Basic Hardware Setup
Basic hardware setup with Livegrade and LUT boxes Video Signals on Set Typical digital film cameras on a film set have HD-SDI outputs for external display and processing of the live image.
Read morePrimary Features Livegrade Studio
The Main Screen
The main screen of Livegrade contains all primary controls for operating the software.
Read moreGrade Controls
With Livegrade Pro you can interactively change the color appearance of live signals.
Read moreOutput Colorspaces
Livegrade lets you manage looks with an output colorspace attribute for streamlined handling of looks and video signals within multi-monitoring setups and advanced color pipelines.
Read moreSlot User Interface
The slot UI summarizes all information for a slot, and acts as a tab user interface element to switch between tabs.
Read moreThe Device Manager
The device manager contains all controls to setup devices and slots, and represents the core configuration dialog for attached and controlled hardware devices.
Read moreExporting Shot Information
The shot library can contain a lot of information, that is valuable for other steps and roles in the workflow.
Read moreMedia Folders and Record Folder
Media files imported or recorded within Livegrade are stored in a designated “Media Folder”.
Read moreThe Image Viewer
The image viewer shows the image of the currently selected shot or the library slot.
Read moreInteractive Router Control
In addition to defining routing presets (see Controlling an External Video Router for more information) Livegrade Studio has a dedicated view for directly controlling a video router and monitor routings visually. The video router view displays all inputs and outputs of a connected video router, and lets you interactively change routings.
Read moreScripts and Automation
The application comes with the capability to run scripts from within the application.
Read moreDynamic Metadata Recording and Export
Dynamic metadata recording Livegrade can record per-frame, dynamic slot metadata fields transmitted via HD-SDI ancillary metadata from ARRI, Panasonic, and Sony cameras together with movie recordings.
Read moreGrouping Slots Into Stages
Livegrade Studio lets you group slots into stages for handling independent scenes (e.g., from multiple units) within one project.
Read moreUsing the FilmLight BLG Grading Mode
Livegrade Studio supports using the FilmLight color pipeline and round-tripping with the FilmLight product family via BLG import/export and a dedicated “FilmLight BLG” grading mode. Activate FilmLight BLG grading features To activate the FilmLight BLG grading features you need to install a compatible Livegrade Studio version, a compatible Daylight version, with a valid Daylight license […]
Read moreUsing the Colorfront Film Grading Mode
Livegrade Studio supports the “Colorfront Film” transform of the Colorfront Engine. From Colorfront’s document “Using the Human Perceptual Model for Multiple Display Mastering”: “The Colorfront Engine is a state-of-the-art parametric color processing pipeline mapping various input formats, including camera original (scene-referred) and graded (display-referred) images, to a wide range of SDR and HDR output formats at […]
Read moreSetting up Pomfort Virtual LUT Box for Unreal Engine
Note: This is documentation for features available with Livegrade Studio 6.x or newer and the PomfortVL plugin for Unreal Engine version 5.1 or newer.
Read moreSetting up Brompton Tessera processors
Livegrade Studio comes with support for remote LUT control Brompton Tessera processors (starting with firmware v3.2.0).
Read moreSetting up Disguise System
Livegrade Studio comes with support for interactive CDL control of Disguise systems.
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