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Digital Video and HD
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Digital Video and HD

by Charles Poynton
January 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
736 pages
30h 54m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
Content preview from Digital Video and HD
Gamma 23
Luminance is proportional to inten-
sity. For an introduction to the
terms
brightness, intensity, lumi-
nance,
and
lightness,
see page 11.
Electro-optical transfer function
(EOTF) refers to the transfer func-
tion of the device that converts
from the electrical domain of
video into light- a display.
In photography, video, and computer graphics, the
gamma
symbol, y, represents a numerical parameter
that describes the nonlinearity of luminance reproduc-
tion. Gamma is a mysterious and confusing subject,
because it involves concepts from four disciplines:
physics, perception, photography, and video. This ...
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ISBN: 9781558607927