
ColorBox In-Line Color and HDR/SDR Transform v1.0 48 www.aja.com
Appendix A – Specifications
ColorBox Tech Specs
HDR/WCG Real Time Processor
• HDR Conversions
• HDR to HDR
• HDR to SDR
• SDR to HDR
• Colorimetry
• BT.709 and BT.2020
Video Formats
• (4K) 4096x2160p
• (UltraHD) 3840x2160p
• (2K) 2048x1080p
• (HD) 1920x1080p
• (HD) 1920x1080i
• (HD) 1280x720p
Color Processing Pipeline
• Processes in 12-bit RGB
• 5x pipelines; AJA Color, Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, BBC HLG LUTs, NBCU
LUTs
• 7x processing nodes plus Overlay in AJA Color; 4x 1-D LUTs, 2x 3x3 Matrices, 1x
3-D LUT
AJA Color Pipeline (ACP)
• 7x nodes in order of processing:
• 1D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1-D LUT, 3-D LUT, 1-D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1-D LUT, Overlay
• Supports 10 and 12-bit 1-D LUTs
• Supports custom 33 point .LUT and .CUBE format 3-D LUTs*
• Supports custom .LUT format 1-D LUTs
• Supports custom .SPIMTX format matrices
• Tetrahedral 3-D LUT interpolation
• 3-D LUT configurable as LUT or Dynamic
• 1-D LUTs configurable as LUT, Dynamic, or Color Corrector
• 3x3 Matrix configurable as Matrix, Dynamic, or Proc Amp
• Configurable Color Space, Range, and Transfer Characteristic
• Nonvolatile storage of 16x 3-D LUTs, 16x 1-D LUTs, and 16x 3x3 Matrices
*Various 3-D LUT sizes are supported, but will be converted to 33 point for
processing
Dynamic LUT Processing
• Supports third party apps for automatic loading and display of 3-D LUTs
• Reflects dynamic changes in real time from source software
• Full frame LUT processing