Enhancing Live Production Images
Unlike conventional static converters that treat all images identically, Advanced HDR by Technicolor can derive exceptionally high-quality SDR images that are independently optimized on a frame-by-frame basis, preserving maximum dynamic range.
Advanced HDR by Technicolor can derive SDR images from high-quality HDR images that have consistently been judged as superior to natively produced SDR images. This is because video engineers have a higher quality starting point from which to create SDR images. Operators can see more detail on their HDR monitors and make better decisions about what is produced to optimize the SDR stream.
Advanced HDR by Technicolor harnesses AI to convert SDR images to high-quality HDR images. For all intents and purposes, the up-converted images appear as if they were natively captured in HDR. The AI analyzes each SDR frame to determine the best allocation of contrast across an HDR image.
Advanced HDR by Technicolor optimizes the integration of both HDR and SDR cameras during production of live events. The solution leverages Technicolor ITM tuning capabilities to set and match any native HDR image so that SDR sources (including live camera shots as well as regular and slow-motion replays) can be appropriately up-converted in real-time, without disrupting production consistency. Once SDR cameras and Advanced HDR by Technicolor are tuned prior to an event, the AI functionality automatically adapts images in real time. This introduces unprecedented operational efficiencies. It frees video engineering talent to focus on higher-order activities, while simultaneously reducing costs by simplifying multiple -- and concurrent -- conversion processes from different SDR sources.
During live productions, video engineers can tune the system to meet aesthetic preferences prior to events and allow Advanced HDR by Technicolor to generate HDR output in real time.