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Color Management System – Calibration Process

This chapter will discuss the use of Light Illusion's CMS software for color correction.

Device Setup

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Before starting the calibration process, you need to install and register the CMS software first.
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https://www.lightillusion.com/colourspace.html

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Summary of Contents for TLM-170K

Page 1: ...17 SCOPEVIEW PRODUCTION MONITOR Instruction Manual TLM 170K TLM 170KM TLM 170KR ...

Page 2: ... PICTURE 17 Brightness 17 Contrast 17 Saturation 17 Tint 17 Sharpness 17 HDMI RGB Range 17 HDMI EDID 17 Color Space 17 Camera Log 18 Def Log 18 User Log 18 Gamma 19 HDR 19 Back Light 19 Color Temperature 19 MARKER 20 Center Marker 20 Center Marker Size 20 Aspect Marker 20 Safety Marker 20 Marker Color 21 Aspect MAT 21 Thickness 21 User Marker H1 H2 21 User Marker V1 V2 21 FUNCTION 21 Scan 21 Aspec...

Page 3: ...ices The information offered in this instruction manual is intended as a guide only At all times Datavideo Technologies will try to give correct complete and suitable information However Datavideo Technologies cannot exclude that some information in this manual from time to time may not be correct or may be incomplete This manual may contain typing errors omissions or incorrect information Datavid...

Page 4: ... from the type of power source indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your Datavideo dealer or your local power company 8 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this unit where the power cord will be walked on rolled over or otherwise stressed 9 If an extension cord must be used with this unit make sure tha...

Page 5: ...ccident misuse unauthorized repairs sand grit or water is not covered under warranty Viruses and malware infections on the computer systems are not covered under warranty Any errors that are caused by unauthorized third party software installations which are not required by our computer systems are not covered under warranty All mail or transportation costs including insurance are at the expense o...

Page 6: ...onserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling please contact your local city office your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product CE Marking is the symbol as shown on the left of this page The letters CE are t...

Page 7: ...t and field production applications Features DCI 4K 60p and UHD 4K 60p videos for both input and output 17 monitor with UHD 4K 3840 x 2160 LCD display Supports column YRGB peak time code waveform vector scope audio level meter peaking filter zoom pix to pix overscan check field etc 12G SDI video input with loop through output HDMI 4K input with loop through output Time Code Display LTC VITC Four u...

Page 8: ...0K SDI Button Press once to enable the SDI video source on the monitor screen You can connect the loop thru port see Rear Panel to a monitor to view the activated input video source As the SDI video source is activated the button LED will be turned ON Dual Color Tally Light Video Source MENU Activation Return EXIT Headphone Audio Volume Control Power ON OFF Shortcut Keys ...

Page 9: ...menu or increase decrease parameter values using the audio volume adjustment buttons While NOT in the OSD menu pressing either one of the audio volume adjustment buttons will open a Volume slide bar at the bottom of the screen Then press the MENU button to switch to other setting options as listed below Volume Brightness Contrast Saturation Tint Sharpness Exit To adjust the parameter values simply...

Page 10: ... shortcut key selected at step 1 4 Press the EXIT button to close the pop up function list The pop up function list is shown below Center Marker Aspect Marker Safety Marker Overscan Scan Aspect Color Space Gamma Camera Log Check Field H V Delay Freeze Color Bar False Color Exposure Histogram Waveform Vector Time Code Mute Level Meter Audio Vector Button Reset To reset F1 F4 buttons to factory defa...

Page 11: ...f SDI and HDMI inputs HDMI Input 1 2 Connect HDMI video and audio source devices HDMI 1 YUV420 not supported HDMI 2 YUV420 supported USB 2 0 Port SERVICE For firmware upgrade only see Firmware Update for more information about firmware upgrade SDI Input Output 1 SDI input output pair DC IN 12V 12 V power input XLR Phoenix Terminal Power ON OFF Switch TLM 170K s main power ON OFF switch SDI Input O...

Page 12: ...ons Sub Options Parameters Picture Brightness 0 100 Contrast 0 100 Saturation 0 100 Tint 0 100 Sharpness 0 100 HDMI RGB Range Full Limited HDMI EDID 2K 4K Color Space BT2020 DCI P3 EBU Rec709 SMPTE C Native Camera Log Off Def Log User Log Def Log SLog2ToLC 709 SLog2ToLC 709TA SLog2ToSLog2 709 SLog2ToCine 709 SLog3ToLC 709 SLog3ToLC 709TA SLog3ToSLog2 709 SLog3ToCine 709 ArriLogCTo709 ArriLogCToP3D...

Page 13: ...ight 0 100 Color Temperature 3200 K 5500 K 6500 K 7500 K 9300 K User Color Red Gain 0 255 Green Gain 0 255 Blue Gain 0 255 Red Offset 0 511 Green Offset 0 511 Blue Offset 0 511 Marker Center Marker ON OFF Center Marker Size Small Middle Large Aspect Marker OFF 16 9 1 85 1 2 35 1 4 3 3 2 2 0X 2 0X MAG Grid User Safety Market OFF 95 93 90 88 85 ...

Page 14: ...pect Mat OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thickness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 User Marker H1 1 3840 User Marker H2 1 3840 User Marker V1 1 2160 User Marker V2 1 2160 Function Scan Zoom Aspect Pixel to Pixel Aspect Full 16 9 1 85 1 2 35 1 4 3 3 2 2 0X 2 0X MAG Overscan OFF ON H V Delay Off H ...

Page 15: ...40 30 20 10 Freeze OFF ON Waveform Waveform Multi Y YCbCr RGB OFF Vector OFF ON Transparency 50 25 OFF Peaking OFF ON Peaking Color Red Green Blue White Black Peaking Level 0 100 False Color OFF Default Spectrum ARRI RED False Color Table OFF ON Exposure OFF ON Exposure Level 50 100 IRE Histogram OFF Y ...

Page 16: ...CH SDI CH 1 2 CH 3 4 CH 5 6 CH 7 8 CH 9 10 CH 11 12 CH 13 14 CH 15 16 Audio Left Out CH1 16 SDI CH 1 8 HDMI Audio Right Out CH1 16 SDI CH 1 8 HDMI System Language English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Color Bar OFF 100 75 Color Bar Mode Rec601 Rec709 BT2020 OSD Timer 10s 20s 30s OSD Transparency OFF 25 50 OSD H Position 0 100 OSD V Position 0 100 Fan Auto ON OFF Color Calibration OFF ON ...

Page 17: ...I RGB Range RGB Full 0 255 PC Monitor RGB Limited 16 235 Standard or HD TVs HDMI EDID The EDID learning function is only used when you experience any failures in playing audio and video correctly You will be able to force the TLM 170K s receiving resolution by setting the EDID to either 2K or 4K so that the connected HDMI source outputs the maximum resolution defined in EDID Color Space Select an ...

Page 18: ...is normally colorless so in order to color grade your Log footage with the Rec709 color space you can select the appropriate LUT from the list below SLog2ToLC 709 Sony Log format to Rec709 SLog2ToLC 709TA SLog2ToSLog2 709 SLog2ToCine 709 SLog3ToLC 709 SLog3ToLC 709TA SLog3ToSLog2 709 SLog3ToCine 709 ArriLogCTo709 Arri Log format to Rec709 ArriLogCToP3DCI ClogTo709 Canon Log format to Rec709 VLogTo...

Page 19: ... capable of displaying more colors and details of an image than the regular ones The TLM 170K offers two HDR transfer functions listed as follows ST 2084 or Perceptual Quantizer is able to represent luminance levels of 300 1000 and 10000 cd m2 HLG stands for Hybrid Log Gamma which is another HDR transfer function Back Light Adjust the back light level from 0 100 Color Temperature Select a color te...

Page 20: ... so that you can record the entire screen while still knowing where the cut off will be by putting a mat over it Center Marker The Center Marker if turned on will place a crosshair in the middle of the screen Center Marker Size The Center Marker size can be set to small medium or large Aspect Marker Sets the aspect marker display at the aspect ratio selected from the list below OFF 16 9 1 85 1 2 3...

Page 21: ...decreasing the value moves the marker to the left User Marker V1 V2 This adjusts the marker s vertical position Increasing the value moves the marker up and decreasing the value moves the marker down Function This allows the user to set advanced settings for the TLM 170K such as the scan mode the aspect ratio underscan mode H V delay check field zoom and etc Details of how these functions can be c...

Page 22: ...pect ratio of your screen to match that of the input video in order to achieve the best viewing experience Views of different aspect ratios on the TLM 170K are shown in the diagram below Note Aspect ratio control is disabled if the scan mode is set to pixel to pixel Overscan If enabled the image rendered on the display will be larger than the physical area of the screen creating a cropped image on...

Page 23: ...Field The check field function offers the user Red Only Green Only Blue Only and Mono modes for screen calibration should you require them First turn on the color bar then turn on the single color mode in the check field as this allows you to do the screen calibration by adjusting the brightness contrast saturation tint and sharpness Zoom The zoom function allows you to enlarge the image by a cert...

Page 24: ...o Multi the Histogram is enabled by default Vector Scope The vector scope is used to measure the color information such as Hue and Saturation in a video image Note For color bars the vector scope works with 100 color bars and 75 color bars with a 75 white level Hue The color markers are red magenta blue cyan green and yellow The proximity a signal to one of the markers tells you what color it is S...

Page 25: ... vector scope Transparency This selects the transparency of the waveform and vector scope 50 blend effect 25 blend effect Off Opaque Peaking filter The peaking filter once enabled will place color lines on edges of the subject of the focus in the image This function works well if the subject of the focus is correctly exposed for high contrast Red Green Blue White and Black are the five available o...

Page 26: ...ernal equipment To best utilize this feature you must first understand the color chart below The color chart is like a color scale The exposure level is represented by different colors which correspond to the respective luminance of the pixels as displayed on the monitor The correct exposure ranges from 10 100 Anything below 10 is regarded as underexposed and if exposure exceeds 100 it is deemed o...

Page 27: ...n yellow and finally to red if overexposed Blue indicates underexposure An example of an original image with the false color applied is shown on the left of the image below The four available false color modes are Default Normal Spectrum ARRI and Red which are illustrated in the diagram below False Color Table This enables disables false color chart on the screen A sample of the chart is shown bel...

Page 28: ...ll be able to see a zebra pattern superimposed over parts of the image that are exposed to a specific level In this way the exposure of the image displayed on the screen can then be adjusted accordingly on the monitor by changing the exposure level 50 100 IRE ...

Page 29: ...light than it is to blue or red light Finally the luminosity histogram is produced by counting how many pixels are at each brightness level as shown in the diagram below RGB The RGB histogram is a graph that represents the overall brightness of the entire image In any digital image each individual color is made by combining red green and blue lights with each light represented by its brightness le...

Page 30: ...ed throughout an image allowing you to evaluate the brightness and exposure of that individual color channel See the diagram below for an example of the color histogram Time Code The TLM 170K is able to decode the following SMPTE timecode formats LTC Linear timecode VITC Vertical interval timecode The decoded time code will be shown at the top of the screen Note Time code is only available with th...

Page 31: ...DMI mode there will be 8 HDMI embedded audio channels Audio Vector Enable the audio vector scope shown below to view the audio information Audio Vector CH HDMI First enable the audio vector scope then select an audio input channel pair to view the audio information Audio Vector CH SDI First enable the audio vector scope then select an audio input channel pair to view the audio information Audio Le...

Page 32: ...elect color calibration 7 Switch the standby power mode 8 Reset the entire device s settings Language The available languages are English Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Color Bar Available options are listed as follows OFF disables the color bar 75 or 100 color bar Color Bar Mode The TLM 170K offers three color bar modes listed as follows REC601 SD video REC709 HD video BT2020 4K or 8K...

Page 33: ...n s LightSpace Color Management System CMS which includes a calibration probe and the CMS software The TLM 170K works with CAL PRO and XPT versions only Visit https www lightillusion com lightspace html for more information See the CMS Color Calibration Process in the subsequent chapter Comparison EN By enabling this option you will be able to see the difference between the original image and the ...

Page 34: ...s CMS software for color correction Device Setup 1 Before starting the calibration process you need to install and register the CMS software first Copy and paste the link https www lightillusion com colourspace html into your browser s address bar then hit enter to open the ColourSpace page shown below ...

Page 35: ...ro OEM colourimeter Click the link https www lightillusion com murideo_six g html to purchase 4K 8K signal generator Please note that the signal generator is optional 2 Connect the calibration device to the PC or the laptop then the TLM 170K monitor via the HDMI interface Enable Extended Desktop Mode on the PC or the laptop Finally open your graphics control panel to set the HDMI output to Full Ra...

Page 36: ...30 minutes You can start color calibrating your monitor after you ve completed the device setup Software Setup 1 Select the connected Probe Follow the path Tools Discoverable Probes to access the color calibration devices supported by the CMS Select the color calibration device that is connected to the PC or the laptop The software setup guide will use i1Display Pro OEM for illustrative purposes ...

Page 37: ...robe and a dialogue box with the message Do you want to connect to i1 Display Pro should pop up Note If the probe model is CA 310 you should see the corresponding model number in the message Click OK if the detected color calibration device is correct 3 Warm up the monitor before calibration Make sure the monitor and the color calibration device are turned ON and leave them running for about 30 mi...

Page 38: ...CMS User Interface click Tools Calibration Calibration Interface to open the Calibration Interface window then click the Options button to open the window below Locate Patch Scale pane circled in red in the diagram above then enter 16 in min and 235 in max ...

Page 39: ...nt the probe at the calibration area as close as possible then click the OK button in the dialogue box to start calibration Repeat the process until the MAX value in the Luminance Units pane is in the range of 80 120 Note that the closer the MAX value to 100 the better the TLM 170K is calibrated 6 Color calibration On the Display Characterization window Tools Calibration Display Characterization s...

Page 40: ...gue box Drag the Calibration Area onto the TLM 170K Lastly enter a name for this particular calibration in the dialogue box point the probe at the calibration area as close as possible then click the OK button to start calibration Please note that it takes approximately one hour to perform 9261 point measurements ...

Page 41: ...urce pane select Rec709 for the color space and in the Destination pane select the color space generated in the previous step In the Name textbox enter the name of the 3D cube color calibration file The rest of the settings should be configured as shown in the diagram on the left Click Create New button to generate the color conversion data ...

Page 42: ...n select the 3D DaVinciResolve33 cube format Lastly click the Export button to export the 3D Cube file to a USB thumb drive Settings and file exports of the DCI P3 and BT2020 color spaces are depicted in the diagrams below DCI P3 ...

Page 43: ...e Insert the USB thumb into the SERVICE port of the TLM 170K and you will be prompted whether to write the 3D CUBE file to the monitor Select Yes to write the 3D Cube file to the monitor The color calibration process is complete after the 3D CUBE file has been written to the monitor successfully Lastly open the TLM 170K s OSD menu select PICTURE User Log then select the 3D CUBE file imported previ...

Page 44: ... Drive Max 16GB USB A Cable To update the TLM 170K firmware MCU 1 Unzip extract the firmware file 2 Rename the bin file to mcu bin 3 Format the USB 2 0 pen drive to FAT32 4 Copy mcu bin to the USB 2 0 pen drive 5 Power off the TLM 170K On Off Switch at the back of the monitor 6 At the back of the monitor plug the USB 2 0 pen drive into the USB 2 0 port labelled SERVICE 7 Power ON the TLM 170K whil...

Page 45: ...B 2 0 pen drive into the USB 2 0 port labelled SERVICE on the back of the monitor 5 Load FPGA appears on the screen as soon as the TLM 170K detects the fpga bit file 6 fpga bit is automatically loaded on the TLM 170K 7 The TLM 170K reboots itself after fpga bit is successfully loaded 8 The firmware update is complete if the TLM 170K Monitor reboots successfully ...

Page 46: ...46 6 Dimensions All measurements in millimeters mm ...

Page 47: ...rminal Pitch 5 08mm Standard SDI Signal Format 4096x2160p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 3840x2160p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 4096x2160Psf 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 3840x2160Psf 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 1920x1080p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 1920x1080i 50 59 94 60 1920x1080Psf 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 1280 720p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 525i 625i HDMI Signal Format 4096x2160p 23 98 24 25 2...

Page 48: ... General Power 12V 40 1W 12V 5A Operating Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage Temperature 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F Humidity 10 to 80 non condensing Dimension mm 403 L 305 W 36 6 D Weight 4 1 Kg ...

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Page 52: ...Service and Support www datavideo com product TLM 170K www datavideo com product TLM 170KM www datavideo com product TLM 170KR Datavideo Technologies Co Ltd All rights reserved 2020 Apr 07 2022 Version E2 ...

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