Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL

Ideal for filmmakers, DITs, editors and colourists, the Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL is designed for those longer and wider shots when you need a larger reference target. It will speed up your colour correction process and save you hours in post. Use it to nail exposure, match multiple cameras and maintain consistency during changing light, so you can tell your story as perfectly as possible. The ColorChecker Video XL works with popular filmmaking tools like waveform, vectorscope, zebras and more.

Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL Key Features:

• Characterised as a double-sided colour calibration tool
• Twice the size of the ColorChecker Video
• Provides chromatic colour chips, skin tone chips and grey reference chips
• Sized specifically for studio and on-location productions
• Enhanced colour preview on your camera’s display with reliable histograms
• Ideally suited to pro-level production and post-production workflows
• Suited to colour grading, colour balancing, and grey balancing
• Set key exposure, check highlights, shadows, and mid-tones
• Establish accurate colour balance
• Match multiple cameras for a more coherent aesthetic
• Edit for mixed lighting throughout your production

Expanded Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL Key Features:

Video Colour Target

Speed up your colour grading workflow by achieving ideal exposure and colour balance, especially for larger productions. This colour chart includes a series of chromatic colour chips, skin tone chips, grey chips and illumination check chips. The layout is designed for ideal performance when used with vectorscopes and waveforms, whether on camera or in software.

Chromatic Colours: two rows of six chromatic colour chips, both saturated and desaturated, specifically designed to align with the colour axis on a vectorscope. These colours provide two levels of colour information to more quickly achieve an ideal colour balance.

Skin Tones: ranging from light to dark with subtle undertones to better reproduce accurate flesh tones. This row of chips is positioned on the outer edge of the target for easy alignment.

Large Grey Levels: four larger steps for even grey balance, including white, 40IRE grey, deep grey and high gloss black. These levels are ideal for determining proper exposure whether you use a waveform, zebras, or false colours. Use these levels to align the exposure and contrast of cameras you are matching and ensure that mid-tones are rendered accurately. These chips are positioned in the centre of the test target for maximum exposure, even on a wide set.

Linear Grayscale: six colour chips for achieving even grey balance. This row addresses highlight and shadow regions.

Illumination Check Chips: black and white chips at two corners to better assist in determining even illumination across the target.

White Balance Target

Starting with an accurate white balance ensures the colours you capture are true and provides a point of reference for post-shoot editing. The White Balance target found on the reverse side is a spectrally flat target that provides a neutral reference point across mixed lighting conditions that you encounter during a video shoot. Since the target reflects light equally across the visible spectrum, creating an in-camera custom white balance can properly compensate for varying lighting.

What’s in the box?

• 1 x Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL

FAQs:

What are the main functions of this chart?

With the Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL, you can improve the colour preview on your camera’s display so your histograms are more reliable. You can also make post production colour correction and editing faster and easier by eliminating the need to neutralize each frame individually.

Why is this better than using any sort of white object?

White balancing on a piece of paper or other grey element in the scene may seem like a simple workaround, but most objects are not actually neutral under all lighting conditions; and they’re certainly not consistent. An inaccurate white balance will result in colour casts, and a lack of consistency between lighting conditions, making colour corrections extremely time consuming.

How can the ColorChecker Video XL be implemented within a pro-level video workflow?

The Calibrite ColorChecker Video XL is ideal for colour grading, colour balancing, grey balancing, setting perfect exposure, colour matching multiple cameras, and shooting and editing for mixed lighting.