LightSpace Home Cinema Calibration
3D LUT processing has been used for quite awhile by movie studios and post houses but for the consumer market it has been too expensive until now. In order to cut the software price, Light Illusion limits LUT formats to the Entertainment Experience Commercial HDMI eeColor Processor and the Lumagen Radiance series of video processors. There are a couple of others which are for other Light Illusion programs.
Commercial companies pay more because they need one or several of the many formats available in the full version of LightSpace.
Lumagen is not shown in the above graphic as there is a separate "Upload" button.
There are five of us who have been beta testing and we agree that LUTs resulting from large display profiles, 17 points equaling 4913 separate reads, add color nuances not otherwise available. The resulting picture is more accurate than, but not unlike, turning a Darblet on and off for lack of a better way to describe it. There is more clarity, more naturalness. Eventually, higher end consumer displays may contain the necessary LUT holding/processing circuitry internally but for the time being we'll use the stand alone boxes.
Patterns are generated by LightSpace and outputted via the computer HDMI. I have confirmed that the patterns are accurate from my laptop but all of the beta testers agree that external generator ability is important. In response, Light Illusion will soon offer Lumagen Radiance pattern ability and I'm sure other reference generators will follow.
Reading times vary. There are two modes, one where read times are manually set (DIP) and one which is meter specific (Closed Loop). Time involved is less important for enthusiasts but for professional use it is a factor. In the fastest DIP mode, 3 second reads take a little over 4 hours to complete a full 17 point profile. To speed things up for those with the hardware, the fastest full profile time is when using the Closed Loop mode with a Klein K10-A and my profiles take 1 hr 34 minutes.
Proper 3D LUTs are not for everyone just as BestBuy 1D LUT calibration isn't either, but for those who want the best, it is available.
3D LUT processing has been used for quite awhile by movie studios and post houses but for the consumer market it has been too expensive until now. In order to cut the software price, Light Illusion limits LUT formats to the Entertainment Experience Commercial HDMI eeColor Processor and the Lumagen Radiance series of video processors. There are a couple of others which are for other Light Illusion programs.
Commercial companies pay more because they need one or several of the many formats available in the full version of LightSpace.
Lumagen is not shown in the above graphic as there is a separate "Upload" button.
There are five of us who have been beta testing and we agree that LUTs resulting from large display profiles, 17 points equaling 4913 separate reads, add color nuances not otherwise available. The resulting picture is more accurate than, but not unlike, turning a Darblet on and off for lack of a better way to describe it. There is more clarity, more naturalness. Eventually, higher end consumer displays may contain the necessary LUT holding/processing circuitry internally but for the time being we'll use the stand alone boxes.
Patterns are generated by LightSpace and outputted via the computer HDMI. I have confirmed that the patterns are accurate from my laptop but all of the beta testers agree that external generator ability is important. In response, Light Illusion will soon offer Lumagen Radiance pattern ability and I'm sure other reference generators will follow.
Reading times vary. There are two modes, one where read times are manually set (DIP) and one which is meter specific (Closed Loop). Time involved is less important for enthusiasts but for professional use it is a factor. In the fastest DIP mode, 3 second reads take a little over 4 hours to complete a full 17 point profile. To speed things up for those with the hardware, the fastest full profile time is when using the Closed Loop mode with a Klein K10-A and my profiles take 1 hr 34 minutes.
Proper 3D LUTs are not for everyone just as BestBuy 1D LUT calibration isn't either, but for those who want the best, it is available.