ABSTRACT

Hopefully you have read the previous chapter, “ Log vs Linear ” , as you will fi nd many of the key concepts developed there in action here. In that chapter, we found the virtues of log data to be that it retains the full dynamic range of the fi lm and is the most effi cient lossless encoding of the picture information. You also learned that log images are harder to work with. In this chapter, you will fi nd out why and what to do about it.