The AVFoundry VirtualForge Software Pattern Generator (Download) from SpectraCal is a Mac-compatible application designed to work with the optional CalMAN calibration software to calibrate TV monitors that are driven via a video output device from a Mac workstation. It supports select AJA and Blackmagic Design output devices and is controlled by CalMAN to produce bit-accurate test patterns at any required triplet value for accurate grayscale, CMS, or 3D LUT calibration. It provides a convenient alternative to hardware-based calibration and can be used for plasmas, OLEDs, projectors, and other TV monitors.
- Basic optimization patterns
- Black to white gradient
- Grayscale with 1% increments
- CMS with variable stimuli
- Complete RGB triplets
- Luminance ramps
- Saturation sweeps
- ColorChecker patterns
- Skin tones
- APL, Constant APL
- AJA KONA 3G SDI and HDMI PCIe output device
- AJA KONA 3G in a Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis
- AJA KONA LHi SDI and HDMI PCIe output device
- AJA KONA LHi in a Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis
- AJA KONA LHe Plus SDI PCIe output device
- AJA KONA LHe Plus in a Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis
- AJA KONA Io XT Thunderbolt I/O device
- AJA KONA Io 4K Thunderbolt 2 I/O device
- AJA T-TAP Thunderbolt SDI and HDMI output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink 4K Extreme Dual Link SDI, HDMI and analog PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Quad SDI/HD-SDI PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Studio SDI/HD-SDI, HDMI and analog PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Optical Fiber SDI/HD-SDI PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Duo SDI/HD-SDI PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink SDI SDI/HD-SDI PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Mini Recorder 3G-SDI and HDMI PCIe output device
- Blackmagic DeckLink Mini Monitor 3G-SDI and HDMI PCIe output device
* DeckLink SDI support in CalMAN, for sourcing VirtualForge calibration signals, is limited to the default YCrCb 4:2:2 10-bit pixel format, which the DeckLink control app does not provide the option of changing. CalMAN does not support DeckLink HDMI outputs for sourcing.