maxsdk\include\bitmap.h. Is it possible to update this file with Chris’ code, and then somehow compile that, so imgTags work as expected? I apologize if that is a fundamental question – I’m just getting my feet wet with the SDK and C#/C++.