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CalMAN 1D and 3D LUT auto calibration for the 2018 LG OLED and Super UHD televisions has created a tidal wave of interest, both in home theater and among video professionals in broadcast, production, and post-production. The 2018 LG OLED and Super UHD TVs are the first televisions to expose low-level calibration data structures, the LUTs underlying the calibration controls, to CalMAN.
The 3D LUT is the mechanism for calibration used by video professionals in broadcast, production, and post-production. It is the "gold standard" for picture correctness.
When this level of correction has been needed in home theaters, installers have previously included an image processor, at the cost of thousands of dollars, to provide 3D LUT capability. With the 2018 LG televisions, the image processor is not necessary; the 3D LUT is in the television. The size of the 3D LUT is 33x33x33 with the Alpha 9 chip and 17x17x17 with the Alpha 7.
The 1D LUT is equally important, in providing 1,024 points of grayscale correction for both SDR and HDR calibration.
CalMAN’s auto calibration of these LUTs can leave the displays with no visible color error. The popularity of these TVs in home theater and their widespread adoption in professional video production can mean that the user can now literally see the image exactly the same way the director approved it.
CalMAN 2018 includes two new custom workflows, specifically designed to walk users through the entire calibration process. These workflows will help you configure everything you will need to calibrate SDR, HDR10, and Dolby Vision. Additionally, the workflows offer advice along the way for best practices to use.
CalMAN 2018 R2 improves CalMAN’s 3D LUTs for the 2018 LG TVs even beyond what the first release of CalMAN 2018 provided.
Click here to check out the quick reference guide that we created for the 2018 LG TVs. Make sure to also follow us on YouTube as a video guide is coming soon.
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