From 5f8388285824b2b80ff9cd7a32bea379e180cf2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Lach <brianlach72@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:58:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] palettizer: don't respect srgb flag for alpha textures

---
 pandatool/src/palettizer/textureProperties.cxx | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandatool/src/palettizer/textureProperties.cxx b/pandatool/src/palettizer/textureProperties.cxx
index ced4dad771..bb670539b9 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/palettizer/textureProperties.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/palettizer/textureProperties.cxx
@@ -471,11 +471,16 @@ fully_define() {
   }
 
   // Respect the _srgb flag.  If this is set, it means the texture is in sRGB
-  // space and the format should be changed to reflect that.
+  // color space and the format should be changed to reflect that.
   if (_srgb) {
     switch (_num_channels) {
     case 1:
-      _format = EggTexture::F_sluminance;
+      // Don't respect sRGB for textures using the F_alpha format, which
+      // indicates that the image represents an alpha channel, not a color
+      // channel.
+      if (_format != EggTexture::F_alpha) {
+        _format = EggTexture::F_sluminance;
+      }
       break;
     case 2:
       _format = EggTexture::F_sluminance_alpha;