[Tig] false color, I believe?

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Feb 16, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>
> I thought that you were a colorist in India, Brazil, and  
> California. Have you now become a space colorist?  BTFW, colorists  
> on Mars are used to working with a different set of colors.

that I think is the core answer, though also funny.   "false" must be  
redefined or dropped when referring to an image taken from space
I suppose.     We did have a long thread on this subject a year or  
two ago, I'll try to find it in the archives (still working on an  
archive search
engine).

I had the pleasure of working at JPL briefly and there was a lot of  
color work going on; I was doing system administration on the Sun  
network,
which included about 300 desktops.   I hope that eventually Quantum  
will replace "Digital" as the all-encompassing qualitative adjective  
of the
future, so Senior Quantum Colorist would make a good title.    
(incidentally, my favorite work on Mars is the story "The Janitor on  
Mars" from
Martin Amis, included in the story collection "Heavy Water."   In a  
more explicit reference to Hollywood, the story "The Coincidence of  
the Arts"
describes a Manhattan populated entirely by artists, where "even the  
babies starred in ads and had agents ... [and] the AC installers were  
all installationists. The construction workers were all  
constructivists."

> Maybe red was converted to blue in the photo.

maybe; though there are warm tones in the rock.   Someday that place  
will be a popular tourist destination, with more
topographical interest than any place on earth.

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Rob Lingelbach
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