High Dynamic Range and Wide Color Gamut

Overview

high dynamic range

This comprehensive 1 day course explores the current standards, workflows, challenges and best practices for High Dynamic Range and Wide Color Gamut implementation along with the consequences for backwards compatibility.

Price

IABM Member Rate – £295 / €350 / $470

Non IABM Member Rate – £590 / €700 / $935

IABM Gold and Platinum members are eligible for a number of complimentary course places during the year. Please email us to check availability.

Available Dates

There are currently no dates scheduled for this course, please click here to register your interest or to enquire about bespoke delivery of this course at a premises of your choice.

Course outline

Ultra High Definition (UHD) Phase 1 video has already arrived in terms of increased resolution over that of HD video. UHD Phase 2 – containing important additional features such as High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) – is now being rolled out in all areas from production and post-production through to distribution.

Who is it for?

  • Engineers or technicians with an electronics, computer science or IT background who need to be more familiar with the specific requirements of UHD HDR and WCG
  • Anyone in the media technology industry who needs to understand the impact of HDR and WCG in their UHD workflows, particularly those who are new to the industry such as apprentices and trainees.Technical managers, chief engineers, station managers and others who need an update or overview of HDR and WCG
  • Established technical staff who need to increase their confidence and competence in IT networks
  • Sales and marketing people, product managers, technical support staff, software developers, broadcast operational staff and business analysts.IT engineers and technicians who need to improve their understanding of UHD HDR and WCG operations and workflow
  • Managers of support services who need to build their knowledge of the fundamentals of HDR and WCG

Syllabus

  • Dolby Perceptual Quantizer (PQ) approach to HDRBBC/NHK Hybrid Log-Gamma approach to HDR
  • SMPTE 2084, 2086 and 2094 HDR standards
  • ITU-R BT.2100 HDR standard
  • Other HDR standards
  • HDR workflows
  • HDR compatibility with standard dynamic range (SDR) equipment
  • HDR capture and display
  • The WCG color space
  • The WCG standard – ITU-R BT.2020
  • WCG workflows
  • Moving between colorspaces
  • WCG capture and display