Paradox
@ctcwired.paradoxwolf.info
-NSFW- A gentle nerd. Broadcast engineer. Colorist. Audio/Video mastering specialist. Former event-staffer. Aspie. Social misfit. Furry in private. Poly/Demi/Open. Nudist. Intimacy seeker. Art collector. He/Him. Washington DC.
https://linktr.ee/ctcwired
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Slowly making a tutorial about how mixing footage in a log or gamma space often looks muddy, compared to mixing in a linear space which can even be purely additive and produce much more dreamy results :3
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Slowly making a tutorial about how mixing footage in a log or gamma space often looks muddy, compared to mixing in a linear space which can even be purely additive and produce much more dreamy results :3
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Someday I wanna mess with one of these fancy boxes with dicroics and 20+ channels of LEDs to create spectral references for characterizing sensors.
Makes the 'ole MacBeth chart seem quaint by comparison :p
Makes the 'ole MacBeth chart seem quaint by comparison :p
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Someday I wanna mess with one of these fancy boxes with dicroics and 20+ channels of LEDs to create spectral references for characterizing sensors.
Makes the 'ole MacBeth chart seem quaint by comparison :p
Makes the 'ole MacBeth chart seem quaint by comparison :p
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Maned wolf, fully sketched and done in pen
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Maned wolf, fully sketched and done in pen
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Protip: drum n bass decreases bike-to-work commute times by 10+ minutes
February 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Protip: drum n bass decreases bike-to-work commute times by 10+ minutes
Under warm trees 🥰
February 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Under warm trees 🥰
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a very well done video about the numerous different types of motion your eyes can detect, such as Critical Flicker Fusion, Contrast Reversal, Motion Blur, Phantom Array Effect, Stroboscopic effect, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_7...
The human eye can see 39,620 Hz
YouTube video by techless
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
a very well done video about the numerous different types of motion your eyes can detect, such as Critical Flicker Fusion, Contrast Reversal, Motion Blur, Phantom Array Effect, Stroboscopic effect, etc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_7...
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JPEG-XL is back! This time written in Rust instead of C++.
Google Chrome 145 Released With JPEG-XL Image Support - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-145-Released
Google Chrome 145 Released With JPEG-XL Image Support
Back in 2022 Google deprecated and then removed JPEG-XL image support from the Chrome/Chromium browser codebase and now in 2026 it's back. Last month I wrote about JPEG-XL decoding merged back to Chromium/Chrome and that has rolled out today as part of today's Chrome 145 stable debut...
www.phoronix.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
JPEG-XL is back! This time written in Rust instead of C++.
late night tea is the best :3
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
late night tea is the best :3
I need to mess with Apple's ASAF spatial audio format at some point, as it appears to solve some issues I've long had with the Atmos renderer. I'd really only monitor on my nicely DSP tuned 5.1 setup though, since I've yet to find a convincing HRTF for my head & ears.
February 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I need to mess with Apple's ASAF spatial audio format at some point, as it appears to solve some issues I've long had with the Atmos renderer. I'd really only monitor on my nicely DSP tuned 5.1 setup though, since I've yet to find a convincing HRTF for my head & ears.
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S/o to this joke I played on our lab tech in 2019
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
S/o to this joke I played on our lab tech in 2019
Morning coffee and scrolling through FA art submission queue 👌🥰
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Morning coffee and scrolling through FA art submission queue 👌🥰
The NFL's YouTube channel kinda messed up the Halftime upload.
The production company (Funicular Goats) did a live grade on-truck to produce a filmic SDR look within the HDR broadcast container, which then got shoved directly onto YouTube without a custom LUT so the SDR downconversion is quite dim.
The production company (Funicular Goats) did a live grade on-truck to produce a filmic SDR look within the HDR broadcast container, which then got shoved directly onto YouTube without a custom LUT so the SDR downconversion is quite dim.
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The NFL's YouTube channel kinda messed up the Halftime upload.
The production company (Funicular Goats) did a live grade on-truck to produce a filmic SDR look within the HDR broadcast container, which then got shoved directly onto YouTube without a custom LUT so the SDR downconversion is quite dim.
The production company (Funicular Goats) did a live grade on-truck to produce a filmic SDR look within the HDR broadcast container, which then got shoved directly onto YouTube without a custom LUT so the SDR downconversion is quite dim.
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Microwaving coffee to warm it up changes its molecular structure, creating "coffee 2", which scientists do not yet understand
November 19, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Microwaving coffee to warm it up changes its molecular structure, creating "coffee 2", which scientists do not yet understand
My job has quickly gone from “so you see guys, ffmpeg is neat” to “hey can do you do these 14 things with ffmpeg by the end of the week cool thanks” and it’s entirely my fault x3
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My job has quickly gone from “so you see guys, ffmpeg is neat” to “hey can do you do these 14 things with ffmpeg by the end of the week cool thanks” and it’s entirely my fault x3
I often get asked for advice on display calibration, and I feel bad explaining that most solutions as-sold are basically scams.
You need a spectrometer to make colorimeter data useful, most OSes don't natively support 3D LUT correction, and if you're not careful it likely makes the situation worse.
You need a spectrometer to make colorimeter data useful, most OSes don't natively support 3D LUT correction, and if you're not careful it likely makes the situation worse.
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I often get asked for advice on display calibration, and I feel bad explaining that most solutions as-sold are basically scams.
You need a spectrometer to make colorimeter data useful, most OSes don't natively support 3D LUT correction, and if you're not careful it likely makes the situation worse.
You need a spectrometer to make colorimeter data useful, most OSes don't natively support 3D LUT correction, and if you're not careful it likely makes the situation worse.
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rainy day commission for Shard
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
rainy day commission for Shard
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For Helinon!
"Dude, you good?"
"Y-yeah. Great!"
"Dude, you good?"
"Y-yeah. Great!"
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
For Helinon!
"Dude, you good?"
"Y-yeah. Great!"
"Dude, you good?"
"Y-yeah. Great!"
I should update my Flickr more with a focus on comforting environments. I have quite a bit, but I know I would enjoy adding to it.
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I should update my Flickr more with a focus on comforting environments. I have quite a bit, but I know I would enjoy adding to it.
Sharpening algorithms behave differently in different colorspaces, especially between linear light vs gamma encoded. I feel like this is something most broadcast cameras and LUT boxes get wrong, plus many B4 lenses have intense chromatic aberrations, and graphics are chroma subsamped.
February 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Sharpening algorithms behave differently in different colorspaces, especially between linear light vs gamma encoded. I feel like this is something most broadcast cameras and LUT boxes get wrong, plus many B4 lenses have intense chromatic aberrations, and graphics are chroma subsamped.
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First serious draft overview for 2026 of services offering coverage of the #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026 in 4K/UHD with Dolby Vision/HDR 📺 and Dolby Audio 5.1 or Atmos 🔊 NGA on OTT streaming, OTA broadcast, DTH satellite 📡 etc.
Corrections and additions welcomed! 🙏
Corrections and additions welcomed! 🙏
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 AM
First serious draft overview for 2026 of services offering coverage of the #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026 in 4K/UHD with Dolby Vision/HDR 📺 and Dolby Audio 5.1 or Atmos 🔊 NGA on OTT streaming, OTA broadcast, DTH satellite 📡 etc.
Corrections and additions welcomed! 🙏
Corrections and additions welcomed! 🙏
Nice video from RTINGS covering what things WiFi 7 certification covers & doesn't in various products, including some fun Wiresharking.
Spoiler: Not a single consumer or prosumer product implements MLO correctly at the moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5o_...
Spoiler: Not a single consumer or prosumer product implements MLO correctly at the moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5o_...
Wi-Fi 7 Marketing Is Lying About Its Biggest Feature
YouTube video by RTINGS com R&D
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Nice video from RTINGS covering what things WiFi 7 certification covers & doesn't in various products, including some fun Wiresharking.
Spoiler: Not a single consumer or prosumer product implements MLO correctly at the moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5o_...
Spoiler: Not a single consumer or prosumer product implements MLO correctly at the moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5o_...