AJA OG-ColorBox openGear In-line HDR/SDR Algorithmic and LUT Colour Transforms - OG-COLORBOX-R0

FEATURES

openGear compatible card
12-bit 4:4:4 12G-SDI I/O for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 30p
10-bit 4:2:2 12G-SDI I/O for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 60p
12-bit 4:4:4 HDMI 2.0 output for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 30p
10-bit 4:2:2 HDMI 2.0 output for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 60p
Ultra-low latency, less than ½ a video line
Extensive AJA Color Pipeline built around the 33pt. 3D LUT processor with tetrahedral interpolation
- 7x nodes plus Overlay
  - 1x 3D LUT processor, user configurable as 3D LUT or Dynamic
  - 4x 1D LUT processors, user configurable as 1D LUT, Dynamic, or Color Corrector
  - 2x 3x3 Matrix processors, user configurable as 3x3 Matrix, Dynamic, or ProcAmp
- Supports industry standard file types, no conversion to proprietary format required
- Configurable Color Space, Range, and Transfer Characteristic
- Full frame LUT processing
Six Color Processing Pipelines
- AJA Color
- Colorfront (Licensable option)
- ORION-CONVERT (Licensable option)
- BBC HLG LUT (Licensable option)
- NBCU LUTs
- ACES
Down-convert 4K to 2K or UltraHD to HD via SDI and/or HDMI outputs
4K/2K Crop for HDMI output
Video Preview in web user interface for confidence monitoring
Built-in Frame Store
- Up to 4K/UltraHD frame capture and recall
- Capture pre or post processed images
Test Pattern up to 4K/UltraHD, 14 test patterns built-in
Overlay information on output
- User Text
- User Overlay
- Input and Output signal information
- Pipeline Configuration
- Overlay can be captured with image for future reference
Onboard library for file management
- 16x 1D LUTs
- 16x 3D LUTs
- 16x 3x3 Matrices
- 16x Images
- 16x Overlays
- 16x AMFs
Preset Management, 10 per Pipeline plus Startup Preset
HDR signaling metadata management
ANC metadata pass-through
Embedded audio pass-through, SDI 16-ch, and HDMI 8-ch
Support for ARRI Alexa 35's Wireless Video Optimized LogC4 (WVO)
Extensive API for third party control integrations
Embedded web server for remote control
IP configuration and monitoring through Ross DashBoard software
Power: 19 watts
Hot-swappable
Rear I/O card included
Two slots required for each card
Compatible with OG-X-FR and OG-3-FR openGear frames
Redundant power supply option available on openGear frames
Five year warranty

OG-ColorBox from AJA is a high performance color management openGear card specifically designed to meet the color conversion and color correction needs of broadcast, live events, and on-set applications. Supporting HDR, SDR, and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) signals, it utilizes 12G-SDI for single wire 4K/UltraHD up to 4:2:2 10-bit 60p or 4:4:4 12-bit 30p, with a unique color processing pipeline, and down-conversion. The OG-ColorBox’s ultra-low latency, less than ½ of a video line, makes it ideal for color managed workflows for live productions.

Built around a 33-point 3D LUT processor with tetrahedral interpolation, the AJA Color Pipeline provides additional 4x 1D LUTs and 2x 3x3 matrices that are each individually configurable or can be converted to Proc Amps or RGB Color Correctors. All of the color processing options can be easily managed via the web user interface, which can be accessed directly from a wired Ethernet connection.

OG-ColorBox also includes processing pipelines from NBCU LUTs and ACES. Additionally, OG-ColorBox offers licensable upgrade options for advanced color managed workflows, including the Colorfront Engine, BBC HLG LUTs, and ORION-CONVERT. ORION-CONVERT’s unique real time floating point math approach to color transformations produces higher precision results to get “access to the colors between the colors.” This enables pixel perfect color transforms and round-tripping where maintaining color fidelity is paramount.

The ACES Pipeline includes support for ACES Metadata File (AMF). Internal AMF processing is built on the OpenColorIO (OCIO) from the Academy Software Foundation and supports configurable input and output transforms.

OG-ColorBox can overlay information onto the image, including helpful user definable text fields, user loaded images such as graphic elements and frame lines, and more.

OG-ColorBox also offers a sophisticated 4K test pattern generator and frame store, bringing useful tools to your workflow, including capturing up to a 4K image as a 16-bit .tiff file for the highest quality reference stills. These captures can be saved locally on OG-ColorBox or onto third party connected computers, which can simultaneously be running applications like Pomfort’s Livegrade Pro/Studio, Assimilate Live Looks, and QTAKE Video Assist software.

SPECIFICATIONS

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
6x pipelines; AJA Color, Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, BBC HLG LUTs, NBCU LUTs, ACES
7x processing nodes plus Overlay in AJA Color; 4x 1D LUTs, 2x 3x3 Matrices, 1x 3D LUT

AJA Color Pipeline (ACP)

7x nodes in order of processing:
- 1D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1D LUT, 3D LUT, 1D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1D LUT, Overlay
3D LUT configurable as LUT or Dynamic
- Supports custom 33-point .CUBE, .SPI3D, and .3DL format 3D LUTs*
1D LUTs configurable as LUT, Dynamic, or Color Corrector
- Supports custom 10 and 12-bit .CUBE and .SPI1D format 1D LUTs, .CLF and .CTF
3x3 Matrices configurable as Matrix, Dynamic, or Proc Amp
- Supports custom .SPIMTX format matrices
Tetrahedral 3D LUT interpolation
Configurable Color Space, Range, and Transfer Characteristic
ARRI Alexa 35’s Wireless Video Optimized LogC4 (WVO) Decoder
Nonvolatile storage of 16x 3D LUTs, 16x 1D LUTs, and 16x 3x3 Matrices
Overlay

*Various 3D 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 3D LUTs
Reflects dynamic changes in real time from source software
Full frame LUT processing
Supported by
- Pomfort Livegrade Pro and Studio
- Assimilate Live Looks and Live Assist
- QTAKE Video Assist

Colorfront Pipeline

Processing Based on Human Perception Model
Perceptually optimized color volume remapping
Preserves the original creative intent
TV Mode for applications such as television broadcast
Live Mode for applications such as broadcast, OTT, A/V
SDR to Dolby Vision Preview Mode for applications such as broadcast and postproduction
Input Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut (varies by mode)
- SDR BT.709 100 Nits
- SDR Extended BT.709
- PQ BT.2020 1000 Nits
- PQ P3D65 1000 Nits
- Hybrid Log Gamma BT.2100
- HLG Extended BT.709
- HLG Extended BT.2100
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3 Cine
- Sony S-Log3 BT.2020
- ARRI Log C Wide Gamut
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4 WVO
- Panasonic V-log
- RED Log3G10 Wide Gamut
- Canon Log 2
- Canon Log 3
Output Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut (varies by mode)
- SDR BT.709 100 Nits
- SDR Extended BT.709
- PQ BT.2020 1000 Nits
- PQ BT.2020 ConstrainP3
- PQ P3D65 1000 Nits
- Hybrid Log Gamma BT.2100
- HLG Extended BT.709
- HLG Extended BT.2100
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3
- Sony S-Log3 BT.2020
- ARRI Log C Wide Gamut
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4
TV Mode controls
- Highlight management: Brightness, Highlight, Super Highlight
- Colorfulness control for managing the Hunt Effect
- Color Correction: Lift, Gamma, Gain, Saturation
- Camera Correction: Exposure, Color Temp, Tint
- Roundtrip control ensures technical match
- Clamp to Legal
Live Mode controls
- SDR Preview
- HDR Amount
- Ambient Light Compensation control
- HDR Log Look
- SDR Softness control
- Color Correction: Lift, Gamma, Gain, Saturation
- Camera Correction: Exposure, Color Temp, Tint
- PQ Output Nit level: 48-4000 Nit
- PQ Output P3 Colorspace Clamp
- ITU-R BT.2408 Mode control
SDR to Dolby Vision Preview controls
- Highlights: Low, Mid, High
- Contrast: Low, Mid, High
Overlay

ORION-CONVERT Pipeline

Conversion algorithm that uses floating point math
Pre and post transform Knee and Amount controls
Display-Light and Scene-Light Modes
Configurable HDR and SDR IRE Reference anchor points
Configurable HDR Peak Nits sets system gamma for display light conversions
Gamma Compensation
Configurable Output Clamping
Input Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut
- SDR BT.709
- PQ BT.2020
- HLG BT.2100
Output Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut
- SDR BT.709
- PQ BT.2020
- HLG BT.2100
Overlay

BBC HLG LUTs Pipeline

Mathematical dynamic range mapping per ITU-R BT.2408
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 Strict v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 Strict v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v.1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Display Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- PQ 1000 Nits Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- PQ 4000 Nits Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- S-Log3/BT.2020 100% Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- S-Log3/BT.2020 200% Scene Referred(SR-Live) to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred Strict v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred Color Appearance Model v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred Super White v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to PQ 1000 Nits Display Referred v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred Super White v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred v1.7
RGB Color Corrector and ProcAmp
Overlay

NBCU LUTs Pipeline

NBCU LUTs developed by NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- 1-NBCU_SDR2HLG_DL_v1.1, SDR UpMap to HLG using Display Light v1.1
- 2-NBCU_SDR2HLG_SL_v1, SDR to HLG using Scene Light v1.0
- 3-NBCU_HLG2SDR_DL_v1.1, HLG to SDR using Display Light v1.1
- 4-NBCU_SDR2PQ_DL_v1, SDR UpMap to PQ using Display Light v1.0
- 5-NBCU_PQ2SDR_DL_v1, PQ to SDR using Display Light v1.0
- 7-NBCU_HLG10002PQ_v1, HLG 1000 Nits to PQ v1.0
RGB Color Corrector and ProcAmp
Overlay

ACES Pipeline

ACES Metadata File (AMF) processing
Implementation using ACES v1.3
Built using OpenColorIO (OCIO)
ARRI Alexa 35’s Wireless Video Optimized LogC4 (WVO) Decoder
Nonvolatile storage of 16x AMFs
Overlay

Video Input and Output SDI

1x 12G-SDI Input BNC, SMPTE-292/424/2081/2082
2x 12G-SDI Output BNCs, SMPTE-292/424/2081/2082
YCbCr 4:2:2/4:4:4
RGB 4:4:4, SMPTE or Full level
10 or 12-bit
1x 12G-SDI
- (4K) 4096x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94, 60
- (UltraHD) 3840x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
1x 6G-SDI
- (4K) 4096x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (UltraHD) 3840x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
1x 3G-SDI (Level A or B Dual Link)
- (2K) 2048x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 47.95, 48, 50
- (2K) 2048x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25
- (HD) 1920x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1920x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080i 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1280x720p 50, 59.94, 60
1x 1.5G-SDI
- (2K) 2048x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (2K) 2048x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25
- (HD) 1920x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080i 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1280x720p 50, 59.94, 60

Note: Raster and Frame Rate Dependent, please see OG-ColorBox Video Formats in Documents and Manual

Video Output HDMI

1x HDMI Type A connector*, HDMI v2.0b
HDR infoframe generation with pass-through for Colorimetry and Transfer Characteristic
YCbCr 4:2:2
RGB 4:4:4, SMPTE or Full level
8, 10, or 12-bit (HFR 4K/UltraHD 4:4:4 limited to 8-bit)
4K/UltraHD/2K/HD
4K/2K Crop to UltraHD or HD

*If a connected monitor doesn’t support HDMI protocol, the unit automatically switches to DVI protocol (which does not pass audio)
Note: Raster and Frame Rate Dependent, please see OG-ColorBox Video Formats in Documents and Manual

Video Processing

Nominal video delay is less than 0.5 of a video line and less than 4.5 video lines when down-converting
Motion adaptive deinterlacer
Proc Amp controls
Color corrector
Legalizer

Down-Conversion

Hardware 10-bit
Independent down-conversion for SDI and HDMI outputs
- 4K to 2K or UltraHD to HD (1920x1080)

Frame Store

Capture and Recall up to 4K/UltraHD 16-bit .TIFF
Capture and Recall .TIFF, .PNG, .JPEG
Capture input or output
Nonvolatile storage of 16 images

Test Pattern Generator

10 or 12-bit
14x patterns built-in
SDR and HDR test patterns

Ancillary Data

All embedded ANC packets pass-through, including camera ancillary data

Overlay

User Text
Input and Output ancillary information, including VPID
Timecode presence
Closed Captioning presence
Pipeline Configuration
User Overlay, Recall .PNG overlay images up to 4096x2160
Nonvolatile storage of 16 overlays

Audio Input Digital

SDI embedded audio, 24-bit, 16-channel

Audio Output Digital

SDI embedded audio, 24-bit, 16-channel
HDMI embedded audio, 24-bit, 8-channel

Network Interface

1x RJ-45, 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Embedded web server for remote control
REST Interface

USB Interface

openGear DashBoard network control software via Windows, macOS, or Linux
Web User Interface
DIP Switches

Presets

10 Pipeline Presets per mode (AJA Color, Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, BBC HLG LUTs, NBCU LUTs, ACES)
Startup Preset

Size (w x d x h)

openGear standard form factor, front slot, and rear card
Two slots required for each card

Weight

0.7 lb (0.3 kg)

Power

openGear frame compatible, 19 watts max per card

Environment

Safe Operating Temperature: 0 to 40 C (32 to 104 F)
Safe Storage Temperature (Power OFF): -40 to 60 C (-40 to 140 F)
Operating Relative Humidity: 10-90% noncondensing
Operating Altitude: <3,000 meters (<10,000 feet)