[Cin] Another book on digital video

[Terje J. Hanssen]

Den 15.09.2024 18:02, skrev Andrew Randrianasulu via Cin:
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 1:08 PM Andrea paz via Cin
> <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
>> Sorry Phyllis, I have tried to follow the various posts about ffmpeg
>> color problems, but I can't figure out how it works. I get the
>> impression that even the ffmpeg developers are not clear on how to
>> handle color in their program. I tried reading Poynton's excellent
>> book, recommended by Andrew, a couple of years ago but stopped early
>> because it was beyond my capabilities.
> there is simpler colorful intro from around 2006
>
> https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_301-gierlinger.pdf
>
>
>> There are too many variables, beyond the problems of ffmpeg: lack of
>> color management (which I think all reduces to an initial transcode to
>> the absolute X,Y,Z color space from which then the program could do
>> all the transformations it needs without too much loss of color info),
>> lack of support for ICC profiles, not knowing how each and every
>> function and plugin of CinGG treats colors, interaction between CinGG
>> and ffmpeg, and who knows what else. As Adam said, “There is no color
>> management workflow.” It is no coincidence that colorimetry in editing
>> programs is found only in the big, rich, specialized companies.
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Just in case something here is not already found:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/colorspace
https://medium.com/invideo-io/talking-about-colorspaces-and-ffmpeg-f6d0b037cc2f
https://kdenlive.org/en/project/color-hell-ffmpeg-transcoding-and-preserving-bt-601/