Yes Craig, that's what I've been trying to do for HDTV since 1986. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: RGB mania > I was pleased to see Alan and Jeroen talking about gamuts that extend > not only the range of legal color values, but the coding of luminance > as well. Alan wrote: > > "The emphasis should now be on investigating CIELuv or CIELab or something > similar, because they allow seperate treatment of true luminance and colour, > and that's where all the benefits lie. " > > Exactly. We want to preserve EVERYTHING that the camera sees, and > make decisions about what to throw away in post, during color > correction. We want the "printing" latitude we enjoy today with film > negative, where we have enough information to bring out details in > the blacks and the whites. And we need to support colors that may not > exist in nature, because they exist inside the heads of graphic > designers, who have become accustomed to the full gamut of colors you > can work with in 24bit RGB colorspace. > > Regards > Craig > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.