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Digital Cinematography
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Digital Cinematography

by David Stump
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
459 pages
20h 31m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 13Color Management, Compression, and Workflow

Color Management—Image Manipulation Through the Production Pipeline

Baked-In Look Versus Full Range Data

In a Rec 709 video style of acquisition, the approach is to try to obtain the best result possible on set using the digital image processing tools available in the camera. Various gamma curves, knee circuits, matrices, detail enhancement, and color balance processes can be used to precondition the signal during acquisition to adjust the image for the desired result. The practice of color correcting to achieve the final look while shooting is an outgrowth of the limitations of the first generation of HD cameras. The cameras and workflows being used today have almost completely obviated ...

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ISBN: 9780240817910