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In an article unironically titled Don't repeat these mistakes about color spaces and HDR: insights from the demo "Debunking HDR" by Steve Yedlin (Part 2),” Daniel Bañuelos Cuéllar, a lead editor and post-production supervisor who specializes in HDR workflows and color management, shared some takeaways after watching Yedlin’s presentation. We unpack just a few of... Continue Reading →
"As we've already emphasized this evening, even delineating HDR and SDR is a bit of a false dichotomy… I like to… start with a standard dynamic range rendering [1] of an image within an HDR container and then to slowly lift the veil… and allow my client to say 'Oh! I like that,' or… 'Wow!... Continue Reading →
“Display P3 is the color space that Apple computer monitors use. The monitor itself is Display P3, but very often it’s receiving Rec.1886 and just converting it to P3. Rec.2020 is exactly the same as Rec.1886, but with a wider color gamut. sRGB is also exactly the same as Rec.1886, but with a slightly different... Continue Reading →
Kevin Shaw, CSI protests: “I have never endorsed shooting SDR and delivering HDR,” yet his own public statements show him advocating for SDR aesthetics in an HDR container. The Denial “I am a huge fan of HDR and my belief is and aways has been that good HDR content requires that it is planned shot... Continue Reading →
While our previous analyses rejected Yedlin’s non-standard terminology, we’ll now show that even if we were to accept Yedlin’s framing of BT.1886 as a complete color space comprising Rec.709 color primaries, D65 white point and transfer function, his claims are still untenable. As Yedlin's presentation explicitly anchors its claims to the official ITU and SMPTE... Continue Reading →
The Incident: We shared a post on LinkedIn featuring Sarah Priestnall’s summary of the 2025 SMPTE “Ask the Colorist” panel, which she moderated. Her summary noted that “many DPs are still not lighting or shooting specifically for HDR – often because they don’t have access to HDR reference monitors on set or in editorial. Until that changes, the... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 