Colour in CGI, Video, Film, and D-cinema

Montréal, Québec
Jan. 19-20, 2000

Colour in Computer Graphics,
Video, Film, and D-cinema -
Syllabus

Day 1 - Colour science

Tone reproduction - nonlinear coding, gamma correction.
Colour in desktop computing - pseudocolour, hicolour, truecolour.
Gamma - Gamma in video, PC, CGI, SGI, Mac, printing, and film.
Colour on the Web - JPEG, GIF, browser-safe palettes, optimized palettes.
Colour science - colourimetry, CIE XYZ, xyY, linear and nonlinear RGB, additive and subtractive reproduction, illuminants.
Gamuts - perceptual uniformity, L*u*v*, L*a*b*, rendering intent, gamut mapping.
Color in digital still cameras - color mosaics, sRGB.
Colour in computer-generated imagery (CGI)

Day 2 - Colour calibration and colour management

Colour in video - luminance v. luma, luma and colour differences, Y'C_BC_R, chroma subsampling, 4:2:2, legal and illegal colours.
Colour in film - density, transfer function of film, film gamma, emulsion sensitivity, dye absorption curves; printing density metric; DPX and Cineon file formats
Colour management systems - colour transforms, characterization, calibration, profiles.
Colour calibration - colour measurement instruments: spectroradiometers, colourimeters, densitometers, IT8 reference target and its use, building ICC profiles.
D-cinema - acquisition, recording of D-cinema; 1080p24 format; projection technology; spatial resolution, gamut, and contrast ratio issues