Interview with Akiyoshi Kitaoka

In this episode I relate a written interview I had with Dr. Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a Professor of Psychology based in Japan. He does research on visual perception and makes visual illusions. His work embodies a fascinating combination of creative and technical aspects. I’d recommend viewing this episode on YouTube rather than as an audio podcast as there are many visual demonstrations.

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Dr. Kitaoka’s website:

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html

We discuss:

• (00:00) - Intro.
• (00:53) - Introduction to Dr. Kitaoka.
• (03:45) - His teachers.
• (05:32) - His research.
• (07:37) - Color space visualizations.
• (10:33) - HCV Color model.
• (15:51) - Chromostereopsis.
• (16:59) - Reproducibility.
• (17:34) - Ostwald color model.
• (20:19) - Screen printing.
• (22:10) - Color mixing.
• (23:22) - Screen printing project.
• (29:08) - Color constancy.
• (30:55) - Monge.
• (33:45) - Reduced gamuts.
• (35:53) - Histogram manipulations.
• (37:25) - Image creation.
• (39:28) - Vection.
• (41:17) - Illusory colors.
• (44:31) - Translucency and transparency.
• (46:18) - Maxwell's spot.
• (48:17) - Additive and subtractive systems.
• (01:00:18) - Pixel grids.
• (01:04:39) - Faces.
• (01:09:26) - Plans for the future.
• (01:09:58) - Treasures on his website.
• (01:12:17) - Outro.
• (01:12:45) - End.

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Paul hanrahan interviews film industry professionals about the art and science behind color grading and image making in general.