AJA ColorBox License for Colorfront Pipeline
The ColorBox HDR/WCG capabilities leverage video and color space processing algorithms within the Colorfront Engine, specially licensed by AJA from Colorfront, and developed by Colorfront’s CTO Bill Feightner and Lead Engineer Tamas Perlaki. Colorfront offers a color processing pipeline with set and forget SDR and HDR transforms designed for use wherever HDR productions are performed. The Colorfront pipeline includes:
- Built-in SDR, HLG, and PQ transforms
- Licensable upgrade to access the full TV Mode and Live Mode
- Optimized transforms designed for broadcast
- Maintains perceptual integrity
- Full bypass node for 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0
- Support for ITU BT.2408, Operational Practices in HDR Television Production
Colorfront’s new TV Mode and Live Mode are now available in both FS-HDR and as a licensable option in ColorBox. TV Mode is an intuitive colour processing engine aimed at broadcast workflows that contains the built-in SDR, HLG and PQ transforms.
The same license also enables Colorfront Live Mode, which includes several camera Log formats beyond SDR, HLG and PQ like the new ARRI LogC4.
AJA ColorBox is a portable, high-performance colour management device with advanced algorithmic colour transforms and LUT processing capabilities, delivering precise and accurate colour space conversions for live broadcast, live events, on-set production and post production. ColorBox enables a range of HDR and SDR conversions and allows DITs and colourists to easily load, modify, and save looks, and create reference images for dailies to ensure colour accuracy across all production stakeholders and creative vendors.
Pipelines
ColorBox comes with a range of Pipelines to choose from. Select any particular Pipeline for your production needs. Some Pipelines are designed specifically for live broadcast or live event needs. Others, like the AJA Color Pipeline, offer great flexibility for more control over each step of a transform for any application. Pipelines like Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, or BBC HLG LUTs will display a watermark over the image until a license is applied offering you the ability to evaluate the color science prior to purchasing the optional license. ColorBox offers unique image processing capabilities with an unrivaled array of options for a device of its type with full 12-bit 4:4:4 up to 4K 30p and 10-bit 4:2:2 up to 4K 60p. Full bypass nodes are also offered for both 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 outputs, for quick comparisons.
These are the five Pipelines available:
AJA Color
Colorfront (requires License to remove watermark for some features)
ORION-CONVERT (requires License to remove watermark)
BBC HLG LUTs (requires License to remove watermark)
NBCU LUTs
