COLOR

  • What is a Gamut or Color Space and why do I need to know about CIE

    http://www.xdcam-user.com/2014/05/what-is-a-gamut-or-color-space-and-why-do-i-need-to-know-about-it/

     

    In video terms gamut is normally related to as the full range of colours and brightness that can be either captured or displayed.

     

    Generally speaking all color gamuts recommendations are trying to define a reasonable level of color representation based on available technology and hardware. REC-601 represents the old TVs. REC-709 is currently the most distributed solution. P3 is mainly available in movie theaters and is now being adopted in some of the best new 4K HDR TVs. Rec2020 (a wider space than P3 that improves on visibke color representation) and ACES (the full coverage of visible color) are other common standards which see major hardware development these days.

     

     

    To compare and visualize different solution (across video and printing solutions), most developers use the CIE color model chart as a reference.
    The CIE color model is a color space model created by the International Commission on Illumination known as the Commission Internationale de l’Elcairage (CIE) in 1931. It is also known as the CIE XYZ color space or the CIE 1931 XYZ color space.
    This chart represents the first defined quantitative link between distributions of wavelengths in the electromagnetic visible spectrum, and physiologically perceived colors in human color vision. Or basically, the range of color a typical human eye can perceive through visible light.

     

    Note that while the human perception is quite wide, and generally speaking biased towards greens (we are apes after all), the amount of colors available through nature, generated through light reflection, tend to be a much smaller section. This is defined by the Pointer’s Chart.

     

    In short. Color gamut is a representation of color coverage, used to describe data stored in images against available hardware and viewer technologies.

     

    Camera color encoding from
    https://www.slideshare.net/hpduiker/acescg-a-common-color-encoding-for-visual-effects-applications

     

    CIE 1976

    http://bernardsmith.eu/computatrum/scan_and_restore_archive_and_print/scanning/

     

    https://store.yujiintl.com/blogs/high-cri-led/understanding-cie1931-and-cie-1976

     

    The CIE 1931 standard has been replaced by a CIE 1976 standard. Below we can see the significance of this.

     

    People have observed that the biggest issue with CIE 1931 is the lack of uniformity with chromaticity, the three dimension color space in rectangular coordinates is not visually uniformed.

     

    The CIE 1976 (also called CIELUV) was created by the CIE in 1976. It was put forward in an attempt to provide a more uniform color spacing than CIE 1931 for colors at approximately the same luminance

     

    The CIE 1976 standard colour space is more linear and variations in perceived colour between different people has also been reduced. The disproportionately large green-turquoise area in CIE 1931, which cannot be generated with existing computer screens, has been reduced.

     

    If we move from CIE 1931 to the CIE 1976 standard colour space we can see that the improvements made in the gamut for the “new” iPad screen (as compared to the “old” iPad 2) are more evident in the CIE 1976 colour space than in the CIE 1931 colour space, particularly in the blues from aqua to deep blue.

     

     

    https://dot-color.com/2012/08/14/color-space-confusion/

    Despite its age, CIE 1931, named for the year of its adoption, remains a well-worn and familiar shorthand throughout the display industry. CIE 1931 is the primary language of customers. When a customer says that their current display “can do 72% of NTSC,” they implicitly mean 72% of NTSC 1953 color gamut as mapped against CIE 1931.

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  • Christopher Butler – Understanding the Eye-Mind Connection – Vision is a mental process

    https://www.chrbutler.com/understanding-the-eye-mind-connection

     

    The intricate relationship between the eyes and the brain, often termed the eye-mind connection, reveals that vision is predominantly a cognitive process. This understanding has profound implications for fields such as design, where capturing and maintaining attention is paramount. This essay delves into the nuances of visual perception, the brain’s role in interpreting visual data, and how this knowledge can be applied to effective design strategies.

     

    This cognitive aspect of vision is evident in phenomena such as optical illusions, where the brain interprets visual information in a way that contradicts physical reality. These illusions underscore that what we “see” is not merely a direct recording of the external world but a constructed experience shaped by cognitive processes.

     

    Understanding the cognitive nature of vision is crucial for effective design. Designers must consider how the brain processes visual information to create compelling and engaging visuals. This involves several key principles:

    1. Attention and Engagement
    2. Visual Hierarchy
    3. Cognitive Load Management
    4. Context and Meaning

     

     

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  • About green screens

    hackaday.com/2015/02/07/how-green-screen-worked-before-computers/

     

    www.newtek.com/blog/tips/best-green-screen-materials/

     

    www.chromawall.com/blog//chroma-key-green

     

     

    Chroma Key Green, the color of green screens is also known as Chroma Green and is valued at approximately 354C in the Pantone color matching system (PMS).

     

    Chroma Green can be broken down in many different ways. Here is green screen green as other values useful for both physical and digital production:

     

    Green Screen as RGB Color Value: 0, 177, 64
    Green Screen as CMYK Color Value: 81, 0, 92, 0
    Green Screen as Hex Color Value: #00b140
    Green Screen as Websafe Color Value: #009933

     

    Chroma Key Green is reasonably close to an 18% gray reflectance.

     

    Illuminate your green screen with an uniform source with less than 2/3 EV variation.
    The level of brightness at any given f-stop should be equivalent to a 90% white card under the same lighting.

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  • 3D Lighting Tutorial by Amaan Kram

    http://www.amaanakram.com/lightingT/part1.htm

    The goals of lighting in 3D computer graphics are more or less the same as those of real world lighting.

     

    Lighting serves a basic function of bringing out, or pushing back the shapes of objects visible from the camera’s view.
    It gives a two-dimensional image on the monitor an illusion of the third dimension-depth.

    But it does not just stop there. It gives an image its personality, its character. A scene lit in different ways can give a feeling of happiness, of sorrow, of fear etc., and it can do so in dramatic or subtle ways. Along with personality and character, lighting fills a scene with emotion that is directly transmitted to the viewer.

     

    Trying to simulate a real environment in an artificial one can be a daunting task. But even if you make your 3D rendering look absolutely photo-realistic, it doesn’t guarantee that the image carries enough emotion to elicit a “wow” from the people viewing it.

     

    Making 3D renderings photo-realistic can be hard. Putting deep emotions in them can be even harder. However, if you plan out your lighting strategy for the mood and emotion that you want your rendering to express, you make the process easier for yourself.

     

    Each light source can be broken down in to 4 distinct components and analyzed accordingly.

    · Intensity
    · Direction
    · Color
    · Size

     

    The overall thrust of this writing is to produce photo-realistic images by applying good lighting techniques.

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