Nobe OmniScope

Nobe OmniScope is a standalone software oscilloscope application for the technical monitoring of video and audio signals. It utilizes GPU acceleration and is available for Windows and macOS, with native support for Apple Silicon processors. The tool is compatible with editing and color grading workstations such as DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, Assimilate Scratch, and photographic applications like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Additionally, it supports hardware video capture from Blackmagic Design (DeckLink, UltraStudio) and AJA, as well as NDI network streams, Syphon and Spout screen sharing, and SDI signal.

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• Multi-screen monitoring. OmniScope can display its oscilloscopes in independent windows, allowing them to be placed on dedicated reference monitors, separate from the main interface of the color grading application.
• Support for HDR and 12-bit signals. The tool processes and visualizes high dynamic range (HDR) signals and 12-bit color depths, maintaining the precision required for cinematic and broadcast workflows.
• Integration with StreamDeck. It offers native support for Elgato StreamDeck devices, allowing the operator to switch between oscilloscope layouts, activate Solo modes, or control specific functions via customizable physical buttons.
• Waveform and Parade oscilloscope (RGB/YUV). Visualizes luminance (Y) and individual color channel levels in a parade format, enabling precise adjustment of white balance and exposure in reference to signal levels.
• Vectorscope. Displays the chromaticity of the signal on a color wheel, facilitating control of saturation, hue, and detection of color casts, with reference indicators for skin tones and legal gamut limits.
• RGB, YUV, and Luma Histogram. Provides a statistical representation of pixel distribution. The luminance histogram (IRE) allows for creating masks based on exposure levels. The HUE histogram facilitates the selection of specific color ranges for selective corrections.
• CIE Diagram (3D Color Cube). Represents the color gamut of the image in a three-dimensional space, with options for CIE RGB, CIE XYZ, and CIE LAB color spaces, being a fundamental tool for evaluating color volume and comparing gamuts.
• Skintone oscilloscope. A specialized mode that highlights areas of the image corresponding to typical skin tone ranges in YCbCr and HSL color models, to verify their reproduction.
• Blanking Detection. A quality control (QC) tool that analyzes the signal and generates an automatic alert when black bars are detected on the edges of the frame, indicating possible errors in the delivery format.
• Audio: Meter and Goniometer. Incorporates audio level meters (up to 32 channels) and a goniometer to visualize phase correlation between stereo channels, with support for audio monitoring via SDI from Blackmagic DeckLink and the SDI plugin in Assimilate Scratch.
• Combined drawing masks. Allows combining range selections made in the histograms with masks drawn directly on the image viewer, creating precise qualifiers to isolate specific areas for correction.
• Solo Mode. Maximizes any oscilloscope to fill the OmniScope window, allowing detailed analysis of the graph, with the ability to toggle between scopes via StreamDeck shortcuts.
• Support for Dolby Vision workflows. The application is ready to work with Dolby Vision metadata and signals, an essential feature for mastering HDR content in home cinema formats.
• Crop tool for screen capture. When using the screen capture source, the Crop function allows sending only a selected portion of the desktop to the oscilloscopes, useful for monitoring specific areas of programs like Photoshop.
• Configurable False Color. OmniScope includes thirteen false color overlays predefined according to industry standards, plus an editor that allows the user to create their own IRE range to color mappings by dragging elements in the interface.
• Layout organization and management. All oscilloscopes can be docked, grouped, and freely arranged in the workspace. Window configurations can be saved and restored to adapt to different tasks or projects.

The development of Nobe OmniScope is carried out by the company Time in Pixels. The application began its development around 2018, with the goal of creating a modern video monitoring tool that leverages GPU acceleration to deliver real-time performance with minimal latency. The program is written primarily in C++ and utilizes graphics technologies such as OpenGL and Vulkan for its rendering engine, allowing it to be efficient on modest hardware and support acceleration on the integrated GPUs of Apple's M1, M2, and M3 chips.

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