Glossary

  • Transform - a function that alters RGB(A) data (e.g transform an image from scene linear to sRGB)

  • Reference space - a space that connects colorspaces

  • Colorspace - a meaningful space that can be transferred to and from the reference space

  • Display - a virtual or physical display device (e.g an sRGB display device)

  • View - a meaningful view of the reference space on a Display (e.g a film emulation view on an sRGB display device)

  • Role - abstract colorspace naming (e.g specify the “lnh” colorspace as the scene_linear role, or the color-picker UI uses color_picking role)

  • Look - a color transform which applies a creative look (for example a per-shot neutral grade to remove color-casts from a sequence of film scans, or a DI look)