About

(Profile photo by John Fujii.)

Starting mid February, I’ll present Math and Colour Science for Colourists, online.

Upcoming event:
Display Evaluation Summit organized by Mike Osadciw, 2026-01-31 Toronto

Recent talks:
Oslo Digital Cinema Conference,

Masterclasses:
Colourspaces in D-cinema, ACES, VFX/CGI, and Streaming:

I am an image and color (colour) scientist based in Toronto. I have experience in:

  • image & colour (colour) science
  • math, physics, algorithm development
    for D‑cinema/video/HD/UHD/4K/8K, HDR/WCG, CGI/VFX
  • typesetting/illustration/book design
  • working as an expert witness in patent and other legal proceedings

I specialize in the physics, mathematics, engineering, and programming of digital colour (color!) imaging systems, including digital still cameras, digital video, HD/UHD/4K/8K (HDTV/UHDTV), VFX/CGI, digital intermediate (DI) and digital cinema (D-cinema). I am involved in the engineering of high dynamic range (HDR) and wide colour gamut (WCG) systems.

I am knowledgeable and experienced in colorspaces such as BT.709/BT.1886, DCI P3 RGB, Adobe RGB 1998, ACES AP0/AP1, and BT.2020. I am very familiar with video compression technology and (ICC-class) color management systems. I have deep knowledge of colour appearance models (eg CAM16).

I do technology forecasting, systems modelling, algorithm development, video signal processing architecture, colour characterization and calibration, image quality assessment, patent analysis, and expert witness work. It was nearly 30 years ago that I decided that HD should have 1080 image rows and “square pixels,” leading to today’s UHD 3840×2160 (16:9) and 4K D‑cinema 4096×2160.

In 2018, I earned a PhD at Simon Fraser University. My dissertation is available.

My partner Barbara Morris is a psychotherapist. She has just published a new book, ‮snomeD x​e​Ѕ & selaT nr​о​Р‬; see barbaramorris.ca.

Contact data is available.

“Minimalism is a wonderful thing, but you can have too much of it.”
– Tim Friese-Greene