The integration now announced combines Livegrade’s look-management tools with the four SDI inputs and built-in image processing of Flanders Scientific XMP Series monitors. Each camera can be assigned an independent look in Livegrade, with LUT processing performed directly within the monitor instead of through separate external LUT boxes.
All four LUT-processed camera feeds can be displayed simultaneously using the monitor’s quad-view mode, giving DITs and live grading operators a compact overview of a multi-camera production. Operators can also switch from quad view to a full-screen view of an individual input when closer evaluation is required.
Each LUT channel has a corresponding dedicated processed monitor output. The four graded images are therefore available both on screen and from their respective processed outputs for downstream monitors. XMP Series monitors also retain four clean loop-through outputs, providing eight SDI outputs in total across clean and processed paths.
This functionality reduces the equipment and cabling normally required for multi-camera live grading. A single XMP Series monitor can serve as the central reference display, a four-channel LUT processing device and a source for independently graded downstream monitoring – an especially practical arrangement for compact DIT carts, mobile productions and space-constrained sets.
Livegrade connects to the XMP monitor over a network connection and stores each channel’s LUT in the corresponding monitor LUT position. The integration requires Livegrade 7.2 or later and XMP firmware version 3.2.10 or later.
XMP quad-view operation supports four signals of the same frame rate without requiring external genlock synchronization between the sources. Together with independent LUT control and dedicated clean and processed outputs, the integration creates a lean, flexible workflow for monitoring and managing up to four graded camera feeds from one display.
Livegrade 7.2 and XMP series workflow highlights
- Four simultaneous LUT channels on FSI XMP Series monitors
- Independent Livegrade look control for up to four SDI camera feeds
- Simultaneous display of four LUT-processed feeds in quad view
- Full-screen viewing of any individual input
- One dedicated processed monitor output for each graded channel
- Four clean loop-throughs plus four processed outputs
- No external LUT boxes or upstream genlock required for quad-view signals
Pomfort Livegrade 7.2 is available now. The four-channel XMP integration requires XMP firmware version 3.2.10 or later, also available now. Follow the link for workflow details, firmware requirements and setup information.