Recently at Bling we had the opportunity to push the boundaries of how far you can go with the RED One. The RED One is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a sensor that gives up to 4520 (h) x 2540 (v) pixels. To put the amount of information you are working with in perspective, imagine [...][...]
Archive for July, 2009
July 1st, 2009 - 9:55 pm § in Color Science, Digital Intermediates
Why Lookup Tables (LUTs) for Color Monitors?
One can’t go to NAB or look at a monitor nowadays without some talk about Bit Depth and LUTs (Color Lookup Tables.) Whether it’s the HP Dreamcolor Monitor, or the latest Cinetal LCD concoction, the question arises about color fidelity and manipulation. Does it support 1D LUTs or 3D LUTs?[...]
July 1st, 2009 - 7:28 pm § in Color Science
What is Gamma, and Why is it important?
Everyone has probably noticed from time to time that a weird term comes up on their computer monitor, or in a discussion with some film or broadcast professional called Gamma. Often there are these very complex and technical explanations of what it is, that has to do with mathematics. However, the e[...]