Oppo announced its new “Full-path Color Management System”, which will make its debut with the Oppo Find X3 series coming next year. “Full-path” means that the system covers everything from capturing images, storing them and displaying them with full DCI-P3 gamut coverage and 10-bit color depth.
An image’s journey starts with
capture. Oppo has adopted algorithms and hardware that will preserve fidelity
of an image while performing multi-frame noise reduction, distortion correction
and “perceptual extreme super-resolution”.
An interesting new development
is support for Digital Overlap (DOL) HDR sensors, something that Sony has been
working on for a couple of years. Unlike typical HDR, DOL captures multiple
exposures simultaneously, which removes the need to correct for moving objects.
After capture, images are
stored in the HEIF format. This supports 10-bit color depth, unlike JPEG (which
is limited to 8-bit) and produces smaller files to boot. 10-bit images have
smoother gradients and can hold up during editing. Finally, for displaying
images Oppo will use a screen calibration procedure to bring the color accuracy
of its screens to around 0.4 JNCD. Algorithms will ensure that the image’s
color gamut is adjusted to match that of the display, DCI-P3 with a D65 white
point.
The company has partnered with
the Zhejiang University to develop test and develop solutions that correct
images for improved viewing by people with color blindness. Each user will be
able to calibrate their display for best results.
The Full-path Color Management
System will be featured on the Oppo Find X3 series of flagships, which will be
unveiled next year. The new system will be paired with impressive new camera
hardware, though Oppo is keeping that under wraps for now.
