Tag Archives: YCbCr

Luma histogram

In the previous post we created 3 channels from the RGB original picture : Y’, Cb, and Cr. We will now look that the luma histogram, so using the Y’ channel computed in previous post. What is an histogram ? It is a graphical representation of the pixel value distribution in a picture. It could […]

Y’CbCr (“YUV”) conversion – part 1

Ok this week let’s try something a little bit more useful than random manipulation of one picture. Starting from the same beautiful Yosemite picture, we will convert it from RGB color space to Y’CbCr color space. Many websites can help you to get more background on Y’CbCr color spaces, and commonly called “YUV”. I am […]