Charles Poynton

I am an independent contractor specializing in the physics, mathematics, and engineering of digital colour (color!) imaging systems, including digital still cameras, digital video, HD (HDTV), digital cinema (D-cinema) and digital intermediate (DI) systems. I am involved in engineering wide colour gamut (wide color gamut/wide gamut color) systems, including xvYCC; I am an expert in colorspaces such as DCI P3 RGB, Adobe RGB, sYCC601, and AdobeYCC601. I do technology forecasting, systems modelling, algorithm development, video signal processing architecture, colour characterization and calibration, image quality assessment, and expert witness work. (More...) It was about 20 years ago that I decided that HD should have square pixels ...

I'm a PhD student at Simon Fraser University; my supervisor is Brian Funt. I’m ABD.

Allow me to introduce myself, in video.

I live in Toronto with my wife Barbara Morris, RMT, CTP Dipl – a psychotherapist.

   

home office: +1 416 535 7187
e-mail: prepend my first name to the obvious domain.
Skype (intermittent user): cpoynton
Twitter: @momaku
Linkedin: ca.linkedin.com/in/poynton
Blog: blog.poynton.com [in startup mode]

What's new?  

Recently, Tue-Wed-Thu, Apr 2-3-4, I presented a webinar, Math and Colour Science for Colourists (ACES). A 1-page flyer (PDF) for the webinar is available. If you missed and you’re interested in a repeat, drop a line.

On Sat. Apr. 20, I presented a seminar, Scene-Linear Workflow/ACES, in New York. A 2-page flyer (PDF) is available.

I’m hoping to do ACES seminars in LA, Berlin, Munich, Prague, Budapest, and anywhere else that I can find 15 or 20 interested people. If you’re interested – and particularly if you can help me to locate a suitable sponsoring organization in your city – drop a line. Watch poynton.com/w for announcements of additional webinars.

The famous HPA Tech Retreat (program organizer, Mark Schubin) took place in or near Palm Springs Calif. the week of Feb. 18~22. I presented a seminar High[er] Frame Rate - Technical Aspects. If several people ask for it, I’ll present it as a webinar!

Digital Video and HD Algorithms and Interfaces, Second Edition (Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2012), is available at Elsevier, Amazon, and other book retailers.

I continue to be flummoxed concerning BT.709/BT.1886 EOCF …

Courses, seminars &c.   Upcoming (and past) events.
Colour FAQ   Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Colour (also known as Color FAQ, ColourFAQ, ColorFAQ); also, other documents concerning Colour Technology.
Gamma FAQ   Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Gamma (also known as GammaFAQ); also, the Gamma FQA is available.
Digital Video and HD   My book Digital Video and HD Algorithms and Interfaces, Second Edition (Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann: 2012) has hit the streets. The Table of Contents is available.
Consulting   Hire me! I’m an independent contractor.
Video engineering   Information concerning technical aspects of video.
Typography and design   Articles I've written (quite some time ago) concerning typography, information design, and presentation in the digital world.
    You might be interested in The [emergent] Royal Canadian Publishing House of Canada.

 Personal stuff
& biographical data

  “What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: curious and teachable.” – Roger Ebert

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