Woebot
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I've been editing together a whole lot of big blockbuster movies for a TV channel that will remain nameless, and i discovered that when you bring the quicktimes up on a standard monitor they all look really dark and murky. to grade them i had to really crush the levels, the whole badwidth of RGB is really towards the darker end with just the scantest flashes of white in the top areas.
then it hit me. the way they grade these movies is so that when you watch them in the dark, your eyes become accustomed to the gloom and see it as normal. cinemas trump card is being able to show bright lights, like explosions or for instance light sabers, and have them really bite out in a quite unusually powerful fashion. your eyes are startled by their brilliance in the context of the generally much deeper darker hues.
bloody clever really.
then it hit me. the way they grade these movies is so that when you watch them in the dark, your eyes become accustomed to the gloom and see it as normal. cinemas trump card is being able to show bright lights, like explosions or for instance light sabers, and have them really bite out in a quite unusually powerful fashion. your eyes are startled by their brilliance in the context of the generally much deeper darker hues.
bloody clever really.