ColorFormat

Description

Type	Enumerated
Description	Designation of color format
"Set" effect	Designating the color format
"Get" effect	Returns the currently active color format

Classification

Class	Channel
Category	Cluster
Level	Adjust

Identifiers

String	ColorFormat
C, C++	MC_ColorFormat
.NET	MC.ColorFormat
Numerical	2224

This parameter summarizes all the properties describing how the frame grabber stores pixel data in the destination surface.

Refer to MultiCam Storage Formats for detailed information.

Values applicable to Picolo boards

Boards	Format names
Picolo Alert	YUV411, YUV422, YUV444, Y8 YUV411PL, Y41B, YUV422PL, Y42B, YUV444PL, YUV411PL_Dec, YUV9, YVU9, YUV422PL_Dec, I420, IYUV, YV12 RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL
Picolo Diligent	YUV411, YUV422, YUV444, Y8 YUV411PL, Y41B, YUV422PL, Y42B, YUV444PL, YUV411PL_Dec, YUV9, YVU9, YUV422PL_Dec, I420, IYUV, YV12 RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL DX50, HP4S
Picolo Junior 4 Picolo Picolo Pro 2 Picolo Pro 3 Picolo Tetra Picolo Tymo	YUV411, YUV422, Y8 YUV411PL, Y41B, YUV422PL, Y42B, YUV411PL_Dec, YUV9, YUV422PL_Dec, I420, IYUV, YV12 RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32

Values applicable to Domino boards

Boards	Format names
Domino Iota Domino Alpha 2	Y8 RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB32
Domino Melody Domino Symphony	Y8, Y10, Y16(*)
Domino Harmony	Y8, Y10, Y16() RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB48PL()

(*) For these storage formats, the least 6 significant bits of the pixel value are 0.

Values applicable to Grablink boards

Boards	Format names
Grablink Avenue Grablink Express	RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB42PL, RGB48PL, BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER14, BAYER16, RAW8, RAW10, RAW12, RAW14, RAW16
Grablink Value	RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB48PL, BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER14, BAYER16, RAW8, RAW10, RAW12, RAW14, RAW16
Grablink Expert 2	RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL, BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER14, BAYER16, RAW8, RAW10, RAW12, RAW14, RAW16
Grablink Colorscan	RGB24, RGB32 RGB24PL
Grablink Quickpack CFA	RGB15, RGB16, RGB24, RGB10_10_10, RGB10_12_10, RGB32, RGB48, RGB64 RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER16 RGB16Y8, RGB24Y8, RGB24Y10, RGB24Y12, RGB24Y16, YRGB32, YRGB64 RGB24PLY8, RGB24PLY10, RGB24PLY12, RGB24PLY16, RGB30PLY8, RGB30PLY10, RGB30PLY12, RGB30PLY16, RGB36PLY8, GB36PLY10, RGB36PLY12, RGB36PLY16, RGB48PLY8, RGB48PLY10, RGB48PLY12, RGB48PLY16
Grablink Full XR Grablink Full Grablink DualBase Grablink Base	Y8, Y10, Y12, Y16 RGB24, RGB32, RGB24PL, RGB30PL, RGB36PL, RGB48PL BAYER8, BAYER10, BAYER12, BAYER16

ColorFormat values are classified in 9 categories:

Monochrome and color packed YUV formats
Planar YUV formats
Color packed RGB formats
Color planar RGB format
Compressed formats
BAYER color formats
RAW formats
Packed RGB color and Y luminance combined formats
Planar RGB color and Y luminance combined formats

Monochrome and color packed YUV formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
YUV411	MC_ColorFormat_YUV411	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:1:1 packed data format.	Y41P
YUV422	MC_ColorFormat_YUV422	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:2:2 packed data format.	YUY2
YUV444	MC_ColorFormat_YUV444	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:4:4 packed data format.	IYU2
Y8	MC_ColorFormat_Y8	Each pixel luminance is stored using Y8 system.	Y800
Y10	MC_ColorFormat_Y10	Each pixel luminance is stored using Y10 system.	Not applicable
Y12	MC_ColorFormat_Y12	Each pixel luminance is stored using Y12 system.	Not applicable
Y14	MC_ColorFormat_Y14	Each pixel luminance is stored using Y14 system.	Not applicable
Y16	MC_ColorFormat_Y16	Each pixel luminance is stored using Y16 system.	Not applicable

Planar YUV formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
YUV411PL	MC_ColorFormat_YUV411PL	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:1:1 planar data format.	Y41B
Y41B	MC_ColorFormat_Y41B	Each pixel color is stored using Y41B planar data format.	Y41B
YUV422PL	MC_ColorFormat_YUV422PL	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:2:2 planar data format.	Y42B
Y42B	MC_ColorFormat_Y42B	Each pixel color is stored using Y42B planar data format.	Y42B
YUV444PL	MC_ColorFormat_YUV444PL	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:4:4 planar data format.	Not applicable
YUV411PL_Dec	MC_ColorFormat_YUV411PL_DEC	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:1:1 planar data format with chrominance decimation.	YUV9 YVU9
YUV9	MC_ColorFormat_YUV9	Each pixel color is stored using YUV9 planar data format.	YUV9
YVU9	MC_ColorFormat_YVU9	Each pixel color is stored using YVU9 planar data format.	YVU9
YUV422PL_Dec	MC_ColorFormat_YUV422PL_DEC	Each pixel color is stored using YUV 4:2:2 planar data format with chrominance decimation.	I420 IYUV YV12
I420	MC_ColorFormat_I420	Each pixel color is stored using I420 planar data format.	I420
IYUV	MC_ColorFormat_IYUV	Each pixel color is stored using IYUV planar data format.	IYUV
YV12	MC_ColorFormat_YV12	Each pixel color is stored using YV12 planar data format.	YV12

Color packed RGB formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
RGB15	MC_ColorFormat_RGB15	Each pixel color is stored using RGB15 packed data format.	BI_RGB RGB
RGB16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB16	Each pixel color is stored using RGB16 packed data format.	BI_RGB RGB
RGB24	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24	Each pixel color is stored using RGB24 packed data format.	BI_RGB RGB
RGB10_10_10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB10_10_10	Each pixel color is stored using RGB10_10_10 packed data format.
RGB10_12_10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB10_12_10	Each pixel color is stored using RGB10_12_10 packed data format.
RGB32	MC_ColorFormat_RGB32	Each pixel color is stored using RGB32 packed data format.	BI_RGB RGB
RGB48	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48	Each pixel color is stored using RGB48 packed data format.
RGB64	MC_ColorFormat_RGB64	Each pixel color is stored using RGB64 packed data format.

Color planar RGB formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
RGB24PL	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24PL	Each pixel color is stored using RGB24PL system.	Not applicable
RGB30PL	MC_ColorFormat_RGB30PL	Each pixel color is stored using RGB30PL system.	Not applicable
RGB36PL	MC_ColorFormat_RGB36PL	Each pixel color is stored using RGB36PL system.	Not applicable
RGB42PL	MC_ColorFormat_RGB42PL	Each pixel color is stored using RGB42PL system.	Not applicable
RGB48PL	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48PL	Each pixel color is stored using RGB48PL system	Not applicable

Compressed formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
DX50	MC_ColorFormat_DX50	Data are stored according to DX50 codec.	DX50
MP4S	MC_ColorFormat_MP4S	Data are stored according to MP4S codec.	MP4S

BAYER color formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
BAYER8	MC_ColorFormat_BAYER8	Each pixel data is stored using BAYER8 system.	Not applicable
BAYER10	MC_ColorFormat_BAYER10	Each pixel data is stored using BAYER10 system.	Not applicable
BAYER12	MC_ColorFormat_BAYER12	Each pixel data is stored using BAYER12 system.	Not applicable
BAYER14	MC_ColorFormat_BAYER14	Each pixel data is stored using BAYER14 system.	Not applicable
BAYER16	MC_ColorFormat_BAYER16	Each pixel data is stored using BAYER16 system.	Not applicable

RAW formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
RAW8	MC_ColorFormat_RAW8	Each pixel data is stored using RAW8 system.	Not applicable
RAW10	MC_ColorFormat_RAW10	Each pixel data is stored using RAW10 system.	Not applicable
RAW12	MC_ColorFormat_RAW12	Each pixel data is stored using RAW12 system.	Not applicable
RAW14	MC_ColorFormat_RAW14	Each pixel data is stored using RAW14 system.	Not applicable
RAW16	MC_ColorFormat_RAW16	Each pixel data is stored using RAW16 system.	Not applicable

Packed RGB color and Y luminance combined formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
RGB15Y8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB15Y8	Each pixel color is stored using a combined RGB packed data format and a luminance data format.	Not applicable
RGB16Y8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB16Y8
RGB24Y8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24Y8
RGB24Y10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24Y10
RGB24Y12	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24Y12
RGB24Y16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24Y16
YRGB32	MC_ColorFormat_YRGB32
YRGB64	MC_ColorFormat_YRGB64

Planar RGB color and Y luminance combined formats

Name	Identifier	Description	FOURCC code
RGB24PLY8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24PLY8	Each pixel color is stored using a combined RGB planar data format and a luminance data format.	Not applicable
RGB24PLY10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24PLY10
RGB24PLY12	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24PLY12
RGB24PLY16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB24PLY16
RGB30PLY8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB30PLY8
RGB30PLY10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB30PLY10
RGB30PLY12	MC_ColorFormat_RGB30PLY12
RGB30PLY16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB30PLY16
RGB36PLY8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB36PLY8
RGB36PLY10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB36PLY10
RGB36PLY12	MC_ColorFormat_RGB36PLY12
RGB36PLY16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB36PLY16
RGB48PLY8	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48PLY8
RGB48PLY10	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48PLY10
RGB48PLY12	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48PLY12
RGB48PLY16	MC_ColorFormat_RGB48PLY16