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Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema (Digital Cinema Industry Handbook Series) [Hardcover]

Glenn Kennel (Author)
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0240808746 978-0240808741 October 30, 2006 1
Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema explores the implications for motion picture post production processes and changes required to the supporting equipment and software. While a new concept to the motion picture community, the selection of the wide gamut, output-referred XYZ color space for digital cinema distribution is based on decades of color science and experience in other industries. The rationale for choosing XYZ and the other color encoding parameters is explained and the book also provides a full case study of the development of DLP Cinema® projectors by Texas Instruments. Finally, this book explores how the XYZ color encoding concept can be extended to support enhanced display technologies in the future.

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* Brilliant 4-color illustrations that compliment the color science explanations

* Never before published industry information from author Glenn Kennel, a world leader in digital cinema color technology

* Descriptions of key issues and background on decisions that were made in the standardization process

By Glenn Kennel, Glenn Kennel is VP/GM of Feature Film Services at Laser Pacific Media Corporation, a leading provider of a full range of post production services for television and feature film. Recently, he worked for the DLP Cinema group of Texas Instruments in a role that included technology and business development. Previously, in a twenty year career with Kodak, he led the development of the Cineon digital film scanners and laser recorders and the prototype HDTV telecine that became the Spirit Datacine. As a consultant, he helped DCI draft the technical specifications for digital cinema. Kennel also chairs the SMPTE DC28 Color ad hoc group and the DC28.20 Distribution working group. He is a SMPTE Fellow and has received the SMPTE Journal Award. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

* Brilliant 4-color illustrations compliment the color science explanations

* Never before published industry information from author Glenn Kennel, a world leader in digital cinema color technology

* This book describes the key issues and provides background on decisions that were made in the standardization process

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"As digital intermediates become increasingly prevalent and a greater number of theaters convert to digital projection, an understanding of the concepts the author explores is pivotal for filmmakers at all stages of the postproduction workflow. The clarity of Kennel's writing and his broad approach make Color and Mastering for a Digital Cinema a fine overview of the subject." -Jim Hemphill, American Cinematographer Magazine

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The only book published on the subject...and written by the industry expert.

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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240808746
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240808741
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #866,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read in the most part, May 10, 2007
This review is from: Color and Mastering for Digital Cinema (Digital Cinema Industry Handbook Series) (Hardcover)
This book is an interesting mix of quite technically (and mathematically) detailed chapters and lighter, more readable text. Certainly not a good choice for anyone totally new to color theory or digital cinema but a very concise account of the current state of the industry with some very interesting historical perspective.

Concise is a very good word to describe this text. By textbook standards it is short - I was able to read it cover to cover on a five hour flight. In places it is too concise - I found the color theory difficult to follow in places and a slightly more long winded, descriptive style might not have gone wrong in those sections. I'm planning to go back and re-read those chapters and they will hopefully beging to be a little more clear second time around!

Overall this is a good choice for anyone with a professional interest in digital cinema and digital intermediate workflow. Those outside the industry or who are looking for a more introductory text should probably look elsewhere.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reference projector, digital cinema distribution master, modulation threshold curve, screen black level, encoding white point, film answer print, contrast projector, digital cinema projectors, projected film print, traditional film projectors, gamut mapping strategy, projector primaries, digital intermediate process, laser film recorder, gamut boundary, wider color gamut, film origination, digital display technologies, digital cinema systems, black luminance, sequential contrast, printing density, shuttered glasses, projection aperture, color matching functions
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Digital Negative, Standard Colorimetric Observer, Chicken Little, Cineon Laser Film Recorder, Fountain Press, George Lucas, Standard Evaluation Material, Third Edition, Encoded Gamut Boundary, The Reproduction of Color
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