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Cinemage User Manual
Version 4.1.x ©2010
Section 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introduction
Welcome!
The Cinemage product family revolutionizes critical monitoring for digital cinema acquisition,
post production and DI by combining Cine-tal’s leading edge IDS (Intelligent Display Server)
technology and calibrated full resolution LCD display. Cinemage provides quantitative video
analysis, colour pre-visualization, video signal quality assurance, real-time collaboration
between acquisition and post production, and an integrated OmniTek™ Waveform Monitor and
Vectorscope. With Cinemage you can conduct both critical visual analysis and digital
quantitative analysis of your HD SDI or HD SDI Dual Link signal in either YCbCr or RGB, linear
or logarithmic, at 8 or 10 bits.
IDS Technology is a joint technology development between Cine-tal and OmniTek. IDS
provides image processing, signal routing, frame stores, and colour manipulation (3D LUT’s)
and test and measurement all in a network appliance configuration. Internal to IDS is a powerful
image processor that generates real-time data about the HD video stream. This data is used to
generate waveforms, vectorscopes, gamut information and status of the incoming video signal.
IDS also provides for display calibration and profiling as well as input signal colour grading for
pre-visualization. All data and operations can be performed over a LAN, WAN or wireless
network with any web-enabled device.
How to use this guide
This
Cinemage User Guide
is intended to be a learning tool for those new to the Cinemage
product as well as a handy reference for experienced operators. The
User’s Guide
offers step
by step instructions and general information.
If you are new to the Cinemage products we strongly suggest that you read this manual
completely and familiarize yourself with all the tasks presented. An investment in time now may
save a lot of time later.
