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11/01/2007 05:28:09 PM · #1 |
Microsoft Develops New scRGB Color Space
The company has developed a color space--a way to encode colors as numbers a computer can process--called scRGB. If the company succeeds in getting it to catch on, the technology could help add depth and richness to photos taken with digital cameras and viewed on a computer or TV screen.
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11/01/2007 05:44:14 PM · #2 |
Is this on The Onion? Because I always thought that computers could only process numbers anyway...0 and 1.
Doesn't every color have a number anyway?
Now I will go read it, after those thoughts.
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11/01/2007 06:12:29 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
I always thought that computers could only process numbers anyway...0 and 1.
Doesn't every color have a number anyway? |
The computer does only process numbers, but it has to convert those numbers into something that can display on a monitor or in print. If the computer knows it has to display {255,0,0}, the colour space helps define what that colour looks like (i.e. how saturated or light it is). Although the same numeric colour, it might look very different in AdobeRGB compared to in sRGB. |
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11/01/2007 06:26:03 PM · #4 |
Hey, if it can truly eliminate tone mapping I'm all for it :-D
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11/01/2007 06:34:30 PM · #5 |
I thought the "Is this on the Onion" part might have gotten the sarcastic nature across...
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11/01/2007 06:44:20 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
I thought the "Is this on the Onion" part might have gotten the sarcastic nature across... |
That was sarcasm? Sorry, don't see how... |
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11/01/2007 07:37:52 PM · #7 |
| Leave it to micro$oft to buck the system. |
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11/01/2007 07:46:26 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Kaveran:
Leave it to micro$oft to buck the system. |
LMAO... what you just said almost sounds like Bill Gates trying to stick it to da man...LOL ...M$ IS the system.
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11/01/2007 08:15:57 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Kaveran:
Leave it to micro$oft to buck the system. |
LMAO... what you just said almost sounds like Bill Gates trying to stick it to da man...LOL ...M$ IS the system. |
Maybe the desktop system but I dont see any super computers running windowz. |
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11/01/2007 08:34:00 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Kaveran:
Maybe the desktop system but I dont see any super computers running windowz. |
Not that many JPEGs are displayed on said supercomputers :-) Not a real big market in supercomputer OS sales. So, if you're trying to bring *nix into it, it's a non-issue.
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11/02/2007 12:56:09 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Hey, if it can truly eliminate tone mapping I'm all for it :-D |
If it can make it possible to take photos that have the dynamic range of those tone mapped shots, without the fake-looking halos and weirdness, then it's great.
I thought the problem was with the sensors we use to capture the photos, but if part of it's the color space then I hope this takes off. |
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11/02/2007 01:27:56 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Kaveran:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Kaveran:
Leave it to micro$oft to buck the system. |
LMAO... what you just said almost sounds like Bill Gates trying to stick it to da man...LOL ...M$ IS the system. |
Maybe the desktop system but I dont see any super computers running windowz. |
Remember, it was Microsoft that created the original sRGB, along with Hewlett-Packard. Yes, the original sRGB that you probably use every day of your life when processing photos.
Also, I can't wait for Microsoft's "HD Photo" to take off. I've been using the plug-in for Photoshop for a while and the quality is quite good. However, I haven't used it since upgrading to CS3. I'll have to give it a try.
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11/02/2007 08:45:34 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Also, I can't wait for Microsoft's "HD Photo" to take off. I've been using the plug-in for Photoshop for a while and the quality is quite good. However, I haven't used it since upgrading to CS3. I'll have to give it a try. |
What we really need is graphics cards and monitors that can support HD images.....well and of course sensors with in cameras that can capture a wider dynamic range :). |
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