Demystifying The Horseshoe – A Guided Dive Into The 1931 CIE Chart

October 24, 2021

We've all seen the 1931 CIE RGB Chromaticity Chart but do you understand its importance to film and video? How does it map to human vision?


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How well do you understand the CIE ‘Horseshoe’ Chart?

The 1931 CIE Chromaticity Chart that we’ve all seen. But do you understand it well enough to use it in your work?

Nearly a century ago a chart was born and became the groundwork for color science and imaging developments across 4 generations: The 1931 CIE Chromaticity Chart. As media professionals, we’ve all seen the CIE horseshoe chart. It’s in our tools, our textbooks, and our manuals. And of course, in our color-managed workflows.

But how well do you understand this chart? Enough to intuitively ‘get it’? Enough to appreciate its groundbreaking achievement? Do you understand it enough to defy current dogma and challenge it? How is the methodology used in 1931 still relevant to digital video professionals today? And what will the future hold for this field and its challenges?

As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the CIE chart this month, join Hector Berrebi and a world-famous guest speaker and color scientist, Dr. Charles Poynton.


 

In this webinar we explore:

  • What is colorimetry & color matching?
  • What is a ‘standard observer’? And how was the CIE 1931 chart plotted?
  • How a color “space” is actually a 3D “space” that fits a 3D shape?
  • ‘xy chromaticity’: How do you read it and how is it used?
  • Party tricks with color & math on the chromaticity chart!

We’ll also discuss the updated 1976 and 2002 color models and why were they created? Finally, see how the CIE chart and its color space manifest inside DaVinci Resolve as it relates to:

  • Vectorscope & CIE scope
  • Evaluating out-of-gamut colors

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  • Tom J
    Guest

    Hi there,
    really great one Hector! And good to have charles on board as well.

    Is there any info on when a course on log will be released?
    I would have a few questions about the topic and it’s technical implication compared to other formats/profiles


  • Pat Inhofer
    Guest

    Hi Tom! I’m glad you enjoyed this. We usually don’t announce Webinars until they’re two weeks out, since schedules change. But I’m willing to say it’s scheduled for January 2022. The exact date is TBD.

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