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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 5 | May 2018

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Blackmagic Design
Boosts Product Ranges

Earlier this month, Blackmagic Design selected NAB as the platform
to announce a number of new and enhanced products...
4K Pocket Camera
One of the new products on display
was the next-gen Pocket Cinema
Camera 4K; a hand-held digital film
camera features full 4/3 HDR sensor
and dual native ISO with up to 25600
ISO for low light performance. With
its new USB-C Expansion Port, it
eliminates the need for expensive
external recorders. Users are able to
record using the internal SD/UHS-II
and CFast recorders or directly to the
same external disks they will use for
editing and colour correction.
The camera boasts a full size 4/3
HDR sensor with native 4096 x 2160
resolution and 13 stops of dynamic
range for true digital film quality.
It can record 4K images at up to 60
frames per second and windowed HD
at up to 120fps.
The full size of the 4/3 sensor is
designed to match MFT lenses so the
crop factor is greatly reduced, giving
customers a wider field of view. Other
features include an MFT lens mount,
large 5-inch touchscreen monitor, 10bit ProRes and 12-bit RAW recording,
3D LUTs, 4 built-in microphones, mini
XLR audio input with phantom power,
Bluetooth wireless camera control and
HDMI on set monitoring output.
Fourth
generation
Blackmagic
Design colour science lets customers
shoot HDR images in film, video and
new extended video modes. The
extended mode combines the latitude
of digital film with an optimised video
file to give customers working on fast
turnaround projects an ideal solution
for shooting great looking images that
don't need a lot of colour correction
or post production work. Images can
be recorded onto standard SD cards,
faster UHS-II cards or CFast 2.0 cards
in either ProRes or RAW formats.

ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K

Live Production
The new ATEM Television Studio
Pro 4K is an all-in-one Ultra HD live
production switcher with integrated
hardware control panel. It features
eight independent 12G-SDI inputs,
built-in
Fairlight
audio
mixer,
ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyer,
multiview, auxiliary and program
outputs, analogue audio inputs,
built-in talkback, two flash-based
media players, professional creative
transitions, and a DVE for effects.
With its portable design, the
hardware panel features large
illuminated buttons for switching
between
sources,
along
with
corresponding audio buttons, one
touch transition buttons, downstream
keyers, fade to black, media player,
cut buttons and more. There is also
a built-in LCD screen for previewing
source and program video, a spin knob
and additional buttons for menus and
to adjust settings.
When used with Blackmagic Studio,
URSA Mini, URSA Broadcast and Micro
Studio cameras, customers have a
complete remote control solution
that includes talkback, tally, colour
correction and camera control,
without having to add additional
cables or proprietary control boxes.
The cameras feature a built-in
colour corrector that can be remote
controlled, making it possible to
balance camera colour and create
unique looks, all from the control
panel. In addition, customers can
adjust focus and iris on compatible
lenses, change camera settings, and
remote control PTZ heads.
For maximum speed and flexibility
in live productions, ATEM Television
Studio Pro 4K includes a free software
control panel for Mac and Windows
that allows multiple users
to be connected at the
same time.
The new Blackmagic
MultiView 4 HD lets
customers monitor four
independent SDI video
sources on a single
display.
Customers

Pocket Cinema
Camera 4K

can monitor any combination of SD
and HD formats and frame rates at
the same time. All inputs feature
automatic frame re-synchronisation,
so customers can mix and match any
combination of video standards and
frame rates, including referenced
or non-referenced NTSC, PAL, 720p,
1080i and 1080p60 frames per second.
As it offers both SDI and HDMI
outputs, the multiviewer can be
used with professional SDI broadcast
displays or big screen consumer HD
televisions. When combined with an
HDMI television, Blackmagic MultiView
4 HD gives customers an affordable
professional
multiview
solution,
making it ideal for use in control
rooms, OB trucks, or on location
shooting at live events. Designed to be
plug and play, connected sources will
instantly be displayed in a standard
2x2 grid layout. Customers can use the
mini switches to turn on audio meters,
choose which audio to output, as well
as create custom labels.
Software Support
Another significant announcement
from Blackmagic Design involved
the launch of DaVinci Resolve 15.
The software update fully integrates
visual effects and motion graphics,
combining professional
offline and online
editing,
colour
correction, audio post
production, multi user
collaboration
and
visual effects together
in one software tool.
The upgrade also
adds a new Fusion
page. Fusion was previously only

available as a standalone application,
but now built into DaVinci Resolve
15, customers have access to a true
3D workspace with over 250 tools for
compositing, vector paint, particles,
keying, rotoscoping, text animation,
tracking and stabilisation. Adding
Fusion to DaVinci Resolve will be
completed over the next 12-18 months.
An update to Fairlight audio, and over
100 new features and improvements
for professional editors and colourists
have been included in the latest
version.
DaVinci Resolve 15 combines four
high-end applications as different
pages in one software application.
The edit page has all of the tools
professional editors need for both
offline and online editing; the colour
page features advanced colour
correction tools; the Fairlight audio
page is designed specifically for audio
post production; and the new Fusion
page offers visual effects and motion
graphics artists everything they need
to create feature film quality effects
and animations. A single click enables
instant movement between editing,
colour, effects and audio, giving users
unlimited creative flexibility. It also
allows for collaboration so people with
different talents can work together

New Fusion page with DaVinci Resolve 15
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