DIP Mode allows the use of a video playback device as a TPG even though the playback device is not able to be directly controlled by ColourSpace.
for example, using a DVD player with a calibration disc, or an editing or grading system such as from Adobe or FilmLight.
Display Independent Profiling
DIP Mode (Display Independent Profiling) is unique to ColourSpace, and is available within the Characterisation menu. DIP Mode is used to present each patch for a preset time in-sync with the same patch sequence playing back via any external patch playback source, such as from a DVD/Blu-ray player, video player app such as VLC, or a grading system timeline such as from Resolve.
In this way any device, phone, tablet, screen, or display can be profiled, on any OS including Android, Mac, iOS, Windows, Linux, etc., without restriction.
DIP mode also means the difficulties in profiling systems with inherently active colour management, such as Mac, can be overcome by using a video player that is OS colour management aware, without the need to purchase a specific Mac TPG.
The same sequences need to be selected for both the external playback source, and the sequence within ColourSpace, and playback started in-sync, with the correct time-per-patch set based on the slowest measure time of the probe in use.
(The only way to verify the actual timings required for DIP Mode is to time the duration any given probe/display combination requires when measuring dark patch colours - not just black, but dark R, G, and B patches. The longest time, plus one second, should be used as the time for all patches in DIP Mode. To take such time duration measurements use Repeat measurements with colour patches displayed manually via whatever source is connected to the display to be profiled.)
Should the probe take longer to read than the set time-per-patch, ColourSpace will abort the sequence, and display warning message.
Any external patch source can be used with DIP mode as an alternative to a dedicated patch generator, with the simplest being to generate a video clip with the required patch sequence with each patch displayed for the required fixed time.
The Export Patches option in Characterisation can be used to export the required patches for a DIP sequence to be generated within any video editing system. There are even pre-defined EDLs available for download via Customer Downloads.
Whichever method is used to generate the external patch sequence, profiling is performed by setting up the same exact patch set within ColourSpace Characterisation, with the DIP Time per Patch set to the same duration as the external patch set. Both sequences are then run in-sync by pressing Play on the external patch sequence video player, at the same time as pressing Start within ColourSpace.
There is an in-built margin of error within the DIP process, so sync does not need to be perfect.
