Canon India Releases a Free PC App for Colour Matching between Remote and Main Cameras
Compatible even with non-Canon main cameras for efficient and versatile video production
The app enables colour matching through a simple system arrangement (conceptual image)
India, 13 February 2025 – Canon India, a leading company in digital imaging solutions, announced that they will begin offering the Camera Colour Matching Application PC app free of charge as a new product added to its remote camera system. The software facilitates colour matching between the main camera, which provides the basis for colour tones, and the Canon 4K remote camera acting as a secondary camera.
Commenting on the newest solution to the broadcasting portfolio, Mr. Bhasker Chander Joshi, Assistant Director, Frontier Business Division, Canon India, said, “The broadcast industry is rapidly shifting towards single-operator, multi-camera setups, driven by both efficiency demands and resource constraints. Our new Camera Colour Matching Application is yet another move in simplifying the overall video production workflow, wherein what once required hours of professional setup can now be done in minutes by a single operator. Users can capture a broadcast show with multiple colour ranges with different cameras and our app handles the rest– automatically matching colours across main and Canon remote cameras. This means faster setup, lower costs, and consistent quality. Tailored to the diverse needs of educational institutions, corporate settings, places of worship and coaching centers, we strive to redefine remote production, making it more intuitive and accessible than ever before."
With the growing popularity for video content creation, the need to improve the efficiency of video production and the shortage of human resources have led to the spread of single-operator multi-camera shooting practices using remote cameras. Along with this development, however, colour matching between cameras, which is essential for multiple camera shooting, has become an issue, as it conventionally needed to be done manually by professional staff before shooting, consuming substantial manpower and time. Canon's new “Camera Colour Matching Application” offers one solution to this problem. The app easily corrects the differences in image colour and brightness between the main camera of the user’s choice and the Canon remote camera used as a secondary camera. The colour matching process is simple: first, a user captures a still image of an identical colour chart respectively with the main and sub-cameras. The app then generates a 3D LUT from the images which is applied to the cameras, completing the match.
By harnessing this app, users can substantially save time spent on making manual adjustments, which in the past colour were performed for each individual camera and sometimes took several hours when using multiple cameras. The benefit of this system is particularly evident in live event and live studio broadcasts, where footage must be aired without colour adjustment. Additionally, even in the case of video productions such as dramas and reality shows where colour adjustment is possible after shooting, manual adjustment in post-production can be reduced if the adjustment is made accurately at the time of shooting. Through this app, users can enjoy the freedom of choosing the main camera that best suits the shooting environment and purpose while streamlining a wide range of video production operations.
About Canon Inc.
Canon Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leader in the fields of professional and consumer imaging equipment, industrial equipment, and information systems. Canon’s extensive range of products includes production printers, multifunction office systems, inkjet and laser printers, cameras, video and cinematography equipment, network cameras, medical systems and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Originally established in 1937 as Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd., a camera manufacturer, Canon has successfully diversified and globalized to become a worldwide industry leader in professional and consumer imaging systems and solutions. With about 170,000 employees worldwide, the Canon Group includes manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a global R&D network with companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Canon’s consolidated net sales for fiscal 2024 (ended December 31, 2024) totalled USD 28.54 billion (at an exchange rate of JPY158=U.S.$1). Visit the Canon Inc. website at: global.canon
About Canon India
Canon India Pvt. Ltd. is the sales and marketing subsidiary of Canon Inc., a world leader in imaging technologies. Having started its operations in 1997, Canon India markets a comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging products and solutions in India. The company today has offices in 10 cities across India with merchandise warehousing facilities at 4 location and employs over 1000 staff and over 850 channel partners. Canon India enjoys a vast retail presence across the country through Image Square stores, PIXMA Zones, and BIS Lounges. Canon India’s service reach extends to over 632 towns covering 19,118 PIN codes across India – which comprises of 349+ Camera collection points, 15 Camera repair centers, 320+ Printer repair centres, 183 Copier, Scanner and 120 Large Format Printer Sales & Service dealers. (As of January 2025)
In sync with its corporate tagline- ‘Delighting You Always’, reinforced by World-class technology, Canon offers an extended product portfolio, including Digital Production Printers, Large Format Printers, Commercial Printers, Multi-Functional Devices, Managed Document Services, Inkjet & Laser Printers, Document and Cheque Scanners, Digital Cameras, DSLRs, Mirrorless cameras, Cinematic Imaging Products and Surveillance cameras catering to the multiple market segments of consumer, SME, B2B, Commercial, Government & PSUs.