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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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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.

According to Grass Valley, EDIUS 8.2 is scheduled for release around NAB 2016, and should include new motion tracker functionality. It will be part of the Mask Filter, not an external OFX plug-in, and in its first iteration users will not be able to apply tracking to titles. Grass Valley also plans to add RAW and LUT support in 8.2. Current plans are to support Sony and Canon RAW, Panasonic is also a possibility.

This software update adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and other minor performance improvements, incl. improved operation when used with Teranex. Recommended for Blackmagic UltraScope and Pocket UltraScope products.

Steinberg announced the availability of the 8.5.10 maintenance update for Cubase Pro 8.5 and Cubase Artist 8.5. It features improved Hover Control design and operation and resolves several issues in different areas of the applications (downloads). Steinberg also released a teaser video for the upcoming WaveLab 9.0, on YouTube. WaveLab 9.0 will be released this Spring.