Index · 6 entries
Every guide we have published, newest first.
Midday sun has a bad reputation. Used deliberately, its hard edges and deep shadows can become the strongest part of a photograph.
Two files can hold exactly the same picture and still be unreadable to each other. The difference is how the Y, U and V samples are ordered.
Raw video files have no header and no instructions. A viewer's real job is to guess well — or to ask you the right questions.
Those three numbers describe how much colour detail a video keeps. Here is what they mean and when the difference is visible.
The histogram is not a grade on your photo. It is a quick map of where your tones sit — and that is all you need it to be.
Objective quality metrics are useful, fast and repeatable. They are also easy to misread. Here is how to use them alongside visual inspection.