Using Psychophysics as a Creative Tool

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4 April Webcast - Start time 12:00 PM Eastern

Using Psychophysics as a Creative Tool

Psychophysics studies the connections between stimuli and perception. A creative image must travel through a technical imaging pipeline before it lands in front of a viewer as a stimulus where it once again becomes a subjective experience, unique to each viewer. This webcast will give a brief background on how both visual stimuli and perceptions are measured, and a few examples of psychophysical vocabulary and phenomena that are helpful in understanding color models (such as colorfulness, adaptation, and simultaneous contrast).

Abstraction is required in both the math that allows these phenomena to be quantified and the storytelling that allows subjective human experiences to be channeled into imagery. For creatives, this webcast will touch on how image science already harnesses similar processes that occur in our brains in nature, which will allow a deeper connection on a creative level to the technical pipeline. For image scientists, this webcast will touch on techniques in fine art connected to perceptual phenomena (such as chiaroscuro, tenebrism, and color blocking) and the intentional distortion embedded in creative choices that creatives may want to maintain during the pipeline.

Speakers

Rory Gordon

Senior Colorist

Rory Gordon is a senior colorist, with recent credits Unstable for Netflix, Rapsh!t for HBO Max, and Parish for AMC. She is one of the most experienced HDR colorists working in television and streaming, with experience finishing over 130 episodes in HDR10 and Dolbyvision. Her work has appeared on HBO, Starz, Amazon, Netflix, Fox, and others. In 2021 she was nominated for an HPA award for her work on HBO's Lovecraft Country. She has done independent research in applied color science/color communication and has been published in the SMPTE journal three times, in addition to speaking at many events including international audiences. She is a painter in her life away from digital image processing.

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