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LiveGrade 4K for Movie Productions and Live Entertainment
4K / UHD Live Signals in Todays Production Environment
4k motion picture cameras have been on the market for some time, aiming at the digital cinematography market. Productions for broadcast drama, live entertainment, documentaries, and live
broadcast have already started to set up workflows for 4k productions. Getting more from the movie
content constantly drives the need for 4k productions. Understanding this challenges, Pomfort has
extended his established and well proven LiveGrade Pro solution, which is now also available for all
kind of 4k production scenarios. LiveGrade 4k will be demonstrated the first time at NAB 2015.
Setup of LiveGrade 4k
4K / UHD
Quad HD-SDI
HDMI 1.4
4K / UHD
Quad HD-SDI
LUT
BOX
CONTROLS
LiveGrade
4K
Figure 1: HD-SDI Setup with LiveGrade 4K (4K HDMI, 6G SDI and 12G SDI is covered with additional converters)
Powerful Tools for Matching Cameras and Applying Looks
With LiveGrade 4K studio technicians and DITs can manipulate the look of a live 4K or UHD signal
(Quad HD-SDI) coming from a camera or video mixer in full 4K / UHD resolution in real-time
(Figure 1). This solution allows fine adjustments for matching cameras in challenging lighting conditions and enables the flexible application of creative looks in live production.
With the use of lookup tables (3D-LUTs), LiveGrade 4K can seamlessly integrate non-Rec.709 signals (e.g. coming from a Sony PMW-F55 camera as slog3) into a typical Rec.709 production environment – maintaining access to the full dynamic range of todays motion picture cameras.
Features
• Hybrid hardware- / software-solution (software application for control, independent, hardwarebased signal processing), latency ~20 ms (< 1 frame)
• Unlimited Look Library for storing and recalling color corrections
• Independently control of multiple streams from one workstation
• Primary color correction (ASC-CDL based) and secondary color correction (“Matrix” /hue vectorbased)
• 3D-LUTs presets for common cameras, support for custom 3D-LUTs
• Import and export of looks for supporting post production
• Support for ACES color management workflow
Contact Details
Pomfort GmbH Christoph Ulrich Phone: +49 89 330 357 10 Email: [email protected]
LiveGrade 4K White Paper - © April 2015, Pomfort GmbH