The complete package, color calibration,
grayscale, resolution and more.
DSC's most popular product line, and for good
reason. If you only purchase one test pattern,
make sure its a ChromaDuMonde.
CamAlign
Chip Charts
Front Side
Chart Name
Features
Res.
Sizes (*)
ColorBar / GrayScale
·
Six vector primary colors
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
Yes
JW/SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
ChromaDuMonde
12
·
Six primary colors + six intermediate colors
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
Yes
JW/SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
ChromaDuMonde
12 + 4
·
Six primary colors + six intermediate colors +
four skin tone reference chips
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
Yes
JW/SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
ChromaDuMonde
24
·
Six primary colors + 18 evenly spaced
intermediate colors
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
Yes
JW/SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
ChromaDuMonde
28
·
Six primary colors + 18 evenly spaced
intermediate colors + four skin tone reference
chips
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
Yes
JW/SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
DreamCatcher 48
·
Six vector colors, plus six intermediate colors
at four different saturations
·
Colors produce a spoked V/scope display
·
DSC 11-step crossed grayscales, 700mV (100 IRE)
white and true black chips
·
Calibration Data included
No
SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
DreamCatcher 76
·
Six primary colors + 66 intermediate colors +
four skin tone reference chips
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
·
Calibration Data included
No
SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
The Wringer
·
Six primary colors + six intermediate colors
·
11-step crossed grayscale
·
Center true black with adjacent 100 IRE white
chips
No
SW/SRW/
XW/SXW
CamAlign
Upgrades (Enhance your CamAlign)
Resolution
(Res.)
The charts listed above as having the
Res. option (Yes) available, can be ordered with
hyperbolic resolution trumpets up to 1200 TV
LPPH (15 MHz), for checking camera and monitor
resolution. The resolution trumpet upgrade
replaces the true black strips on the outer edge
of the pattern. Add the suffix “R” to the end of
the chart code to include resolution trumpets in
your order.
CaviBlack
Any pattern with a DSC true black patch in the
center can be upgraded with a DSC Labs Cavity
Black, for the ultimate black reference tool.
Attached to the back of any CDM pattern, the
CaviBlack folds out for usage and then back in
for quick storage. See the accessories section
to find out more.
The ChromaDuMonde
ChromaDuMonde's name says it all (Colors of the World). High performance charts made to the latest SMPTE 274M (ITU-R BT.709) international colorimetry - the perfect choice for use with any television system, anywhere!
Multi-Tasking, Multi-Standard Charts! Whether used in production or in post, new ChromaDuMonde charts generate precise hexagonal-shaped displays for HD, SD and NTSC television images. After gamma is set using the charts’ precise crossed grayscales, colorimetry can be set by positioning the charts’ 24 color signals in their HD vectorscope boxes and intermediate positions. While designed primarily for HD TV calibrated offsets are provided for the purists who want to know the theoretical colorimetric differences between HD and NTSC for example.
Today's DPs, producers, digital/special effects technicians and camera operators increasingly view DSC charts as necessities for optimizing their high performance cameras, and the production value of their images. ChromaDuMonde is the latest addition to DSC's family of production-friendly CamAligns.
In Engineering ... Use ChromaDuMonde to evaluate and adjust a video camera’s color matrix and gamma with a waveform/vectorscope. Charts are especially useful for accurately reproducing skin tones, custom and difficult colors - purple and turquoise, and other colors which occur at prism crossovers.
In Production ... Check and adjust cameras on the fly, and immediately see the effect of any hue changes on surrounding colors. When producing "green screen" and other digital/special effects, ChromaDuMonde charts provide precise information about how camera hue adjustments are affecting the full gamut of color reproduction. Image quality and consistency can be enhanced by recording chart information to tape or film, and using it in post as a baseline production reference. For scene-to-scene consistency, record a few chart frames with every lighting change - to facilitate/expedite color-correcting, matching footage, and digital/special effects. Chart information provides a foundation for users’ creativity and innovation!
For incredibly accurate rear-lit test transparencies and illuminators
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