Color and imaging science

Color management, HDR, transforms, calibration, film looks and image quality

• discussionWhich tools preserve colour metadata (primaries, transfer, matrix, range, MaxCLL) end to end?
• discussionCan learned 3D LUTs reproduce a named film look reliably across exposures?
• discussionIs learned SDR-to-HDR conversion good enough for delivery or only for previews?
• discussionHow do ACES 2.0, AgX and OpenDRT compare as default looks for generated or mixed-source footage?
• discussionDo video generation models respect or declare colour space, transfer function and range?
• discussionWhat colour and alpha contract should AI VFX tools use at the EXR boundary?
• discussionHow do VMAF v1 models compare with v0 for generative-video and screen-content deliverables?
• sourcePoly Haven (CC0 HDRIs, PBR textures, 3D models)
• sourceFILMGRAB film stills index
• sourceAgX (Troy Sobotka) configuration repository
• sourcezimg (z.lib): scaling, colorspace conversion and dithering
• sourceOpen Display Transform (OpenDRT and related)
• sourceITU-R Recommendation BT.709 (HDTV parameter values)
• sourceITU-R Recommendation BT.2100 (HDR television: PQ and HLG)
• sourceICC.1:2022 (Profile version 4.4) color profile specification
• sourceBlender Manual: Color Management (displays, views, AgX)
• sourceARRI LogC4 Logarithmic Color Space Specification
• sourceACES Documentation (docs.acescentral.com)
• sourceOpenImageIO (OIIO)
• sourceOpenColorIO (OCIO)
• sourceOpenEXR
• sourceUniversal Translator: Arrival (American Cinematographer, Bradford Young ASC)
• sourceAmerican Cinematographer / theasc.com
• sourceCinematography: Theory and Practice, 4th ed. (Blain Brown, Routledge)