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globellColorSuite Can Calibrate from a Distance

by Bob Raikes

globellColor of Koblenz, Germany has developed colour calibration hardware and has now extended the scope of its technology to support a range of Eizo ColorEdge displays.The monitors have been supported with the collaboration of …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Display Calibration| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47

8K Production using HLG

by Chris Chinnock

Yuji Nagata from NHK gave a presentation describing an 8K HDR broadcast workflow based on HLG. While trial broadcast of 8K content started in August of 2017 in Japan, this will expand to regular …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Large Display Monitor| NHK| SMPTE 2017| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Dolby Proposes Delta IcpCt as a Color Accuracy Metric for HDR Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Elizabeth Pieri and Jaclyn Pytlarz from Dolby Laboratories started their presentation by saying that the common color accuracy metric, delta E2000 (based on CIELAB), is actually not that accurate when used on HDR displays, …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Colour Quality| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 41

SpectraCal Calls for a By-Pass Mode in HDR Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Tyler Pruitt from SpectraCal/Portrait Displays started his presentation by describing a big problem with HDR displays – color volume remapping (which he said includes tone mapping as well). This is needed when the color …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| SMPTE 2017| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 41

A Proposal for ACES 2.0

by Chris Chinnock

Gary Demos of Image Essence and Doug Walker from Autodesk Media & Entertainment gave a very good presentation on a new color management solution that they believe should be considered for the next version …

Tags:ACES| Colour Management & Processing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 41| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

X-Rite Colour Management is Complete

by Bob Raikes

X-Rite Incorporated, the specialist in colour management and measurement technologies, announced i1Studio, a new colour management solution that is intended to deliver “expert” colour results from capture to print for photographers, filmmakers and designers. …

Tags:Colour Management & Processing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Android Oreo has Colour Profile Support

by Bob Raikes

Android 8.0 (Oreo) has been released on the Pixel 2 (and will come on other devices). There has been a big change ‘behind the scenes’ to the architecture to use the same version across …

Tags:Android| Colour Management & Processing| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Soneira Highlights Dynamic Colour Management

by Bob Raikes

Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies Corp has published an article about the importance and variability of display performance in high ambient light, using a Samsung 65Q9 QLED TV, which he identifies as having …

Tags:Ambient Sensors| Colour Management & Processing| DisplayMate| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Friedrich and Poynton Hold Colour Correction Workshop

by Yvette Raikes

Colour scientist Charles Poynton and calibration specialist Florian Friedrich are holding a 2-day workshop for Up.grade 2017 at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin on 25th and 26th September. The workshop will be …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Management & Processing| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung QLED TVs Calibrated by Calman

by Yvette Raikes

In issue 3 this year, we told you (Samsung Ties up with Calman) about the partnership allowing Samsung to use Portrait Displays’ Calman software to calibrate its 2017 QLED TV range. The two companies …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Management & Processing| Germany| Large Display Monitor| QLED| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Capture One Pro Upgrades with Eizo Monitor Support

by Bob Raikes

Capture One Pro, a software application for high end image manipulation, has added support for certain Eizo ColorEdge monitors, allowing users to generate colour profiles directly from the software The idea is to use …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Colour Management & Processing| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37