Development of Color-grading equipment for the full-featured 8K Super Hi-Vision

Abstract

We have developed a color-grading equipment for full-featured 8K Super Hi-Vision program production. This equipment corresponds to the ultrahigh-definition signal/data interface (U-SDI) and can perform real-time color correction, flaw correction, chromatic aberration correction, and detail correction. In addition, down-conversion and crop-out functions are installed for detailed checks using an HD or a 4K monitor. In order to realize these functions, two FPGAs are implemented. In this report, we discuss the detailed configuration and performance of this equipment.