“With the advent of digital imaging I made the transition from trying to figure out how to do things to creating objects, characters and the whole cloth. It kind of freed up the analytical part of my brain and I had the opportunity to use more of the creative side of my brain for how things interact with light and integrate into stories.” TryingKindMadeWholeCharacterStoriesUseLightOpportunitySidesBrainCreativeFiguresObjectsCreatingDigitalTransitionIntegratingAdventImaging Author:John Dykstra
“Once the image was in the digital environment, one of the problems was, we had no means to reproduce the color spectrum, grey scale, and contrast that film produces, without converting the digital file to film, evaluating it, then going back and changing the digital image.” MeanProblemFilmEnvironmentProduceColorScalesDigitalContrastGreyFilesSpectrumConverting Author:John Dykstra
“As with sound, images are subjective. You and I may not see the same color red as red, but we will probably agree that the image on the screen is a digital image or film image, based on contrast, bit depth, and refresh rate.” MayFilmBitsSoundColorRedAgreeDepthRateScreensDigitalContrastSubjectiveSubjectivityColor Red Author:John Dykstra
“I was involved in the color correction and the digital color correction. In an odd way, you end up making a film many times-the DVD, the archival record of a high-definition master, and so on.” WayEndsFilmRecordsColorMastersInvolvedDefinitionsOddDigitalCorrectionsDvdsHigh Definition Author:John Dykstra
“Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology; we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content.” HandsTechnologyCreativeRegardLimitationDigitalInterpretationArbiterImaging Author:John Dykstra
