Building on the unmatched capabilities of Light Illusion's previous calibration system, ColourSpace is a ground-up, and totally new product development that far exceeds the capabilities of any previous or present alternative calibration system.

  • Unmatched Calibration Accuracy
  • Volumetric 3D graphs
  • Post & Broadcast
  • Medical
  • Pro. AV
  • Home Cinema
  • Display Manufacturers
  • Foreign Language Support
  • Free Updates
  • Yearly Maintenance Fees
  • Windows OS
  • Mac (via Windows Emulation)
Professional Calibration Ex. VAT
Professional LUT Management Ex. VAT
Home Cinema & Pro. AV Calibration Ex. VAT
Manual Calibration & Verification Ex. VAT
ICC, VCGT, LUT Extraction Ex. VAT

Unlike alternative calibration systems, ColourSpace licenses are valid for the life of the product (except for Rental licenses), with no annual maintenance or support fees, and includes free Software Updates for the purchased license options for the life of the product.


Overview

ColourSpace enables unprecedented and previously unachievable levels of accuracy and data reporting for display calibration, colour management, and colour workflows within the professional Film, Post-Production, & Broadcast industries, as well as for Display Manufacturers and Home Cinema enthusiasts.

ColourSpace is the de-facto standard for advanced colour management, guaranteeing the highest possible level of display calibration and colour control, regardless of final application. Nothing else comes close!

The most visually impressive capabilities within ColourSpace revolve around the unique graphics capabilities, combined with interactive data manipulation, with 3D CIE, XYZ, and normalised Colour Space Graphs, including Error Tangent lines and colour coded measure points.

User defined patch colour sequences have been implemented for manual TV CMS adjustments, allowing any patch sequences to be imported for either manual or automated measurements.

Remote Control integration allows for the development of third-party programs to both control ColourSpace, as well as receive data from ColourSpace, enabling additional colour management processes outside the direct capabilities of ColourSpace.

And user definable Foreign Languages for all menus enables localised language translations for simplified end user operation, with initial translations provided by default for selected languages.

But, the biggest new capabilities ColourSpace enables is future flexibility.
The code base has been developed to allow unrestricted future development of new calibration tools, graphical layouts, direct data interactivity, and more. ColourSpace really is a totally new approach to calibration, and calibration tools.

ColourSpace Options

ColourSpace is provided with a range of license options, tailored to meet the needs of different user's requirements, including professional film and TV facilities, medical applications, AV specialists, and home cinema users. The following information defines the basic functional capabilities and differences between all available ColourSpace license options.
(The above Features Matrix tab provides in-depth information on all ColourSpace license options.)

Professional Calibration

Professional license levels of ColourSpace are aimed at post-production facilities, film studios, broadcasters, independent colourists and VFX creatives, as well as within medical environments, where colour management and display calibration is critical.

ColourSpace INF Probes Displays LUT Boxes Grading TPGs LUTs Cameras Features
ColourSpace XPT Probes Displays LUT Boxes Grading TPGs LUTs Cameras Features
ColourSpace PRO Probes Displays LUT Boxes Grading TPGs LUTs Cameras Features
ColourSpace CAL Probes Displays LUT Boxes Grading TPGs LUTs Features
ColourSpace LTE Probes Displays LUT Boxes Grading TPGs LUTs Features

Home Cinema & Pro. AV

Home Cinema and Pro. AV license levels provide professional level display calibration and colour management for home cinema enthusiasts, and audio & video installers.

ColourSpace HTX Probes Displays LUT Boxes TPGs LUTs Features
ColourSpace HTP Probes Displays LUT Boxes TPGs LUTs Features
ColourSpace HTL Probes Displays LUT Boxes TPGs LUTs Features

Manual Calibration & Validation

Manual licenses provide interactive measurement tools for the manual adjustment of displays via the user controls provided within the display.
(Light Illusion provides no direct support for ColourSpace ZRO & DPS - Please see the User Guides and Demo Videos, as well as the customer Forum, for support.)

ColourSpace DPS Probes Displays TPGs Features
ColourSpace ZRO Probes Displays TPGs Features

LUT Management

Professional LUT Management license levels are also aimed at post-production facilities, film studios, broadcasters, and independent colourists and VFX creatives, and provide for LUT conversion, generation, and manipulation, without any display calibration capabilities.

ColourSpace LMN LUTs Cameras Features
ColourSpace LGN LUTs Cameras Features
ColourSpace LCN LUTs Features

LUT Extraction, ICC, VCGT Tools

LUT Extraction, ICC, and VCGT licenses provide a range of tools that enable the automated generation of LUTs from before/after images, management and generation of ICC profiles, and video card gamma tables control.
(LUT Extraction, ICC, and VCGT tools are not presently available within ColourSpace - MatchLight, SpaceMan, and SpaceMatch stand alone software and licenses will be provided.)

ColourSpace DCM Manage graphics card VCGTs without the need for ICC profiles
ColourSpace ICC Generate v4 ICC profiles from 3D LUTs for use in ICC aware workflows
ColourSpace IMS Automated extraction of LUTs from before/after image pairs and image groups

ColourSpace Features Matrix

Hover over the and icons, and the Ltd and Yes options for further features details.
(Light Illusion provides no direct support for ColourSpace ZRO & DPS - Please see the User Guides and Demo Videos, as well as the customer Forum, for support.)

License Options

Manage Library Spaces INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Access Spaces Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd
Save/Recall Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No No
Import/Export Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No No No
Display via Graphs Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd
Modify Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd
Display Profiling INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Target Colour Spaces Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Manual Measure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No Ltd
Auto Preset Measure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No Ltd
Characterisation - Presets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No No
Characterisation - Custom Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Characterisation - DIP Mode Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No No
Characterisation - Active LUT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No No
Internal Patch Generator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Probe Options Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd No No No Yes Yes Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd
Image Sequence Probe Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Hardware Options Yes Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No Ltd
Variable Bit Depth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Profile Graphs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Ltd
Profile Custom dE Filters Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Ltd
Profile Custom Filters Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Profile Point Adjust Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
EDID Viewer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Profile Reports Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
LUT Management Tools INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Multi-Thread Processing Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
LUT Generation Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd Ltd No Yes Yes Ltd Ltd No No No No
Camera Profiles Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
LUT Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Ltd Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd No No Yes Ltd No
LUT Conversion Yes Yes Yes Yes Ltd Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No No No
LUT Export Yes Yes Yes Yes Ltd Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Ltd No No No No No
LUT Adjustment Yes Yes Yes Ltd Ltd Yes Yes No Yes Yes Ltd No No No No No
LUT Graphs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LUT Point Adjust Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
LUT Preview Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LUT Image Export/Import Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
ASC/ACES/ARRI Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Remote Control INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Ltd No No No Ltd
Secondary Execution INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
VCGT Tools INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes No
ICC Tools INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
LUT Extraction INF XPT PRO CAL LTE LMN LGN LCN HTX HTP HTL DPS IMS ICC DCM ZRO
Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No

Demo Video


The above video is a brief overview of the traditional 2D charts in ColourSpace, as well as new, unique, volumetric 3D graphs, all fully interactive, sizeable, and colour coded.

The colour coding helps quickly identify the accuracy of any given measured point, with the default thresholds being:

  • Green ≤ 1dE
  • Orange > 1dE ≤ 2.3dE
  • Red > 2.3dE

The Thresholds can additionally be user defined.

The white/grey Tangent lines are visual plots of any given point's error.
The line starts at the actual volumetric location of the measured point, and ends where the point should be.
A very graphical way to show each and every error in any given display.

ColourSpace History

The background to ColourSpace is some 5 years old - yes, we really have been working on it that long! - with the equivalent of an unprecedented 15+ years man-hours development time dedicated to re-imagining the needs and requirements for next generation display calibration, colour management and colour workflows.

While there are similarities in some areas of the look and feel of ColourSpace when compared to the previous LightSpace CMS, there is no code similarity.

ColourSpace has been developed as a ground-up new system as the age of LightSpace was beginning to show. We need a new platform to take calibration onwards, with new capabilities suitable for now, as well as for years to come.

Further, improvements in development tools, as well as the new code-base, mean ColourSpace will potentially be able to offer calibration capabilities that go beyond LightSpace's Windows OS only operation. Within limitations, we should be able to offer a Mac version of ColourSpace. This will not be available initially, but we presently do not see any reason a Mac version should not become available at a later date.

Alternate Calibration System Trade-Up

It is potentially possible to Trade-up from a purchased alternative calibration software system to any of the various ColourSpace versions.

However, the available Trade-up value depends on the status of the alternative calibration system, and the version of ColourSpace being traded-up to.

To discuss potential Trade-Up discounts, please use the Quote form.

Questions?

Core Benefits

Accuracy

The calibration accuracy of ColourSpace is unmatched by any competitive calibration system, as it uses a totally unique colour engine, far in advance of any other available with any alternative calibration system.

3D Graphs

Unique 3D interactive graphs, enable accuracy assessment in ways previously impossible, with dE tangent lines defining individual point errors, while all graphs can effectively be infinitely zoomed and scrolled.

Delta-E Colour Coding

For quick and simple, but accurate assessment of any display, the measured colour points are uniquely displayed colour coded to define individual dE accuracy, with the dE thresholds for the colour mapping being user definable.

Speed

The core code of ColourSpace is lean and clean, resulting in unmatched speed across all aspects of operation, from graph interaction, to final display calibration, LUT generation, and information assessment.

Interactivity

Speed, combined with advanced 3D graphic charts, unique dE Tangent lines, and data point colour coding results in a level of user interactivity unmatched in any alternative calibration system.

Fully Featured

ColourSpace combines every conceivable feature for display assessment and calibration, colour management, workflows, LUT generation & manipulation, camera colour tools, ICC generation, VCGT management, and more...

ColourSpace

Next Generation Display Calibration & Colour Management

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