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ColourSpace ZRO - Low-Cost Manual Calibration Software Thread

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#1 · (Edited)


ColourSpace ZRO is a low-cost license version of ColourSpace for Manual Display Calibration and Verification.

It's expected to be the leading solution in consumer/professional level free calibration solutions with a modern interface and simple to use as the first choice to the calibration journey.

The typical problem of free calibration solutions (like HCFR) is that they are not available for up-to-date guides, so while the software is fine, it will complex in operation for the average users with limited experience in calibration.

ColourSpace will always have up-to-date guides, an on-line interactive manual, and videos to explain the features, settings, graphs, and necessary details for new users.

ColourSpace ZRO will support the following measurement instruments:

Colorimeters:

Datacolor Spyder4 Express
Datacolor Spyder4 Pro
Datacolor Spyder4 Elite
Datacolor Spyder5 Express
Datacolor Spyder5 Pro
Datacolor Spyder5 Elite
Datacolor SpyderX Pro
Datacolor SpyderX Elite
Datacolor SpyderX2 Elite
Datacolor SpyderX2 Ultra
X-Rite i1Display PRO OEM
X-Rite i1 Display Pro Retail
Calibrite ColorChecker Display Pro
X-Rite i1 Display Pro PLUS Retail
Calibrite ColorChecker Display Plus
Calibrite Display Plus HL
Calibrite Display Pro HL
Calibrite Display SL
X-Rite ColorMunki Display
X-Rite i1 Display Studio
ColorChecker Display
HP DreamColor
SpectraCAL C6
SpectraCAL C6HDR
SpectraCAL C6HDR2000
Portrait Displays C6HDR2000
NEC SpectraSensor Pro
Quato Silver Haze 3
Wacom Color Manager
ASUS ProArt

Spectrophotometers:

X-Rite i1PRO
X-Rite i1PRO2
X-Rite i1PRO3
X-Rite i1PRO3 Plus
Konica Minolta MYIRO-1

Pattern Generator:

ColourSpace iTPG using HDMI
LightSpace Connect Android or iOS App (connect as 'Network Server')
Network Java Application (connect as 'Network Server')
BlackMagic Design DaVinci Resolve iTPG (connect as 'Network Server')

External Hardware Pattern Generators:

PGenerator (Free Version)
PGenerator (Ted's Calibration Disk Version)

Disk Pattern Generator Support:

Ted's LightSpace CMS Calibration Disk (Blu-Ray Disk or MP4/MKV Media Files using LightSpace's DIP Mode or Manual Calibration using patchlist import.)

Features / Capabilities:

ColourSpace ZRO will be a reduced in functions license level of ColourSpace.

It will have 2D Charts (not 3D Volumetric Charts), no saving of measurements runs, no PDF reporting, no volumetric measurements; characterization/LUTs menus will not be available.

Users will able to configure their chart size/layout using multiple windows to see only the charts they want, without limitation.



Users will able to create custom patchlists (simple CVS files) to measure using PGenerator (or internal generator), to verify with more detail, even with a volumetric patchset.





Users of Ted's LightSpace Calibration Disk will able to import the custom patchlist for manual calibration/verification).





Using DeviceControl, users will able to DDC Sony/Panasonic TVs and use ColourSpace ZRO for measurements.

Quick Links

ColourSpace ZRO (LightIllusion site)

Ted's LightSpace CMS Calibration Disk Patchsets for ColourSpace / ColourSpaceZRO Users

HDR10 Patchsets for PGenerator with HDFury / or PGenerator with LG OLED 2020/2021 with HDMI Override Menu (without HDFury)

ColourSpaceZRO Guide / Interactive Manual / General Guides / Video Guides

Meter Profiling: Instructions / Guide - Video

X-Rite: i1Display PRO / i1PRO1/2 / i1PRO3/i1PRO3 Plus

Patchsets to evaluate the performance using ColourSpaceZRO:

1000 Point volumetric verification run using ColourSpaceZRO

Edge Color Test (255 patches) Measurement Run

JVC AutoCAL with meter profiling controlled from ColourSpace/ColourSpaceZRO

Tips for manual calibration procedure using ColourSpace/ColourSpaceZRO

Manual Calibration Tutorial Video using ColourSpace ZRO, recorded from experienced ColourSpace user (Chinese language/subtitles)

ColourSpace plotting charts explanation video / ColourSpaceZRO - How to perform a 1000 color patches display performance evaluation. (use x0.5 Speed and enable subtitles)

Meter Profiling using ColourSpace (1) (2) (3)

ColourSpace Video Guides

PC Mouse functions for ColourSpace Charts

Evaluation of the performance of a display

ColourSpace RGB Widget Overlay

ColourSpace: How to create a colorspace with custom White Point or Gamma?

ColourSpace: Keyboard Shortcuts

Meter Placement for Projector measurements

Sony TV calibration for EXTENDED levels using ColourSpace w/ custom patchlist

ColourSpace: Changes for custom patchsets / Target Luma

ColourSpace: Patch Scale & Resolution Options

ColourSpaceZRO - Recommended settings as starting point

LG OLED Manual Calibration Recommendation

Create Meter Correction table for i1Display PRO using a high-end Spectro as reference using ColourSpace ZRO when my license can't directly support that Spectro

LG OLED HDR10 Meter Profiling using ColourSpaceZRO + PGenerator

Perceptual Colour Matching - Using ColourSpace to match displays that use Different Illumination Technologies

LG OLED HDR10 Meter Profiling using PGenerator with ColourSpace

Parametric EOTF (User-defined Parametric EOTF)

Parametric EOTF (Excel Calculator by Tsanga)

Parametric EOTF in ColourSpace (darkMatters by LeroyK)

Tips about Customization of Interface

HDR10 21-Point Grayscale for specific 'nit' levels.

Probe Match Verifier - A probe match verification tool for ColourSpace (by dergeeeht)

ADL-Measurement for Projectors - Add-On for Ted's PGenerator ISO users (by OMARDRIS)

JVC AutoCal Guide Using i1Display Pro (by giomania)

ColourSpace Backup / Reset Settings

Use Custom Background Color during Patch Generation

ColourSpace ZRO Probe Matching Verification Method (by Lttlwing16)

Sony BRAVIA TV's 10-bit Grayscale patchlist for Pi4 based PGenerator (by Lttlwing16)

LG C8/G1 HDR10+DoVi 8/10-bit 22-Point Grayscale Patchsets (by anger.miki)

TV Calibration Settings (Excel) by malac

'Measure and Log' feature (check/compare different probe settings)

QD-OLED EDR File for X-Rite colorimeters

i1Display PRO Colorimeters - Add your own EDR spectral files (by Omardris)

PGenerator (Pi4) - HDR Measurement with ColourSpace for Sony TVs (by Lttlwing16)

How to pop-up multiple windows and scale the charts

JVC AutoCAL Guide (by geomania)

LG G2 HDR10 (8-bit / 10-bit) Patchlists for LEGAL/FULL (by HiFi4Vision)

LG OLEDs 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022 HDR10 (8-bit / 10-bit) Patchlists (LEGAL/FULL) for ColourSpace/ColourSpace ZRO

ColourSpace License Upgrade for Ted's PGenerator Customers

Ted's PGenerator ISO 1.3 Update Request

PGenerator 1.3 integration with ColourSpaceZRO

Find the best TV settings to perform manual calibration

How to import/export custom CVS patchlists?

HDR10 10-bit Patchsets for ColourSpaceZRO users

How to access LG OLED's Service Menu?

Correlation Files for Calibrite/X-Rite Colorimeters - General Info (for ColourSpaceZRO 1.0.0.1629 (22 April 2023) or newer)

Correlation Files for Calibrite/X-Rite Colorimeters - Latest Download link (07 March 2024)

LG White Balance GUI for manual calibration (by LeRoy)

Colourspace ZRO Probe Match Verification Tutorial (by Lttlwing16)
 
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#2 · (Edited)
LightIllusion is not far away from the first 'Beta' release of ColourSpace ZRO.

The initial Beta will be a limited release for gaining feedback from users and make any necessary changes before doing a wider release.

LightIllusion is interested in hearing from potential ZRO users, that are not already ColourSpace owners.

If you are interested in gaining access to the first Beta release, please request access using the Beta Program request form.

(In the LightSpace/ColourSpace invoice number box, enter Free ZRO Beta Request)

Please explain what your existing calibration experience is and what software you presently use when making the request.
 
#3 ·
Very cool. I just signed up.
 
#4 ·
:( Only available to some existing licensed customers.

Beta Program Sign-up
The ColourSpace Beta Program is open to anyone who has purchased an advanced ColourSpace license or upgrade, or a LightSpace license since Jan 2019
 
#8 ·
ColourSpaceZRO Beta 1.0.0.826 (12 December 2020)

Release Notes


First Beta.

Download

If you are interested in gaining access to the first Beta release, please request access using the Beta Program request form.

(In the LightSpace/ColourSpace invoice number box, enter Free ZRO Beta Request)

After receiving your free license key, you can use that form to request a Download Link or send Feedback. (the password is known to Beta Testers).

Installation Notes

ColourSpaceZRO Installer will completely overwrite any previously installed version, not just update it.

It will not require to un-install older releases before installing a newer version.

Update Notes

While ColourSpaceZRO is working in beta, when the users start ColourSpaceZRO, it will not pop-up notification to inform them about the availability of newer beta.

However, I will update this thread but also refresh the form page with release notes text per each beta.
 
#12 ·
just to be sure I’m doing all correct.


I connect my laptop with the LG CX through hdmi
I set black level on LOW
Extended desktop output is set on RGB 8 bit
Patch resolution 16-235

until here it should be ok.

If I want to calibrate a 2.2 gamma, how do I set it in colour space?

When I use the regular menu 20 point calibration, and I change the values of red and blue, in order to balance it, nothing seems to happen when I make new readings. If I set the output to YCBCR and the patches are 0-255, then the changes I do have an effect it the next readings. Why is it so?

Thanks
 
#13 ·
When you connect your laptop and extend the desktop, you need to make sure that when outputting RGB 8-Bit, that Quantization Range is also set to Full, as when left at Default this usually outputs Limited Range.

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With it set this way, you must manually set Black Level -> Low on the LG, and Patch Scale 16-235 in ColourSpace to make adjustments.

You can set Patch Scale 16-255 to measure and evaluate above 100% (Super White) for issues such as Colour Clipping, but you should always use Patch Scale 16-235 to make manual adjustments in this set up.

If you are leaving Quantization Range at Default/Limited or sending YCbCr, then the video signal is already in Limited Range (16-235), so your Patch Scale in this case needs to be 0-255.

I suspect the reason you are seeing these issues is because your laptop is currently outputting RGB Limited in Extended Desktop mode causing a levels mismatch.


To make adjustments to 2.2 Gamma, you can set Target Gamut to sRGB (it has Power Law 2.2 Gamma in ColourSpace). Or you can create your own Target Gamut with your own specified white point, gamma etc.

View the ColourSpace Interactive User Manual for more information. While much of it is focused on the higher paid license versions for display profiling and LUT Generation, the interface and other general functions remain the same in ColourSpace ZRO.
 
#15 ·
Hi,

It's not recommended to use an untested PC output for patch generation.

Several details in the windows or settings of your GPU can affect the video signal output.

Windows have VCGT, ICC, and the GPU has many settings/enhancements etc.

YCbCr is not ideal output to use with a PC because you have no control if the conversion matrix used to convert RGB to YCbCr has used the correct REC.709 matrix.

If you want a low-cost pattern generation solution developed specifically to generate bit-perfect RGB patches, see for PGenerator.

If you still want to use your PC, set TV HDMI Black Level @ LOW, set your GPU to output RGB-Full/Data, and set

Patchscale in ColorSpace @ Settings (Min 16 Max 235).

Disable ICC, VCGT, disable all enhancements of your GPU.

Using that combination of settings, you will able to output RGB-Video levels (16-235).
 
#17 ·
The Amazon FireStick (1080p) I have checked, it had small rounding/digital errors.

These errors are coming from the hardware, but application don't have control to these processing steps of the device.
 
#18 · (Edited)



Tips about Customization of Interface

If you want to open a new chart window while holding the Control Key of your keyboard, click on any of the icons of the Profiling window. (red stroke indication to the above picture)

If you want to zoom in/out a chart, click+hold the right mouse button and then move the mouse: 'Up' direction to zoom in / 'Down' direction to Zoom out. (blue stroke indication to the above picture)

If you want to move the chart to any direction, then hold the left mouse button and move to any direction.

If you hold both left and right mouse buttons at the same time, then it can zoom in/out and also move simultaneously.

If you want to see specific point info, double left mouse clicks to a point (see green stroke indication to the above picture) of a CIE Chart.

If you have taken several measurements and you want to see the point window of all grayscale points, then tick from the filters of Graph Options only the 'Gray Scale', and you will see to the CIE chart only the grayscale points.

Using the left mouse, double click to any of those grayscale of the CIE chart, you will see a Point Window with all GrayScale points.
 
#19 · (Edited)
Are the custom patchlists available also for users of Ted’s disk, Pgenerator edition? I would like to run the primary only patchset, so that I can check the rgb separation, but it seems that the cube modifications are only available to colourspace full edition users.

when I am sending the triplets with Pgenerator, clicking on the ‘show patch’ button shows the patch on the laptop monitor, but doesn’t turn on or off the patch on the screen connected to Pgenerator. Is there another function to turn on-off the patch on the connected screen? I ask because after I do the readings, the only way I found to have a black screen is to manually set the rgb sliders to 0,0,0. I would find useful to have a ‘send black signal’ button.

did you think about providing a fully functional trial version of colourspace ? I think that may convince many people to buy it even for a simple home use.
 
#28 ·
Hi,

The custom patchlists of Ted's Disk for Colorspace are available to any user with Ted's Disk (PGen Edition, Media Files, Blu-Ray ISO, Blu-Ray Disk).

Please send me an email to get the download link.

About 'Profile of Primary only', you can download and import that Profile of Primary patchset.

ColourSpace HTL is a dedicated version for Home Users, and it will support LG OLEDs (2017,2018,2019,2020), madVR, ENVY, eeColor, Lumagen processors.

LG's 2017 can get internal 3D LUT for 17-Point Cube SDR, using a special Technicolor FW.

Users can contact me directly for more info.

Which feature do you want to test which is not available to ColourSpaceZRO?

About your PGenerator, please see the PGenerator thread about how to connect PGenerator with ColourSpace.

Look at the Hardware Options screen of ColourSpace.

When a PGenerator is connected, you will see its IP available on the Connected Clients screen.

When you see your PGenerator IP as connected, then selected Calibration Patches -> Automatic.

If you don't see your IP there, then look at your firewall settings and allow access to ColourSpace to your network to see the PGenerator.

Its available button to inject a black patch to Ted's Template:

 
#20 · (Edited)
ColourSpace is still in beta, for both the ZRO and paid versions, so some things aren't yet incorporated. The ZRO editions of LightSpace and ColourSpace are fully functional for manual calibrations. LightSpace ZRO works with all the meters and pattern generators that the paid versions do, while ColourSpace ZRO is limited to non-pro meters (the X-Rite and Spyder meters, essentially) . Neither gives you LUT production or management capabilities.
 
#30 ·
Is ColorSpace ZRO limited to just the spectros listed in the first post?

LightSpace ZRO could use all the spectros.

Asking because I have access to a Jeti 1501 for a few months and would like to do probe matching with it.

I guess I can stick to LightSpace ZRO.
Hi,

You can download LightSpace ZRO and use JETI from there.

Take the measurements for meter profiling from LightSpace for each meter.

Export these two probe data files from LightSpace to your desktop.

Use ColorSpace -> Probe Options -> Configure -> Import these two prove data files.

Select as Active Probe the Colorimeter file and as Reference Probe the Spectro file.

Then go to Graph Options and tick 'Probe Matching Active'.
 
#22 ·
The one significant difference between LightSpace ZRO and ColourSpace ZRO is that the former allowed you to use any meter compatible with the software with no restrictions, whereas with the later it is now restricted to consumer level probes (X-Rite, Spyder). But this is (IMO) a totally realistic restriction to have in place for a completely free piece of software.

Edit: Posted at the same time as @dwaleke question, but the answer is just as relevant.

You should be able to create the probe match BPD files within LightSpace ZRO and import them into ColourSpace
 
#24 ·
While ColourSpace ZRO is limited to working with the probes Leon has listed, you can manually edit in any probe readings for Probe Matching, using the manufacturer's provided software to take the readings for example.

Just put-up the 4 RGBW patches via ColourSpace ZRO, and 'record' the measurement data via any 3rd party software, and edit into the ColourSpace ZRO probe matching window.

Steve
 
#25 ·
I have a problem with patch generation. I connected Colourspace ZRO to Pgenerator. Patch Scale 16-235. RGB Full on RPI. Black is set on low on my LG CX. If I apply a 16,16,16 patch I get a slight grey, as if there would be level mismatch. If I connect HCFR with same settings is working fine and 16,16,16 is black. Is there some other setting for colourspace or could be a big?
 
#29 ·
Hi,

About manual calibration of consumer TV, set PGenerator from its settings at DeviceControl to output RGB-Full.

From ColourSpace, set patchscale 16-235, and you will able to generate 0%-100% patches.

If you load my calibration disk patchlists, all patchlist work in that level (0-100%), so you will have buttons to generate or select each patch for any measurement run.

The patch scale setting works as a software offset to the patch generator output.

For example, when you have a Lumagen processor, Murideo Six-G, Accupel, DVDO, and you want to generate YCbCr patches, then set to each hardware the YCbCr 422 or 444 colorspace output and set patchscale 0-255.

The values of patchscale 0-255 its the bypass setting, so ColourSpace will not alter the hardware generator output via an offset, and It means that the generator will generate 16-235 YCbCr.

The 255.255.225 selection of ColourSpace sliders will generate 235.235.235 YCbCr, and 0.0.0 will generate 16.16.16 YCbCr.

When you have a Murideo or PGenerator and want to generate for LG internal 3D LUT RGB 16-255, then you set PGenerator or Murideo to output RGB-PC/RGB-Full and then set patchscale 16-255.

The 255.255.225 selection of ColourSpace sliders will generate 255.255.255 RGB, and 0.0.0 will generate 16.16.16 RGB.

When you have a Murideo and want to generate for TV manual calibration RGB 16-235, then you set Murideo output to RGB-Video and patchscale 0-255. (or RGB-PC and patchscale 16-235...it will have the same results)

The 255.255.225 selection of ColourSpace sliders will generate 235.235.235 RGB, and 0.0.0 will generate 16.16.16 RGB.

When you have a PGenerator and want to generate for TV manual calibration RGB 16-235, then you set PGenerator output to RGB-Full and patchscale 16-235.

The 255.255.225 selection of ColourSpace sliders will generate 235.235.235 RGB, and 0.0.0 will generate 16.16.16 RGB.

PGenerator is bit-perfect only with RGB-Full colorspace output; it's the reason we don't suggest to the users to use RGB-Limited or YCbCr output, but we use patchscale settings to control which level of patterns to generate.
 
#34 · (Edited)
If you’re familiar with HCFR you may find this short guide useful for “transitioning” to ZRO:
It took me a while to figure out how to do equivalent tasks, even with the online Help. Hopefully this guide makes it easier.
 
#33 ·
ColourSpace ZRO is now available on wide release.

Please use the Access Form on the ColourSpace ZRO page of the website to apply for access.
 
#35 ·
Just signed up after seeing this on the Pgenerator thread - Got asked for more details - I almost feel like i'm applying for a job when i just wanted to see how it compared with HCFR!

Will see if I'm over qualified amateur :D
 
#37 ·
If I may...

We are being very carefully with the initial Access to ZRO, as we do not have the time, or resources, to provide user support (as the website and the 'Access' email states).
We are therefore not making Access available to all - at this time.
(And as the level of ZRO Access requests has already been huge, we will like freeze ZRO Access for a period of time, to allow wider experience to evolve within the existing user base.)

As the general level of user experience grows, and the ability of users to support users grows - as Ted and Dominic are already doing - we will be less 'demanding' with regard to the information we request when providing ZRO Access.

Steve
 
#38 ·
ColourSpace ZRO Guides

ZRO Guide

Interactive Manual

General Guides (i1Display PRO etc.)

Video Guides

Meter Profiling

Note: ColourSpace uses a different/advanced meter profiling method to fix issues related to WRGB OLEDs of the regular meter profiling method or to any other non-additive device.

It's called ''4 Colour Volumetric Matching'' (FCVM).

That meter profiling method is not available in LightSpace.

LightSpace uses 4 Colour Matrix Method (FCMM).

ColourSpace ZRO is the only free software which is using a meter profiling method ideally for WRGB OLED panel-based displays.

It's available to ColourSpaceZRO and LG WRGB spectral correction table (based on LG 2018 Panel) for i1Display PRO users.
 
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