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Advanced HDR Conversion

Mapping between color spaces to preserve artistic intent.

Flexible HDR Solutions to meet the need of your production.

Static Conversion

Static conversion from SDR to HDR or HDR to SDR can be done via a 3D-LUT file. The 3D-LUT file maps the color space, and applies the appropriate EOTF transfer curve. This mapping is applied to all the frames of video regardless of the signal. The Cobalt 9904-UDX-4K is able to insert static LUTS with the +3DLUT-PRO and +3DLUT-4K options. Adding the +3DLUT-BBC option allows the card to come preconfigured with standard LUTs suggested by the BBC for professional broadcast.


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Dynamic Conversion

Dynamic conversion takes a static LUT as a base, and allows the user to customize the look and feel of the content in real time. While an up-mapped HDR signal, or down-mapped SDR signal can be technically “legal”, conversion can be optimized for the type of content that is being produced. Cobalt digital products are compatible with both the WonderLook Pro and LiveGrade Pro software that provide full control over the transfer curve and color correction.

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Dynamic Intelligent Conversion

Dynamic intelligent conversion goes beyond dynamic conversion alone by allowing an algorithm to automatically adjust the color values based on the incoming video signal. Cobalt uses Technicolor’s suite of HDR conversion tools for this task. The toolset is informed by deep learning from Technicolor’s years of Hollywood colorimetry experience. Video is analyzed frame-by-frame in real time to make adjustments more quickly than a human operator could. As lighting conditions change over the course of a broadcast, the human operator has the ability to focus on other parts of the production.


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Options

SDR/HDR Conversion Options
(+HDR-TCHCLR-4K, +HDR-TCHCLR) Provides real-time intelligent HDR conversion powered by Technicolor®. Contains SDR-to-HDR, HDR-to-SDR, and HDR-to-HDR conversion with dynamic metadata creation. Technicolor toolkits include SL-HDR encode, SL-HDR decode, and ITM Intelligent Tone Management.
3D LUT Options
(+3DLUT-PRO-4K, +3DLUT-PRO) 3D LUT (Lookup Table) options provide 33 cube LUT mapping between 10-bit RGB and HDR color spaces.
BBC 3D LUT Option (+3D-LUT-BBC) Licensed product developed by the BBC, provides BBC 3D LUTS as optional SDR-to-HDR and HDR-to-SDR profiles. (Requires +3D-LUT-PRO or +3D-LUT-PRO-4K option to also be present to support this option.)
NBCU LUTS (what’s the option called?) The NBCU LUTS include both HLG and PQ LUTs following similar HDR/SDR conversion methodology and color science.

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Unleash your SDR Legacy Content

Select between convenience and control

Manual

In manual mode, the Technicolor ITM SDR to HDR controls give the user the ability to adjust the ranges betwen shadows, midtones, and highlights within the content.

Preset

Preset mode provides 28 preconfigured settings differentiated by brightness and contrast. Users have many options to customize the look and feel of the content, while not having all the controls included in the manual mode.
Additional adjustments include:

  • Limiter
  • Saturation
  • Sharpness

Automatic

In auto mode, the Technicolor algorithm will adjust settings frame-by-frame in real time according to the incoming content. Fine tune adjustments can be made to the unit at the beginning of an event – but after that, the ITM process will make any adjustments due to changing lighting conditions during the event.

Bright spot analysis

Bright spot analysis and management: ability to ensure excessive bright spots are not created when converting from SDR to HDR that might detract from the creative intent of the video.

The ITM algorithm also includes advanced bright spot detection, which will isolate smaller points of light from larger bright spots within the frame. This way, when the light intensity increases from an SDR image to the brighter HDR image, lighting speculars won’t be drowned out by larger areas of light.

Noise Reduction

HDR content can get noisy, especially content shot on film. Technicolor‘s noise reduction is superior to anything currently on the market used for grading.


A static 3D-LUT typically does not have active noise reduction, this is very problematic in low light conditions, upgrading content from older cameras or cameras with small sensors or in cases with camera movement.


A powerful de-noising engine is included, as legacy SDR content will often come with a fair bit of noise. The ability to adjust the noise within the shadows and highlights helps to keep image detail while protecting against banding artifacts.

Features

HDR Conversions

  • SDR to HDR
  • HDR to SDR
  • HDR to HDR

OETF Curves

  • PQ
  • HLG
  • SLOG 3

Color Space

  • Full
  • Legal
  • BT.709
  • BT.2020

LUT

  • BBC LUTs
  • 3rd Party Control
  • WonderLook Pro
  • LiveGrade pro

Video Format Conversion

  • 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD Up/Down/Cross Conversion
  • 12G-SDI Single wire or SDM/SI quad 3G-SDI

Frame Sync

  • Full frame synchronizer with dual reference
  • Audio/Video Offset Controls

Advanced Audio

  • 4 AES Pair Embedding/De-embedding
  • Dolby Encoding/Decoding
  • Audio Upmixing/Downmixing
  • Audio Loudness Leveling

Metadata

  • Static & Dynamic

END-TO-END HDR WORKFLOWS

Multi-Image Processing

Cobalt's line of card-based and standalone Expandable Multiviewers (including the award-winning 9970-QS) offer unprecedented flexibility and unprecedented ease of use.

All models offer custom layout changes that can be done "on-the-fly" in real time and cascade expandability.

Multiviewers and Monitoring

9970-QS3G/HD/SD-SDI/CVBS Expandable Multiviewer
BBG-1070-QS3G/HD/SD-SDI/CVBS Standalone Expandable Multiviewer
9970-QS-MC3G/HD/SD-SDI/CVBS Expandable Master Control Multiviewer
9971-MV6-4K12G/6G/3G/HD/SD UHD Multiviewers
9971-MV18-4K12G/6G/3G/HD/SD 18-Input UHD Multiviewer
UltraBlue IP-MVIP Multiviewers