Colour Reproduction in Electronic Imaging Systems: Photography, Television, Cinematography

Michael S. Tooms Principal Consultant, MTA, UK

With the move of cinema away from film, the adoption of electronic–based production throughout all media is now complete. In order to exploit its advantages, the accurate definition, measurement and reproduction of colour has become more important than ever to achieve the best fidelity of colour reproduction.

This book is concerned with providing readers all they need to know about colour: how it is perceived and described, how it is measured and generated and how it is reproduced in colour systems. It serves as both a tutorial and a reference book, defining what we mean by colour and providing an explanation of the proper derivation of chromaticity charts through to the means of ensuring accurate colour management.

Key Features:

Addresses important theory and common misconceptions in colour science and reproduction, from  the perception and characteristics of colour to the practicalities of its rendering in the fields of television, photography and cinematography Offers a clear treatment of the CIE chromaticity charts and their related calculations, supporting discussion on system primaries, their colour gamuts and the derivation of their contingent red, green and blue camera  spectral sensitivities Reviews the next state–of–the–art developments in colour reproduction beyond current solutions, from Ultra–High Definition Television for the 2020s to laser projectors with unprecedented colour range for the digital cinema Provides the reader with a large collection of invaluable macro–enabled data worksheets related to each chapter in the book, containing a range of manipulable colorimetric data