“Visualizing the XYZ Color Space” by Sony Pictures Imageworks
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2005 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2005:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 12
Title:
- Visualizing the XYZ Color Space
Length:
- 2:39
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
Description:
Development of the standard for digital-cinema colorimetry presents the problem of how to represent color in a manner that will accom-modate future developments in display technology. Unfortunately, RGB coordinates tied to a physical display device are not ideal, as they intrinsically limit the gamut to only a fraction of colors visible in the real world. Thus, the solution is to use the 1931 CIE XYZ primar-ies, which allow for positive-valued specification of all visible colors.
Hardware:
Linux PCs
Software:
SPLAT (proprietary particle renderer), proprietary color processing libraries
Additional Contributors:
Director and Producer: Jeremy Selan
CONTRIBUTORS
Jeremy Selan – Color Lighting Specialist Sony Pictures Imageworks
George Joblove – Senior VP, Technology Sony Pictures Imageworks
