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YUV Last modified: Thursday, January 11, 2007
A color encoding system used for analog television, such as NTSC and PAL. The YUV color model represents the human perception of color more closely than the standard RGB model used in computer graphics hardware. In YUV, Y is the luminance (brightness) component while U and V are the chrominance (color) components.
Digital Content Producer Magazine Film & video production in a multi-platform world. The YUV colour space The reasons to use the YUV decomposition are multiple. Firstly, a conversion of an RGB signal (such as the one used on your monitor) to YUV requires just a linear transform, which is really easy to do with analogue circuitry and it is cheap to compute numerically.	Related Categories Color Digital Television Video Related Terms analog chroma key color depth color management system (CMS) color matching color separation HDTV NTSC PAL palette Shop for: Input Adapters - Sima ( XCON YUV) Video Converter Products Video Converter Compare all matches: 1 Store Offers from $313-$313 Top Store Offers eCOST.com - 312.99 more stores...