In this episode I chat to Charles Poynton.
Many of you may know him as one of the foremost educators in our industry and he has had a formidable career.
He is an independent contractor specializing in the physics, mathematics, engineering, and programming of digital colour imaging systems, including digital video, VFX/CGI, Digital Intermediate and digital cinema systems. He is involved in engineering wide colour gamut and high dynamic range systems.
He does technology forecasting, systems modelling, algorithm development,
video signal processing architecture, colour characterization
and calibration and image quality assessment work.
It was about 25 years ago that he decided that HD should have 1080 image rows, and square pixels.
He has been involved in developing many of the industry standards that we use today.
He wrote one of the most commonly used books for our industry titled: Digital Video and HD, Algorithms and Interfaces.
In December 2024 he hosted a Metamerism Experts Day, which was attended by a wide range of industry experts to discuss the various ways that metamerism is successful and how it fails more regularly with technological advancements.
We discuss the many complex topics presented at this event, and also his illustrious career.
Hope you enjoy it.
Charle’s website: https://poynton.ca/
IMAGO article link: https://imago.org/committees/technical/metamerism-experts-day-debrief/
Charles’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Video-Second-Algorithms-Interfaces/dp/0123919266/
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