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Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of Blackmagic Video Assist 2.4 update which adds support for multi-lingual support for 10 separate languages. This means customers can now use Video Assist in their native language. This update is available now as a free update for all Blackmagic Video Assist and Blackmagic Video Assist 4K customers.

Also demonstrated at the NAB 2017 show are powerful new professional scopes operating on the Blackmagic Video Assist 4K model, including waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope and histogram that can be viewed full screen for accurately evaluating video signals passing through Blackmagic Video Assist 4K. These scopes are shown as a development preview and will also be available in June as a software update free of charge for all Blackmagic Video Assist 4K customers.

The new scopes make the Blackmagic Video Assist 4K model perfect for live production monitoring, as portable test scope for broadcasters, and even for balancing color when color grading using the RGB parade scope.

The new localized Video Assist adds interface support for Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. This broad language support now makes it easier for more customers to use Video Assist anywhere in the world.



Availability and Price
Blackmagic Video Assist 2.4 update is available now from the Blackmagic Design website free of charge for all current Blackmagic Video Assist and Blackmagic Video Assist 4K customers. Blackmagic Video Assist 2.5, which will support scopes on the Blackmagic Video Assist 4K model will be available in June.

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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.

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Blackmagic Design today announced a new open protocol for URSA Mini Pro cameras that will allow customers to create their own remote control solutions via Bluetooth. The protocol is being demonstrated at NAB, with the API and sample code anticipated to be released to customers free of charge in June 2017.

The remote bluetooth camera control test application and API will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2017 booth at #SL216.

All URSA Mini Pro cameras feature built in bluetooth, but it hasn’t been enabled until now. The built in Bluetooth will allow customers to send and receive commands from up to 30 feet away. To make the new Bluetooth support even more flexible, Blackmagic Design has developed a new open protocol and is publishing a developer API, along with sample code, for customers that wish to build their own camera control solutions.

A demonstration iPad app and sample code will be provided to customers that want to use this feature. The iPad app allows customers to create digital slate applications that feed metadata, such as scene, shot, take information and even full script lines to multiple cameras on set while shooting. Common remote control of camera settings like frame rate, format and shutter angle are all possible from the demo app.

With a fully open API and developer support for URSA Mini Pro Bluetooth, customers can go well beyond the demonstration app. They can build an iPad application to remotely adjust camera settings and motorized lenses while the camera is mounted on a crane. Technically skilled customers could even build an application that uses the camera’s built in DaVinci Resolve color corrector so that images can be graded live during a shoot.

New workflows are also possible. A great example of this is that customers can mount Blackmagic URSA Studio Viewfinders on multiple URSA Mini Pro cameras to create a live multi camera shooting scenario, however instead of connecting to a switcher, the iPad can trigger all cameras to record to their internal media with matching metadata. This means the media can be later edited using DaVinci Resolve 14 multicam editing to work as fast as live production, however with the accuracy of post production. That’s faster, lower cost and higher quality editing than was easily possible in the past.



Availability and Price
Camera 4.4 update, which will support the URSA Mini Pro bluetooth API and sample code will be available in June 2017 as a free download from the Blackmagic Design website for all existing URSA Mini Pro customers.

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.

Grass Valley released an update to its popular video editing software EDIUS. In addition to numerous fixes (more in the Release History PDF), it adds several new features including H.265 (HEVC) support, BT.2020/BT.2010 color space support in the Primary Color Correction module, Hi-DPI display support, new H.264 encoder for better video quality and encode speed when exporting or burning Brlu-ray discs, support for Canon C700 RAW data, and automatic detection of Panasonic AG-UX90/180, and DC-GH5 color metadata for color correction.

New Features in EDIUS 8.50.1927 (EDIUS)

• Support to import H.265 (HEVC) clip
• Support to export XAVC Intra Class 480 clip
• Support to export Full HD (1920x1080) XDCAM 35M clip
• Support to export QFHD XAVC LongG 60M clip
• Support to display rec date and time of XAVC S clip
• Support to export QFHD XAVC LonG 422 clip
• Support BT.2020/BT.2010 PQ color space for Primary Color Correction
• Support to contain the video frame of Out Point
• Support to use on Hi-DPI display environment
• New H.264 encoder for better video quality and encode speed (available for AVCHD, Blu-ray, F4V, H.264/AVX and XAVS-S file exporter and burning Blu-ray discs)
• Support to decode Canon C700 RAW clip
• Support to adjust audio volume and pan by entering value in audio mixer
• Support to preserve width of Timeline Track Header
• Support to detect metadata of Panasonic AG-UX90/180, and DC-GH5 as source color space in Primary Color Correction

New Features in EDIUS 8.50.1927 (Built-in Mync Standard Edition)

• Mync automatically converts BT.2020/BT.2100 PQ color space to BT.709 to browse log clip
• New H.264 encoder for better video quality when exporting Storyboards
• Support to export Storyboard to FCP XML
• Support to browser Canon C700 RAW clip
• Displaying notifications on myncworld.com web site updates
• Mync automatically detects metadata of Panasonic AG-UX90/180, and DC-GH5 in order to broser the clip in correct color space
• Support to browse H.265 (HEVC) clips

The New ZFC-L Zoom Focus Control is Libec's most innovative remote control for LANC (Sony, Canon, and JVC) cameras, plus the new ZFC-LP variant is tailored not only for LANC, but also for Panasonic cameras. This sleek designed controller features an Invert Switch that allows users to change the zoom direction when the control unit is attached vertically (grip top) or attached upside down in an underslung position.

At NAB 2017, Angenieux will announce a new compact zoom in the Optimo Style line of professional zoom lenses. The Optimo Style 48-130 T3 will weight just under two kilograms, delivering stunning optical performance, with a constant T3 aperture throughout the entire zoom range. Angénieux will also present two new accessories for its anamorphic lenses: Special Uncoated Element for Optimo 56-152 A2S and 30-72 A2S, and Special Coated Rear Element for Optimo 44-440 A2S. The attachments will provide cinematographers with an even more distinctive look to the anamorphic image painted by the Angenieux lenses. The uncoated front element offers a softer contrast image with additional flares around highlights, whereas the coated rear element for the Optimo 44-440 A2S enhances blue flare. These new accessories will be available Q3/2017. Angenieux also announced its new EZ-1 lens from the new EZ Series is now shipping, as first deliveries to customers are being realized.