The AJA ColorBox is a compact, high-performance converter for colour management workflows designed to specifically meet the conversion needs of broadcast, live event and on-set applications. It supports Standard Dynamic Range (SDR), High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) signals, and uses 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 for single-cable 4K/UltraHD HDR up to 4:2:2 10-bit 60p or 4:4:4 12-bit 30p with a single colour processing channel.
Built around the 33-point 3D LUT processor with tetrahedral interpolation, AJA Color Pipeline provides 4x additional 1D LUTs and 2x 3x3 matrices that are each individually configurable even as Proc Amps or RGB Colour Correctors. Easily manage colour processing options via the web user interface which can be accessed directly from a wired Ethernet connection or via a wireless connection using a third party USB WiFi adapter.
ColorBox includes Colorfront and NBCU LUTs processing modes, as well as a powerful AJA Color Pipeline. ColorBox also extends its capabilities by offering licensed upgrade options for advanced colour management workflows, including BBC HLG LUTs and the new ORION-CONVERT engine. ORION-CONVERT's unique real-time floating-point mathematical approach to colour transformations produces more accurate results for "colour access between colours". This allows for pixel-perfect colour transformations and rounding where maintaining colours is paramount.
ColorBox also offers a sophisticated test pattern generator and frame store, bringing useful tools to your workflow, including the ability to capture up to a 4K image as a 16-bit .tiff file for the highest quality reference frames. ColorBox can even overlay information on the image, including useful user-definable text fields. These images can be saved locally in ColorBox or on a connected third-party PC running an application such as Pomfort's Livegrade Pro/Studio and Assimilate Live Looks.
AJA ColorBox features
- 12G-SDI 12-bit 4:4:4:4 12G-SDI I/O for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 30p
- 10-bit 12G-SDI 12G-SDI I/O for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 60p
- 12-bit 4:4:4:4 HDMI 2.0 output for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 30p
- 10-bit 4:2:2:2 HDMI 2.0 10-bit HDMI 2.0 output for up to 4K/UltraHD HDR/WCG 60p
- Ultra low latency, less than ½ line of video
- Full AJA Color Pipeline built around 33-point 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 colour corrector
- 2x 3x3 matrix processors, user-configurable as 3x3 matrix, dynamic or ProcAmp
- Supports industry standard file types, no need to convert to a proprietary format
- Configurable colour space, gamma and transfer characteristic
- Full frame LUT processing
- Five channels of colour processing
- AJA colour
- Colorfront mode
- ORION-CONVERT mode (licensed option)
- BBC HLG LUT mode (licensed option)
- NBCU LUTs
- Web UI video preview for confidence monitoring
- Built-in frame memory
- Up to 4K/UltraHD frame capture and recall
- Capture of pre- or post-processed images
- Test pattern up to 4K/UltraHD, 9x built-in test patterns
- Information overlay on output
- User text
- Input and output signal information
- Processing configuration
- Overlay can be captured with the image for future reference
- Integrated library for file management
- 16x 1D LUTs
- 16x 3D LUTs
- 16x 3x3 Matrices
- 16x Images
- Preset management, 10 per pipeline plus start-up presets
- ANC metadata pass-through
- Integrated audio pass-through, 16-channel SDI and 8-channel HDMI
- Compact; 4 units fit in just 1RU
- Ultra-quiet fan operation
- Lightweight
- Robust 4-pin mini-XLR power connector with locking, DC power supply
- On/Off button to save power when not in use
- Activation button to bypass video processing
- Extensive API for third-party control integrations
- Integrated web server for remote control
- IP address configuration via USB port and supplied AJA eMini-Setup PC/Mac software
- Three-year warranty
