AJA has announced ColorBox, a new high-performance device featuring advanced algorithmic and LUT processing for accurate color space conversions. ColorBox supports 12G-SDI I/O & HDMI 2.0 output for up to 4K/UHD w/ HDR/SDR and up to 12-bit 4:4:4 processing.
ColorBox was designed to be a portable device with unprecedented inline algorithmic color transforms and LUT processing capabilities for delivering precise and accurate color space conversions for live broadcast, live events, on-set production and post production. ColorBox enables a range of HDR and SDR conversions and allows DITs to load, modify, and save looks, and create reference images for dailies to ensure color accuracy.
ColorBox features 12G-SDI in/out and HDMI 2.0 out for up to 4K/UltraHD 60p 10-bit YCbCr 4:2:2 and 30p 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 signal support. ColorBox includes AJA Color Pipeline (ACP) Mode with a 33-point 3D LUT processor with tetrahedral LUT interpolation, four built-in user-configurable 1D LUTs, and two 3×3 user-configurable matrices. ColorBox users also benefit from a built-in RGB color corrector and ProcAmp, extensive LUT, matrices and image libraries, powerful capture and recall capabilities, and ancillary (ANC) metadata management.
All of this can be controlled via an integrated web browser-based interface.
In total, ColorBox offers five Modes with one active at any given time:
ColorBox places ultra-low-latency, high-density 4K/UltraHD processing into a portable device with a robust feature set of SDR/HDR/WCG color transforms for many applications. Extensive frame capturing features include pre-processed image capture or post-processed output capture for reference stills with overlaid metadata, such as video payload ID’s, pipeline configuration, and customizable user text. These frame captures can be saved locally and exported to the configuration PC running the web browser-based ColorBox user interface.
A built-in USB OTG port lets users configure ColorBox wirelessly via a 3rd party USB WiFi adapter. 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 outputs provide up to 4K/UHD video for local monitoring, and an additional 12G-SDI loop through output is available for connecting the unaltered source to other devices.
ColorBox is now available to purchase for $1995 USD. Optional licenses for the BBC HLG LUT pipeline are $145 USD and $695 USD for ORION-CONVERT pipeline.
Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with 30 years' experience working in more than 50 countries around the world. He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010. Matthew has won 43 ACS Awards, including four prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards. Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.
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