# AXIS DECK: photo (photographic treatment). 14 cards, PHO01-PHO14. All original writing.
# For the later depth-map and diffusion image stage, NOT for the 3D builders: composed cards print these under a separate
# 'image treatment' heading. Lens character, film-stock feel, grading and grain. 'depth' notes how the treatment behaves
# when pictures are made from depth maps.
# deck-description: Photographic treatment. Lens character, film-stock feel, grading and grain for the later image stage.

## PHO01 | Anamorphic Tungsten
short: Anamorphic Tungsten
essence: wide anamorphic frames on warm tungsten stock
text: Shoot wide and anamorphic on a warm tungsten-balanced stock: horizontal flares, oval highlights, gentle halation round every lamp, fine grain, shadows kept deep and slightly blue-black.
depth: Layers of lamps and doorways in the background help depth estimation; add halation in grading rather than relying on it to hide geometry.

## PHO02 | Long-Lens Compression
short: Long Lens
essence: long-lens compression and creamy separation
text: Shoot long, from far away: compressed planes stacked like theatre flats, shallow focus, creamy background blur, faces and cloth in sharp relief against dissolving crowds.
depth: Strong plane separation reads well; keep subjects clearly in front of their backgrounds.

## PHO03 | Wide Deep Focus
short: Deep Focus
essence: wide deep focus with nothing soft
text: Shoot wide with deep focus and nothing soft: foreground, middle and background all sharp, a clean architectural frame, corrected verticals, gentle vignette and honest colour.
depth: The most reliable treatment for depth maps: everything in focus gives the estimator clean edges.

## PHO04 | Medium-Format Portrait
short: Medium Format
essence: a medium-format portrait look with patient detail
text: Shoot like medium format: a normal-to-short-telephoto look, smooth tonal falloff, fine grain, restrained colour, skin and fabric rendered with patient detail.
depth: Smooth falloff can hide edges; keep a clear outline on the figure.

## PHO05 | Sixteen-Millimetre Grain
short: Sixteen-Millimetre
essence: handheld 16 mm documentary softness and grain
text: Shoot like 16 mm documentary: handheld softness, visible grain, natural light only, a muted palette with a slight green in the shadows and the spontaneity of caught moments.
depth: Heavy grain can confuse fine depth detail; apply grain after depth estimation.

## PHO06 | Slide-Film Primaries
short: Slide Film
essence: saturated daylight slide-film primaries
text: Shoot like daylight slide film: saturated primaries, punchy blacks, crisp contrast, a clean grain, and the bright, honest optimism of holiday afternoons.
depth: High contrast and clean edges are friendly to depth estimation.
brightness: bright

## PHO07 | Silver Monochrome
short: Silver Monochrome
essence: rich silver monochrome with luminous highlights
text: Shoot in monochrome silver: rich blacks, luminous highlights, mid-tones carrying skin and cloth, medium-coarse grain, a slightly high contrast like a magazine plate of the 1950s.
depth: Tonal separation, not colour, must carry depth; keep value contrast between planes.

## PHO08 | Bleach-Bypass Grit
short: Bleach Bypass
essence: desaturated bleach-bypass grit
text: Shoot with a bleach-bypass bite: desaturated colour, hard contrast, heavy grain, cold highlights and skin that leans toward bronze, with a stark newsreel honesty.
depth: Hard contrast helps edges; keep shadows from crushing to flat black.

## PHO09 | Faded Postcard
short: Faded Postcard
essence: a faded colour print with lifted blacks
text: Shoot like a faded colour print from decades ago: a warm cast, lifted blacks, soft saturation, slight edge fall-off and a pastel, memory-like bloom.
depth: Low contrast weakens depth cues; strengthen plane separation before grading.

## PHO10 | Soft-Diffusion Glamour
short: Soft Diffusion
essence: soft-diffusion studio glamour with bloom
text: Shoot with soft diffusion: highlights bloom gently, contrast is lifted, skin glows, backgrounds blur in warm pools, a studio-era glamour with the grain of fine film.
depth: Bloom softens edges; add it after depth estimation, not before.

## PHO11 | Night Street Neon
short: Night Neon
essence: night street neon on fast sensors
text: Shoot at night on fast sensors: sodium and neon colours colliding, crushed shadows, a little noise as texture, streaks of motion, wet reflections doing the composition.
depth: Reflections confuse depth estimation; mask them or accept flat reflections.
brightness: dim

## PHO12 | Large-Format Architecture
short: Large Format
essence: large-format architectural exactness
text: Shoot like large-format architecture: movements corrected, very high resolution, exact tones, long exposure, ambient light stretched into velvety dark and detail in every corner.
depth: Very high detail and clean verticals make the most accurate depth maps.

## PHO13 | Instant Print
short: Instant Print
essence: instant-print softness and colour shifts
text: Shoot like an instant print: soft focus, colour shifts toward green and magenta, vignetting, saturated blacks, the chemical intimacy of something one of a kind.
depth: Soft focus lowers depth accuracy; use for stylised results only.

## PHO14 | Clean Digital Cinema
short: Clean Digital
essence: clean modern digital cinema with wide dynamic range
text: Shoot with clean modern digital cinema: wide dynamic range, neutral grading, natural colour, minimal grain, restraint and accuracy so that the place and the person carry everything.
depth: A neutral baseline: behaves well with depth maps and takes later grading easily.
