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This beta update adds support for creating sound libraries using DaVinci Resolve disk database, and basic HTML text formatting to subtitles, improves audio playback for clips with variable speed changes, addresses FairlightFX plugin performance on all platforms, improves Noise Reduction on Windows and improves overall stability of the Fusion page. In addition, DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio Public Beta 2 includes dozens of general performance enhancements and bug fixes.

Press Release

Blackmagic Design announced the all new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, a handheld digital film camera with full 4/3 HDR sensor, dual native ISO with up to 25600 ISO for incredible low light performance as well as 13 stops of dynamic range. It also eliminates expensive external recorders, as it features a unique new USB-C Expansion Port, which allows customers to record using the internal SD/UHS-II and CFast recorders or directly to the same external disks they will use for editing and color correction. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K will be available later this year for only 1.145 EUR ex. VAT.

The revolutionary new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is the handheld digital film camera that customers have been asking for. It packs incredibly high end imaging and professional features into a portable and affordable design that can be used anywhere. The compact body style is perfect for shooting independent films and documentaries, fashion shows, travel blogs, web videos, weddings, corporate video, sports and much more.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K features a full size 4/3 HDR sensor with native 4096 x 2160 resolution and 13 stops of dynamic range for true digital film quality. The full size of the 4/3 sensor is designed to perfectly match MFT lenses so the crop factor is greatly reduced, giving customers a wider field of view. It also features dual native ISO with up to 25600 ISO for incredible low light performance.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is packed with features such as a MFT lens mount, large 5 inch touchscreen monitor, 10-bit ProRes and 12-bit RAW recording, 3D LUTs, 4 built in microphones, mini XLR audio input with phantom power, Bluetooth wireless camera control, HDMI on set monitoring output and more. The latest Blackmagic Design color science lets customers shoot images that are far better than DSLR cameras and even better than professional digital film cameras costing tens of thousands more.

Designed using a space age carbon fiber polycarbonate composite, the body of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K is extremely strong and light. The carbon composite material consists of a high strength polymer that’s reinforced with carbon fibers. This gives the camera body incredible strength and rigidity to help protect it from accidental knocks and drops which can often result in damage. The handheld design features a multi function grip which has logically placed buttons and dials that allow super fast access to essential shooting functions such as recording start/stop, still photos, ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance, power and more.

Fourth generation Blackmagic Design color science lets customers shoot HDR images in film, video and new extended video modes. The new extended mode combines the latitude of digital film with an optimized video file. This gives customers working on fast turnaround projects an ideal solution for shooting great looking images that don’t need a lot of color 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. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K can record 4K images at up to 60 frames per second and windowed HD at up to 120 frames per second. It’s also the first camera that lets customers record directly onto the same exact external USB-C media drives they use for editing and color correction. That means customers can turn projects around much more quickly because they don’t have to transfer files. All they need to do is unplug the USB-C drive and then connect it to their computer to start editing.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K uses the same MFT (Micro Four Thirds) lens mount as the original Pocket Cinema Camera so customers can use the investment in lenses they already own. The MFT mount is extremely flexible and allows for different lens adapters so customers can also use PL, C, EF and other types of lenses from manufacturers such as Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Leica and even Panavision.

The rear of the camera features a large bright 5 inch touchscreen that makes it easy to frame shots and accurately focus. It also uses the same Blackmagic OS as URSA Mini so customers can use simple tap and swipe gestures to adjust settings, add metadata and view recording status. On screen overlays make it easy to see recording parameters, status, histogram, focus and peaking indicators, and playback controls. In addition, 3D LUTs can be applied for both monitoring and recording.

For audio, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K features multiple built in microphones with an extremely low noise floor, a mini XLR input with 48 volts of phantom power to connect professional lapel and boom mics, and a 3.5mm stereo audio jack for connecting different types of video camera microphones. The high quality built in audio recording means customers don’t have to carry around a separate recorder.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K also includes a full size HDMI connector which can output HDR video as well as a clean 10-bit video feed with optional on screen overlays. There’s also an innovative high speed USB-C Expansion Port for adding external accessories such as flash drives and an SSD for external recording. The camera uses standard LP-E6 batteries and can be charged via USB-C or the locking DC power connector, which protects the camera from being accidentally unplugged during a shoot.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Features
Full size 4/3 sized sensor with native 4096 x 2160 resolution sized sensor.
Compatible with extremely high quality Micro Four Thirds lenses.
Super wide 13 stops of dynamic range allows capture for high end feature film look.
Up to 25600 ISO for incredible low light performance.
Carbon fiber polycarbonate composite body which makes it lightweight, portable and durable.
Multi function grip for quick access to recording start/stop, still photos, ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance, power and more.
Built in SD, UHS-II and CFast card recorders.
USB-C expansion port allows longer duration recording directly to an external SSD or flash disk.
Standard open file formats compatible with popular NLE software such as 10-bit ProRes and 12 bit RAW.
Features full size HDMI output for monitoring with camera status graphic overlay.
Professional mini XLR input with 48 volts of phantom power for connecting to pro microphones.
3.5mm audio jack, headphone jack, and locking DC 12 volt power connection.
Built in 5” LCD touchscreen allows accurate focus when shooting 4K.
LCD supports on screen overlays including status, histogram, focus peaking, and transport controls.
Records 4K images at up to 60 frames per second and windowed HD at up to 120 frames per second.
3D LUTs can be applied for both monitoring and recording.
Blackmagic OS as used in URSA Mini and URSA Broadcast cameras.
4th generation Blackmagic color science.
Supports remote camera control via Bluetooth.
Includes full license for DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color, visual effects and audio post production.



Availability and Price
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K will be available later this year for 1.145 EUR ex. VAT.

Press Photography
Product photos of all Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/press/images.

About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.

Panasonic has released a new version of the AU-EVA1 User's Guide that takes into account the new features implemented in firmware 2.02.The firmware is free and greatly expands the capabilities of the camera with new ALL-Intra formats, RAW output, time-lapse recording, HD 4:2:2 half-frame formats and other features. Download the new manual in PDF format here. Just a reminder that you can get a €500 discount on your camera purchase until 30 June!

Press Release

Blackmagic Design announced DaVinci Resolve 15, a massive update that fully integrates visual effects and motion graphics, making it the world’s first solution to combine professional offline and online editing, color correction, audio post production, multi user collaboration and now visual effects together in one software tool. DaVinci Resolve 15 adds an entirely new Fusion page with over 250 tools for compositing, paint, particles, animated titles and more. In addition, DaVinci Resolve 15 includes a major update to Fairlight audio, along with over 100 new features and improvements that professional editors and colorists have asked for. A public beta of DaVinci Resolve 15 is available today and for immediate download from the Blackmagic Design website.

DaVinci Resolve 15 continues to revolutionize post production by combining 4 extremely high end applications as different pages in one single piece of software. The edit page has all of the tools professional editors need for both offline and online editing, the color page features the world’s most advanced color correction tools, the Fairlight audio page is designed specifically for audio post production, and the new Fusion page gives visual effects and motion graphics artists everything they need to create feature film quality effects and animations. All it takes is a single click to instantly move between editing, color, effects and audio.

This gives individual users unlimited creative flexibility because they can learn and explore different toolsets. It also enables collaboration so people with different talents can work together on the same project at the same time. The DaVinci Resolve 15 collaborative workflow dramatically speeds up post production because customers no longer need to import, export or translate projects between different software applications, and work no longer needs to be conformed when changes are made. Everything is in the same software application.

DaVinci Resolve 15 Detailed Overview
DaVinci Resolve 15 features an entirely new Fusion page for feature film quality visual effects and motion graphics animation. Fusion was previously only available as a stand alone application and is the world’s most advanced visual effects and motion graphics software. It is now built into DaVinci Resolve 15. The new Fusion page gives customers a true 3D workspace with over 250 tools for compositing, vector paint, particles, keying, rotoscoping, text animation, tracking, stabilization and more. Adding Fusion to DaVinci Resolve has been a massive project that will be completed over the next 12-18 months. Customers can get started using Fusion today to complete nearly all of their visual effects and motion graphics work. The standalone version of Fusion will continue to be available for customers who need it.

In addition to bringing Fusion into DaVinci Resolve 15, Blackmagic Design has also added support for Apple Metal, multiple GPUs and CUDA acceleration, making Fusion in DaVinci Resolve faster than ever. To add visual effects or motion graphics, customers simply select a clip in the timeline on the Edit page and then click on the Fusion page where they can use Fusion’s dedicated node based interface, which is optimized for visual effects and motion graphics. Compositions created in the standalone version of Fusion can also be copied and pasted into DaVinci Resolve 15 projects.

DaVinci Resolve 15 also features a huge update to the Fairlight audio page. The Fairlight page now has a complete ADR toolset, static and variable audio retiming with pitch correction, audio normalization, 3D panners, audio and video scrollers, a fixed playhead with scrolling timeline, shared sound libraries, support for legacy Fairlight projects, and built in cross platform plugins such as reverb, hum removal, vocal channel and de-esser. With DaVinci Resolve 15, customers no longer have to worry about audio plugins when moving between Mac, Windows and Linux because the FairlightFX plugins run natively on all three platforms.

DaVinci Resolve is the fastest growing nonlinear video editor in the industry. It’s also Hollywood’s favorite color corrector. Blackmagic Design has listened carefully to feedback from professional colorists and editors. DaVinci Resolve 15 includes over a hundred new features and improvements that editors and colorists have asked for.

Colorists get an entirely new LUT browser for quickly previewing and applying LUTs, along with new shared nodes that are linked so when one is changed they all change, multiple playheads for quickly referencing different shots in a program, over 5x performance improvement for stabilization, improved noise reduction, and new Super Scale HD to 8K up-rezzing. DaVinci Resolve 15 also expands HDR support with GPU accelerated Dolby Vision metadata analysis and native HDR 10+ grading controls. In addition, new ResolveFX let customers quickly patch blemishes or remove unwanted elements in a shot using smart fill technology. There are also new ResolveFX for dust and scratch removal, lens and aperture diffraction effects, and more.

Professional editors will find new features in DaVinci Resolve 15 specifically designed to make cutting, trimming, organizing and working with large projects even better. DaVinci Resolve 15 has dramatically improved load times so that large projects with hundreds of timelines and thousands of clips now open instantly. New stacked timelines and timeline tabs let editors see multiple timelines at once so they can quickly cut, paste, copy and compare scenes between timelines. There are also new markers with on-screen annotations, subtitle and closed captioning tools, auto save with versioning, greatly improved keyboard customization tools, new 2D and 3D Fusion title templates, image stabilization on the Edit page, a floating timecode window, improved organization and metadata tools, Netflix render presets with IMF support and much more.

For the ultimate high speed workflow, customers can add a DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel, DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel or a DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel. All controls are logically placed near natural hand positions and are made out of the highest quality materials. Smooth, high resolution weighted trackballs and precision engineered knobs and dials feature the perfect amount of resistance for accurately adjusting any setting. The DaVinci Resolve control panels give colorists and editors fluid, hands on control over multiple parameters at the same time, allowing them to create looks that are simply impossible with a standard mouse.

In addition, Blackmagic Design also introduced new Fairlight audio consoles for audio post production that will be available later this year. The new Fairlight consoles are available in 2, 3 and 5 bay configurations. Prices for the new Fairlight control panels are approximately 80% less than the previously available panels with prices ranging from 21,995 to 48,995 USD ex. VAT.



Availability and Price
The public beta of DaVinci Resolve 15 is available today as a free download from the Blackmagic Design website for all current DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio customers. DaVinci Resolve Studio is available for 259 EUR ex. VAT.

The Fairlight consoles will be available later this year and will be priced from 21,995 USD ex. VAT for the Fairlight 2 Bay console.

Press Photography
Product photos of all Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/press/images.

About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.

RED Digital Cinema released a new firmware for the DSMC2 line of digital film cameras (WEAPON, EPIC-W, SCARLET-W, RAVEN). The new version fixes over 30 issues, does not support rollback to a previous version of the firmware, and requires users to format their Mags.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?167181-DSMC2-Release-Build-v7-0-2

WEAPON FIRMWARE (6K CF, 8K S35, 8K VV, 8K VV ANA) https://www.red.com/downloads/55a01322f01b305ec100179a

WEAPON FIRMWARE (MAGNESIUM ONLY) https://www.red.com/downloads/56af8a8ccc11fa5a1b0020a4

RED EPIC-W FIRMWARE
https://www.red.com/downloads/56d874d3f01b302cf500085a

SCARLET-W FIRMWARE
https://www.red.com/downloads/56af8ace2325b449230020b0

RED RAVEN FIRMWARE
https://www.red.com/downloads/56af8b709bf7e832280022aa

R.C.P. SDK
https://www.red.com/downloads/533c9a8226465a0b61000996



DSMC2 Release Build v7.0.2, April 19, 2018
Improved RED MINI-MAG reliability
Added DSMC2 GEMINI support
Fixed camera crash in playback after changing control surface
Fixed 2K 6:5 distorted image after toggling HDRx with Lookaround
Fixed intermittent audio anomalies in recording
Fixed Stop Lights based on RAW data
Fixed distorted image in playback on HELIUM camera using preset with flip/mirror enabled
Fixed diagonal tearing of RED Touch 7" or RED Touch 4.7" LCD
Fixed camera freeze and/or shutdown after WiFi connection
Fixed Legacy ACES to use restricted (legal) range
Fixed incorrect LUT applied with ACES and 3D LUT preset
Fixed VU meter accuracy in playback with 4 channel audio
Fixed 6K 6:5 distorted image in playback
Fixed focus mode locked on RACK when toggling thru settings
Fixed loss of UI control on top LCD after switching to clean
Fixed blue tint with Motion Mount and IPP2 for HELIUM or MONSTRO based cameras
Fixed power information on UI when Jetpack attached
Fixed EVF port hot plug with no HDMI port on attached module
Fixed aperture control with Sigma lens
Fixed Focal Length displayed in UI when using Element Technica protocol
Fixed relative shutter angle with Reduce Judder Preview
Fixed camera response slowdown in AF Continuous mode
Fixed monitor artifacts when the Global Flip/Mirror feature is enabled
Fixed intermittent camera HD-SDI output on startup
Fixed RTC battery discharge rate when powered off
Fixed all HDR display presets to use restricted (legal) range
Fixed 3D LUT input to be REDLogFilm based
Fixed intermittent locking of Flanders DM-series monitors
Fixed horizontal tear on startup at 2K 2:1 119.88fps with HDRx
Fixed incorrect values after importing an RCX Look preset
Updated DSMC2 GEMINI 5K 6:5 format to use full sensor height (3600×3000)