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Old 09-18-2014, 05:57 PM
old_coot88 old_coot88 is offline
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A factory rep once discussed the reduced chroma definition very simplistically this way (paraphrasing)..
The detail and definition that the eye "sees" is supplied by the luma signal, while the color is simply washed in. Thus the average viewer never perceives that the color detail is fudged.

Last edited by old_coot88; 09-18-2014 at 08:05 PM. Reason: Added the word 'average'
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