Understand what your picture and measurement results mean. Our technical articles, practical guides and tools help you recognise HDR artefacts, assess colour management and make informed workflow decisions. Follow the topic relevant to your files, displays or production task.
Understand mastering-display metadata and content light levels, then inspect the video rather than assuming the tags describe every frame.
Trace differences between an editing application, export and playback. Start with the colour-management explanation and follow the actual signal path.
Connect screen size and viewing distance with field of view and the assumptions behind a resolution estimate. The calculators explain their model limits.
Decide what your team needs to produce and how it will reach publication. Compare an in-house studio with commissioned production.
Video practice
How a planned shoot brings places, seasons and spaces to life, with examples, 8K backplates and social media versions planned alongside the main film.
Video practice
What to decide before filming and how editing, picture finishing and sound fit together, with set photographs and insights from the SUN@HOME campaign.
HDR & colour
Why “100% BT.2020” alone tells you little about HDR picture quality. Field notes on quantum dots, colour volume and bright, saturated colours.
HDR & colour
What mastering-display metadata describes, how it differs from MaxCLL and MaxFALL, and what to look for when checking an HDR file.
HDR & colour
Make sense of gamma differences between editing and playback. The article explains Rec.709-A and helps you check colour management and delivery.
HDR & colour
Why a bright SDR display does not automatically mean an incorrect picture. BT.709, BT.1886 and the role of reference viewing conditions explained.
HDR & colour
Why colour measurements depend on the chosen CIE observer, and why video colour spaces and measurement results need consistent treatment.
Resolution & displays
Check how your playback chain responds to deliberately changing metadata. The article explains the test sequence and links to the MP4 download.
Resolution & displays
Check resolution, clipping and HDR signalling with moving test elements. Learn why YouTube may deliver a different version depending on your device.
Resolution & displays
Connect viewing distance, visual acuity and sampling: recognising detail and keeping pixel edges unobtrusive place different demands on resolution. Includes the original talk slides.
Resolution & displays
Answers from the 2019 8K talks: what can upscaling do, how much does viewing distance matter, and what should you consider for capture and playback?
Video practice
A 2019 field report using the Hasselblad H6D-100c: camera operation, cooling, dynamic range and observations from picture analysis.
Video practice
A 2019 remastering project explores pixel correction, HDR processing and playback of different versions, with examples from the NASA footage.
HDR & colour
An older plug-in provides a concrete workflow example: match colour space, transfer function, signal range and analysis position. Current compatibility needs a separate check.
