Technical Introduction to Digital Cinema (D-cinema)
Technical Introduction to Digital Cinema (D-cinema)1-day seminar
This event has already taken place; however, I am planning comparable events in Toronto and Montréal in the spring of 2008. If you're interested,
Presenter: Charles Poynton
A publication-quality flyer is available in Acrobat PDF format. It's intended for printing onto 2 sides of a US Letter sheet, in color. Print it and tack it up on your bulletin board; or, print page 1 (the front side) at 140% onto 11x17 paper and it's a poster!
Digital cinema refers to techniques, processes, and equipment to acquire, post-process, master, distribute, and exhibit motion picture imagery without using film. Until just a few years ago, digital techniques were limited to post-production: Acquisition and exhibition could only be accomplished economically by using photochemical film. Now, several models of digital cinema cameras are commercially available, and there are close to 1000 digital cinema projectors in commercial operation worldwide. It is not only possible but commonplace to acquire, post-process - through the "digital intermediate" (DI) - and exhibit movies completely digitally.
In this 1-day Seminar, portions of which were presented recently at Panavision in Los Angeles and at the Digital Cinema Testbed in London, Charles Poynton will outline the digital cinema process from acquisition through display. He will explain how images are captured, encoded, and reproduced. He will describe integration of HDTV, computer graphics, and film imagery. He will discuss practical details of maintaining image quality through the pipeline. Participants will gain an understanding of the factors that need to be addressed to achieve accurate colour, and learn how to utilize the digital intermediate (DI) process. A detailed Syllabus is available.
The event was sponsored by Deluxe, PS Production Services, ARRI Canada, Sim Video, SMPTE's Toronto section, and IATSE Local 667.
The attendee should be quite familiar with cinema film, CGI, and/or HDTV, and should not be afraid of a few equations and graphs. The Seminar will be suitable for people in positions such as these:
Charles Poynton specializes in the physics, mathematics, and engineering of digital colour imaging systems, including digital video, HDTV, and D-cinema. He is the author of Digital Video and HDTV Algorithms and Interfaces, and a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
Registration: Fee CAD $180. IATSE 667 members and SMPTE members receive a $25 discount. Detailed handout notes will be provided. Please register in advance; there are no plans for on-site registration. To register, send e-mail to dc-seminar@poynton.com or telephone Lowell at +1 416 462 2482.
A related workshop entitled Colour Science for the Digital Intermediate: LINs, LOGs, and LUTs, intended for a highly technical audience, took place on July 26. A 2-page flyer is available in Acrobat PDF format.
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2006-05-24