WEITERSTADT, Germany—Lynx Technix is rolling out its new HDR Evie+ tool designed for the company’s greenMachine platform. Part of the HDR Suite of Processing Solutions for greenMachine, HDR Evie+—along with HDR Evie and HDR Static—address the challenge of archiving content in both SDR and HDR.

The greenMahcine suite seeks to address the issue of having two independent production routes for SDR and HDR by combining optimized HDR with up-convertered SDR sources into a single HDR production process.

HDR Evie+ is Lynx Technick’s latest edition to its suite of format conversion systems. Using a patented, dynamic segmented frame-by-frame algorithms that use sectional dynamic tone mapping for adjusting each segment of the 3G or 4K HDR content in real time. The segmented dynamic conversion of HDR Evie+ is suited for content like live sports and news broadcasts, according to Lynx Technik.

The entire range of Lynx Technik’s greenMachine HDR <> SDR processing technology supports a range of open standards for conversion, tone mapping and color gamut, including HLG, PQ, SDR and SLog3. Rec 709, Rec 2020 and camera standards by Panasonic, Sony, Arri, ACES, DCI-P3, RED and BMD.

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LAS VEGAS—HDR quality video has many excited for the future of content, but there are many who are still utilizing SDR displays that want to provide similar high-quality content. That is where Lynx Technik expects its new HDR Evie enhanced video image engine to come in, which will make its debut at the 2019 NAB Show.

The HDR Evie system uses advanced algorithms that automatically analyze and apply optimal corrections in real time on a frame-by-frame basis. While TV studio productions can achieve HDR to SDR conversion with a single static correction, productions of live sports or news broadcasts need that frame-by-frame adaption to deal with challenging lighting conditions, brightness levels and image composition.

Powered by Lynx Technik’s greenMachine titan platform, the HDR Evie supports single channel 12G SDI 4K/UHD conversions or can be configured as a four channel device for 3G (HD) applications. It also features 4K Quad 2SI inputs and optional 12G fiber I/O connectivity. Conversion possibilities the system supports include 4K HDR to 4K SDR, 4K HDR to HD SDR and conversion between HDR standards. There is also support for a range of open standards for conversion, tone mapping and color gamut, including HLG, PQ, SDR and SLog3.

Lynx Technik will showcase the HDR Evie at its booth, N2827, during the 2019 NAB Show. To register for the NAB Show, visit www.nabshow.com.