HDR Grading, Mastering, and Delivery

It’s hardly necessary to spell out HDR as “high dynamic range”: HDR is now widely available in consumer electronic devices, and program delivery in HDR is now commercially important. But HDR comes with challenges: standards are incomplete, equipment is immature, and operational practices are at an early stage.

For this event we assume that attendees have a very good grasp of colour science for digital cinema and HD/UHD. Charles will present an advanced-level course specifically concerning the challenges of HDR in grading, mastering, and delivery.

Topics include:

• The overall acquisition/post/mastering pipeline (OETF/OETF⁻¹/SR/DR/EOTF⁻¹/EOTF)
• ACES in colour grading; ACES RRT; ACEScct
• BaseLight DRTs; Resolve DCTL
• Theory and practice of perceptual quantization (PQ)
• PQ and HLG EOTFs, “system gamma”
• New colourspaces such as ACEScg, ACEScct, BT.2020 and ICtCp
• Static and dynamic metadata
• Display transforms & tone mapping
• Colour gamut mapping
• HDR workflow practices

The workshop is suitable for people in the following jobs:

• Studio colour scientist
• Colour pipeline, media engineer
• Colourist
• DI / mastering engineer
• Post production engineer/technician

Bring your questions about HDR: We plan for a dynamic, interactive session.

Registration: TBD+HST. CSI members are eligible for a 10% discount. For information, contact workshop@poynton.ca.