diff --git a/src/export/IExporter.hpp b/src/export/IExporter.hpp
index ee5ef1d..24c53ca 100644
--- a/src/export/IExporter.hpp
+++ b/src/export/IExporter.hpp
@@ -24,21 +24,5 @@ class IExporter {
 
         return 0;
     }
-
-
-    static void rgb_normalized_to_8bits(const RGBColor& color, uint8_t *dest){
-        double r = color[0];
-        double g = color[1];
-        double b = color[2];
-
-        r = linear_to_gamma(r);
-        g = linear_to_gamma(g);
-        b = linear_to_gamma(b);
-        
-        static const Interval intensity(0.000, 0.999);
-        dest[0] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(r));
-        dest[1] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(g));
-        dest[2] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(b));
-    }
     
 };
diff --git a/src/export/png_exporter.cpp b/src/export/png_exporter.cpp
index f5917a4..471ac58 100644
--- a/src/export/png_exporter.cpp
+++ b/src/export/png_exporter.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ void PngExporter::ImageToScanline(uint8_t filtering, uint8_t *dest) const
 {
     uint8_t *data_ptr = dest;
     for(uint32_t j=0; j<m_height; ++j){
-        *data_ptr = filtering;
-        ++data_ptr;
+        *data_ptr++ = filtering;
         for(uint32_t i=0; i<m_width; ++i){
-            IExporter::rgb_normalized_to_8bits(m_data_buffer[j*m_width + i], data_ptr);
+            RGBColor& color = m_data_buffer[j*m_width + i];
+            color[0] = linear_to_gamma(color[0]);
+            color[1] = linear_to_gamma(color[1]);
+            color[2] = linear_to_gamma(color[2]);
+            rgb_normalized_to_8bits(color, data_ptr);
             data_ptr += 3;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/export/ppm_exporter.cpp b/src/export/ppm_exporter.cpp
index a39888c..19cc959 100644
--- a/src/export/ppm_exporter.cpp
+++ b/src/export/ppm_exporter.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "export/ppm_exporter.hpp"
 #include "renderer/camera.hpp"
 #include "math/interval.hpp"
+#include "utils.hpp"
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -32,8 +33,12 @@ int PpmExporter::Export(int width, int height, std::shared_ptr<RGBColor[]> buffe
         for(int i=0; i<width; ++i){
 
             RGBColor& color = buffer[j* width + i];
+            color[0] = linear_to_gamma(color[0]);
+            color[1] = linear_to_gamma(color[1]);
+            color[2] = linear_to_gamma(color[2]);
+
             uint8_t rgb[3];
-            IExporter::rgb_normalized_to_8bits(color, rgb);
+            rgb_normalized_to_8bits(color, rgb);
 
             file << rgb[0] << ' ' << rgb[1] << ' ' << rgb[2] << '\n';
         }
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 969bccf..0088dba 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
+#include "math/interval.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <algorithm>
+
 
 using namespace std;
 
 
+float MAGENTA[3] = { 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f };
+
+
 string get_env_var(const string& key)
 {
     char* val = getenv(key.c_str());
+    if(val == NULL){
+        clog << "Could not retrieve environment variable with key '" << key << "'" << endl; 
+    }
     return val == NULL ? string("") : string(val);
 }
 
@@ -20,3 +31,16 @@ void change_endianess(uint32_t n, uint8_t *dest)
         dest[sizeof(uint32_t) - i - 1] = data_ptr[i];
     }
 }
+
+
+void rgb_normalized_to_8bits(const RGBColor& color, uint8_t *dest){
+    static const Interval intensity(0.000, 0.999);
+    dest[0] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(color[0]));
+    dest[1] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(color[1]));
+    dest[2] = uint8_t(256 * intensity.Clamp(color[2]));
+}
+
+
+uint8_t rgb_normalized_to_8bits(float value){
+    return static_cast<uint8_t>(255.999 * std::clamp(value, 0.f, 1.f));
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils.hpp b/src/utils.hpp
index 565cd1e..0e16188 100644
--- a/src/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/utils.hpp
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
+#include "math/vec.hpp"
 
+#include <string>
 #include <cstdint>
 
 
 std::string get_env_var(const std::string& key);
 
-void change_endianess(uint32_t n, uint8_t *dest);
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+void change_endianess(uint32_t n, uint8_t *dest);
+
+void rgb_normalized_to_8bits(const RGBColor& color, uint8_t *dest);
+
+uint8_t rgb_normalized_to_8bits(float value);
+
+extern float MAGENTA[3];
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