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Blackmagic Design has announced that Mumford and Sons six show tour of South Africa, directed by Steve Price, featured a live to screen fiber optic workflow incorporating Blackmagic’s studio cameras, ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K and HyperDeck Studio Pro.

For the band’s first ever tour of South Africa, promoter Hilltop Live approached local specialists Militia Broadcast, with nearly 150 live shows under their belt, about supplying the IMAG projection, PPU, camera packages and crew during the band’s Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria gigs.

Armed with the tour’s technical rider, Eban Olivier and the Militia Broadcast team specced out the tour’s production requirements. “We spoke with Steve Price, the live show director, via Skype and ran through our workflow using a wall to wall Blackmagic solution, which reassured him that it would deliver on all his expectations, including tally, program return for monitoring in camera and remote shading to address any shifts in color when using pyrotechnics,” explains Olivier.

Coverage of the shows consisted of five ground positions, including two Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K with 400mm and 600mm long lenses, two 24-105mm pit cameras on dollies as well as an interchangeable, shoulder mounted stage camera for capturing any down the line shots and pick ups. A Micro Studio 4K was also used to capture a reverse shot of the piano, alongside two Pocket Cinema Cameras on the drum kits.

Militia Broadcast ran optical fiber feeds back into the eight channel ATEM Studio Converter and then split each ISO signal to its own HyperDeck Studio Pro for recording while also routing them to the ATEM switcher, where Price produced the live feed for the two big screens, flanking either side of the stage. A pair of 17 inch SmartView 4Ks were used for monitoring, whilst shading ran through the ATEM’s Software Control on a laptop. S1 Sennheiser Aviator Headsets were used for program audio and show calling.

“The all in one modular approach of Blackmagic’s studio cameras means they are pure utopia for a traveling tour such as this. You simply drop down one fiber cable per channel and that gives you camera control, tally and talkback as well as shading,” explains Olivier. “The cameras themselves are robust, take up a fraction of the storage space and can effectively become any shot you want, at any given time.”

Militia Broadcast was confident from the outset that a Blackmagic multicam workflow would meet the rigors and demands of a six date tour in South Africa. “Eban’s confidence and enthusiasm helped to allay any initial concerns I had coming into this leg of the tour,” explains Price. “He went out of his way to ensure that I had everything I needed to do my job well, and unimpeded.”

“Having never worked with Blackmagic’s ATEM switchers before, I found it simple and intuitive to operate, while the camera crew supplied by Eban were all first rate,” concludes Price. “Regardless of the camera system you use, it will only ever be as good as the crew you have operating them, and these guys were good.”

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Product photos of the ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K, ATEM Studio Converter, Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K, Micro Studio Camera 4K, Pocket Cinema Camera and HyperDeck Studio Pro 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.

This software update includes upgrades to DaVinci Resolve 12.3 and Desktop Video 10.6, and fixes occasional dropping of frames when using the 16mm film gate as well as 16mm audio cropping, and improves column artifacts in print blacks as well as general performance improvements.

Cintel 1.1.1 fixes:

• 16mm dropped frames fix.
• Fix for film staying stopped when initiating a capture from ahead of in point.
• Image Transitions now clean/properly blanked.
• 16mm crop area offset by 15 pixels to prevent some instances of audio cropping.
• Black repeater artifacts fixed.

Red Giant Software released Magic Bullet Suite 12.1.4 -- a free maintenance update to Magic Bullet Suite 12 that includes a new host app, new features and some bug fixes. Here is what’s new In Magic Bullet Suite 12.1.4:

Magic Bullet Looks (v. 3.1.4)

• FIXED: Magic Bullet Looks is now compatible with Avid Media Composer 8.5 on OS X Yosemite
• NEW: “Keyboard Shortcuts” menu item
• NEW: ?T on Mac, Ctrl+T on Windows to launch Trackpad mode
• FIXED: Magic Bullet Looks can now recognize effects applied before it (in the effects stack order) in 32bpc
• FIXED: “Couldn’t find main entry point” error that some users were seeing.
• NEW: Grass Valley Edius 8 Support

Magic Bullet Film (v. 1.0.6), Mojo (v. 2.0.5) and Cosmo (v. 2.0.5)

• NEW: Grass Valley Edius 8 Support
  
  

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Blackmagic Design would like to congratulate the 2016 Oscar-nominated films that used an array of Blackmagic Design products, such as Blackmagic Cinema Cameras on “Mad Max: Fury Road,” as well as DaVinci Resolve Studio and Fusion Studio on “The Martian,” among others. Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscars recognize cinematic achievements in the film industry, and Blackmagic Design is honored that its products were chosen to help bring these stunning films to life. Some of the 2016 Oscar-nominated films that used Blackmagic Design products include:

• “Amy,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Paul Ensby of Deluxe’s Company 3;
• “Cartel Land,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Seth Ricart of RCO;
• “Mad Max: Fury Road,” select scenes shot with Blackmagic Cinema Cameras by DP John Seale;
• “The Martian,” stereo converted with Fusion Studio by Senior Stereo Supervisor Richard Baker of Prime Focus World;
• “The Martian,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Stephen Nakamura of Deluxe’s Company 3;
• “Mustang,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Yov Moor;
• “Spotlight,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Tom Poole of Deluxe’s Company 3; and
• “What Happened Miss Simone,” graded with DaVinci Resolve Studio by Colorist Yohance Brown at Radical Media's Outpost Digital.

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Product photos of Blackmagic Cinema Camera, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Fusion Studio and all other 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.

Videohub 6.3.2 software update adds compatibility for Level A SDI on Smart Videohub 12x12, 20x20 and 40x40 models, improved ASI support for Smart Videohub 40x40 as well as compatibility with DVI Extender when in extender mode. The package updates both the client and server software for the Blackmagic Design Videohub series of routers.

Videohub 6.3.2 New Features

• 3G Level A support for Smart Videohubs 12x12 and 20x20 and 40x40.
• Improved ASI support for Smart Videohub 40x40.
• Support for DVI Extender.