HDR Discussion Thread

[LordoftheRings]

I'm flying real high today, under a precipitous blanket of thick white powder snow.
Are you flying high too? It feels like Christmas, finally.

By the way; 'The Favourite' won seven BAFTA Awards, and 'Roma' won four.

Yesterday 'Cold War' won the American Society of Cinematographers Award (ASC).
Amazing because it's in black and white, six different languages (foreign), and it has a 1.37:1 screen aspect ratio (old b&w 4:3 cathode ray tube TVs).
We're back to the late 40s through the 50s and 60s, the great cinema years. ...Just after Charlie Chaplin and the Charleston jazz club music.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

I'm flying real high today, under a precipitous blanket of thick white powder snow.
Are you flying high too? It feels like Christmas, finally.

It’s been snowing, but clear now - https://www.facebook.com/KTVN2/?hc_r...f&__tn__=kCH-R
NAWDC - https://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/n...ges/About.aspx
at Fallon a little to the east of KTVN Channel 2

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

By the way; 'The Favourite' won seven BAFTA Awards, and 'Roma' won four.....

Perhaps a little too geeky for some, but not for those (SMPTE membership - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/be...ineers-1031488 , ACM Siggraph, etc.) who’ve been following Paul Debevec’s work over the years, so I’ll mention that last Saturday night on this side of the pond, among other contributors, USC ICT - http://ict.usc.edu/ received a shout out –

2019 Sci-Tech Awards: Paul Debevec, Timothy Hawkins, Wan-Chun Ma and Xueming Yu - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

USC

serving as a segway into another display topic - https://phys.org/news/2019-02-scient...d-screens.html

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Staying Salty

Red sky in the morning,
Sailors take warning
Red sky at night,
Sailor’s delight

https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

serving as a segway into another display topic - https://phys.org/news/2019-02-scient...d-screens.html

When I had a waterbed oh so long ago, the copper sulfate turned the water blue, blue, blue. Copper LED’s would be a huge cost saver.

[Kool-aid23]

To our great insiders, I know you've stated that you know why Disney is not releasing Dolby Vision encoded discs (and respect that you can't share that info). Still, in your opinion, will we see any DV discs from Disney released this year?

Respects,

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Kool-aid23

To our great insiders, I know you've stated that you know why Disney is not releasing Dolby Vision encoded discs (and respect that you can't share that info). Still, in your opinion, will we see any DV discs from Disney released this year?

Respects,

can’t say, as pretty much the only folks I now know still at Disney these days are those who work in development. With regards to them, I can reveal that they are currently being treated very well by upper management (ex. “need to take vacation time on such a such date(s)”…’no problem’, “need this”…’no problem’, etc.) because Netflix is luring so many folks over to their company.

Personally, I’m disappointed in the mouse house and DV home deliverables since they are one of the few facilities around the world that have had a Dolby Vision laser projector directly available for theatrical grading and so awareness to the format in general kinda all started from there.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

those who work in development. With regards to them, I can reveal that

and in regards to those in Animation, that since John L. left to begin a new chapter in his career at Skydance that a few projects which were baking in the oven at Pixar have since been canceled

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

and in regards to those in Animation, that since John L. left to begin a new chapter in his career at Skydance that a few projects which were baking in the oven at Pixar have since been canceled

I can only imagine that will result in quite a void in Pixar’s release schedule at some future point. Wonder how story quality will change going forward?

[Penton-Man]

at HPA Tech retreat – “also identified GANs as a “watershed” moment for AI applications”
http://www.etcentric.org/firms-highl...-tech-retreat/


a little more acronym explainin in a post to PaulGo from 02-03-2018

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

GANS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhUmSeko1ZE#t=6m35s) and others here should also take the time to read it,

[Robert Zohn]

Check out my video from yesterday's HPA "AI Applications" program. This clip is with Kenny Lauer, of Rival Theory speaking.

https://youtu.be/w9gMJvPzDHE

[Robert Zohn]

Here’s part 2 of Kenny Lauer of Rival Theory presentation. Very interesting discoveries and advanced uses of AI.

Unrelated, but wanted to say, I'm thoroughly enjoying and learning this week with HPA's 2019 full schedule and we start at 7:30am and go through the evening non stop.

https://youtu.be/d1rTbNDu0UQ

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Check out my video from yesterday's HPA "AI Applications" program. This clip is with Kenny Lauer, of Rival Theory speaking.

and specifically, with regards to this portion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gMJvPzDHE#t=42s

Robert, good to see you’re covering it on video for those of us not there this year, hope you’re enjoying the retreat and venue. In case Kenny didn’t reference it, this specific application of AI, for the most part, flew under the radar of the entertainment industry; nevertheless, was historic and worth mentioning - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...i#post14959271

With regards to the movie making space, since cinematography and cinematographers seem underappreciated as to their value relative to those of others by AMPAS recently , AI also has potential here - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...i#post16015685 and I aint just talkin smartphones.

[Penton-Man]

I can just feel Agent Kay now yearning for more, given –

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Too much on topic stuff Penton, back to top gun

so, for balance, one moment while I timestamp Jennifer with Jimmy K.

[Penton-Man]

^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmMHe8KP4Y#t=5m40s
hypothetically speaking, if there were such a volleyball scene included in the final cut, there were actually plenty of chairs set up to watch it –

[Robert Zohn]

I won't post all of my videos. I'll just post a small selection to give everyone a taste of what's trending in Hollywood and broadcast for now and the future. It's a peak at the not so far away horizon of video and video distribution.

Here's another two more from the AI Applications session, with Jason Brahms of Video Gorillas.

https://youtu.be/6m1u6biYa70

Part two below:

https://youtu.be/-w2JrjdPbTE

[Penton-Man]

to kick it back to the TV space for a moment, did our friend on the keyboards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjsKgtszQo0#t=4m49s have anything to say during his presentation about 8K, 3D, etc.? (not sure if he’s spoken yet as I don’t have the schedule in front of me)

[PaulGo]

As a retired artificial intelligence specialist I find the advancements made in AI quite significant.

IBM's AI loses debate to a human, but it's got worlds to conquer

The tech was "surprisingly charming and human-sounding," and it's about to head out into the real world.

https://www.cnet.com/news/ibms-ai-lo...COS-05-10aaa0i

[Penton-Man]

Robert, nothing from Peter P.?, I was hoping he said something about 3D for the sake of PaulGo and other 3D fans (with 8K serving as the vehicle).
Oh well, then how ‘bout any tidbits from Don’s presentation on ambient light?

P.S.
Note to motorcycle aficionados, of course not at the level of Jimmy R. (a professional stuntman and racer) on p. 420, but Don “has skills” too – a pic of him putting one of his motorcycles thru its paces at Laguna Seca raceway….

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

man of many talents, e.g. at Laguna Seca raceway….