Introduction

When I first saw a high definition (HD) image, I was amazed. The picture was vibrant and filled with tremendous detail. After buying my own “HD ready” high definition television with a separate tuner, I was even more impressed that I could watch this stunning broadcast in my home. I could see individual faces in a football crowd. The raindrops during a live baseball game looked like real rain, not blurry streaks that got in my way.

It wasn’t long before I was dealing with the details of high definition postproduction. I quickly learned that it might be easy to watch a high definition broadcast, but it is another matter altogether to actually dive into the complex and confusing high def postproduction landscape.

While standard definition ...

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