MAKING SENSE OF COLOUR MANAGEMENT...

For in-depth information on the LightSpace CMS software see the LightSpace Manual.

LUT Building
The main component of the LightSpace CMS software provides all the tools necessary for manual LUT generation, LUT conversion, LUT Ripping, LUT adjustment, and much more...

LightSpace CMS works with many different 3D and 1D LUT formats, and allows for the insertion of a user reference image as a guide for the LUT managing procedure, as seen above where a Marcy image has been inserted.

The operational LUT Formats include:

• 3D LUTs
• 1D LUTs
• LUTher
• Panavision
• Quantel
• Autodesk
• Clipster
• FCP-Color
• Pogle
• Scratch
• Chrome
• da Vinci
• Iridas
• Nucoda
• HDlink/HDlink Pro
• TrueLight
• And many others...

As many other systems use LUTs of the same format as the systems listed here, the actual compatibility list is a lot, lot larger. It is very advisable to download the DEMO LightSpace CMS software to test the various LUT formats generated if the system you are working with is not listed above.

The Image Format list that the software works with also includes:

• .tiff/.tif
• .dpx
• .cin
• .j2g/.jpeg
• .j2c/.jp2
• .png
• .gif
• .tga
• .bmp
• .pct
• .etc...

There are many other image formats not listed here that the software will work with - so again it's best to download the DEMO LightSpace CMS software to test different image formats if the one you are working with is not in the list above.

Please note that the 14 day unlicensed DEMO version of LightSpace generates LUTs with a random watermark, which appears as 'solarization' when used to view an image. Click here to see an example of the watermark.

LUT Conversion
The ability to import existing LUTs allows for LUTs in their native LUT format to be loaded into LightSpace CMS for further changes, such as colour space conversions (if that option has been purchased), to be added to the LUT, as well as the effect of any given LUT to be seen on any given image via the LUT Preview capability, or even the concatenation of existing LUTs into a new single LUT with the LUT Burn-in option.

LUT Adjustment
One of the applications that LightSpace CMS has proven to be ideal for is to improving LUTs generated with automated systems that use probes to measure screens and monitors, such as the via the LightSpace Profiling & Profile Management option.

The problem with these automated processes is that the human eye can see small differences in colour and brightness that the automates systems can't. Therefore, LightSpace is perfect for improving on the automatically generated LUT.

This is done by burning into the initial 'test image' (generated automatically from LightSpace) the LUT needing improvement, so that the LUT is burnt-in (this is also the basis for LUT Ripping - see later). This image can then be further manually adjusted via any colour correction system to remove the inaccuracies in the original LUT - less red in the blacks, for example...

This new and improved image can then be used to output a new LUT by loading the image back into LightSpace and exporting the new LUT with the modifications included.

'Ripping' LUTs
One of the major uses of LightSpace, apart from building LUTs from scratch, is that it can 'RIP' any LUT from any other LUT system, including encoded and encrypted LUTs...

This means calibration LUTs built for a specific system can be cloned and used in any other system to provide environment wide calibration for multiple systems.

For additional information on the 'ripping' LUTs see here.

LUT Preview
The Preview capability has two major functions.

First it enables any LUT to be seen applied to any image, making LUT checking a lot easier. The same LUT can be seen on any number of different images, or any number of different LUTs can be seen on the same image - or any combination of the two...

Image showing active multiple LUTs

LUT Preview (move mouse over image to see alternate LUT)

There is a 'zoom' function built into the LUT Viewer to enable pixel-to-pixel viewing, and with the multiple image formats supported it is very easy to check LUTs within the software.

Graphical 3D LUT Display
The Graphical 3D LUT Display is fairly self explanatory, and shows in a very visual form the LUT being used within the software.

Mouse over to see cube rotate

Next Page - LUT Burn-in - Option

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR COLOUR...