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NewTek TalkShow VS-100 is a unique video calling production system designed specifically for television studios and live video producers. TalkShow is the new studio-grade solution that enables broadcasters and video producers to allow any of the 300 million monthly connected Skype users, calling from almost any device, to be seamlessly integrated as guest speakers into any live production.

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Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of DaVinci Resolve 11.2, which adds improved CinemaDNG RAW image processing with new soft clipping features, improved round trip workflows with Avid Media Composer 8.3, DNxHR support and more.

DaVinci Resolve 11.2 is available for download now free of charge for all existing DaVinci Resolve customers. DaVinci Resolve 11.2 includes improvements to CinemaDNG RAW image processing that makes working with files shot on Blackmagic digital film cameras look even better than before. Customers can take advantage of new colorspace transform enhancements when decoding RAW files for more realistic Rec. 709 and P3 colorspace images. New soft clip options are now available when converting high dynamic range CinemaDNG RAW images into Rec. 709 colorspace. That means customers will get dramatically better images when moving to reduced color spaces because colors are transformed using new algorithms designed to minimize clipping and provide amazing results.

DaVinci Resolve 11.2 also makes it easier to work with Avid editors because you can now move both high resolution media and sequences back and forth between the two systems. New DNxHR encoding and decoding lets customers work natively and share the same high resolution media files, and improved AAF import and export lets editors and colorists round trip projects with Media Composer 8.3 more accurately and reliably than ever before.

Additional features in DaVinci Resolve 11.2 include the ability to select RGB pixel order when working with DPX 2.0 files, new flag and marker support in ColorTrace, and support for the Red SDK 5.3.

“We are extremely excited to release this update for DaVinci Resolve and Resolve Lite,” said Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design. “The new CinemaDNG color algorithms are an incredible improvement in image processing technology. This new processing turns wide dynamic range RAW images into HD Rec. 709 in a way that retains more color detail and subtlety, making pictures look more natural and lifelike than ever before, especially when working with digital film cameras from Blackmagic Design! We think it’s an amazing innovation that extends DaVinci Resolve’s incredible image quality and helps customers get even more from their Blackmagic cameras simply by opening up their existing RAW files in this new DaVinci Resolve 11.2!”

Availability and Price

DaVinci Resolve 11.2 is available to download from the Blackmagic Design web site now as a free update for all DaVinci Resolve customers.

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Product photos of the DaVinci Resolve 11.2, and all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com.

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.

Professional drawing and animation solution TVPaint Animation is available in a new version, after a long 1.5 year-long wait! It adds an automatic tracking and coloring system called “Color & Texture Generator” designed to greatly simplify the coloring process (Professional Ed. only), color libraries, new powerful warping tool for cut-out animation simulation, new guidelines display, revamped, darker interface, image library panel, and much more!

New TVPaint Animation 11 Features:

New coloring and texturing engine via "Color and Texture to Generate" layers (aka CTG). Included in the TVPaint Animation 11 Professional Edition, this tools is designed to create color libraries, and track line areas, filling them with colors and textures.

Two new texturing effects named "Brush Spreading" and "Inlay Texture" designed to create rich textures in a few easy steps.

A new freehand Warp Tool allowing you to distort, stretch and bend drawings. It can also serve to imitate cut-out animation.

New HUD/Guidelines to draw and display lines, ellipses, perspective guides with vanishing points, safe guides, color libraries etc.

A new Image Library panel designed to store stock images, references or model-sheets.

Auto Break and Auto Create Frame are now layer dependent.

Layer Preset Manager allows to manage different presets for layers.

An independent Eraser Tool is now available (the color mode “Erase” is preserved as well).

A new Chromatic Wheel Panel.

New interface, with darker color scheme and monochromatic icons.

The top menu is re-organized to help newcomers to find what they are looking for.

Improved Line Smoothing options! Now animators have the choice between two modes, "average" or "pulled string". Plus, the Line Smoothing option has its own panel and its own icon on the Main Panel.

Standard Edition can now run on Linux!

New screen configurations to make TVPaint more comfortable on 4K displays.

Proxy Mode is now 25 % faster.

Coordinates for the Out of Pegs are available in the Light Table.

Tint Mode available in the Light Table (useful to animate filled shapes).

Anti-aliasing available on any fills.

Auto save functionality.

Storyboard publishing compatible with The Foundry FLIX.

...and more!

The BMCC-03 is a LanParte-customized kit for Blackmagic Cinema Camera or Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. It's solid and compact. LanParte uses modular components to put the rig together, so adjusting the rig or changing it for a different camera in the future is not only possible, but easy. If you own a BMCC or a BMPC4K and aim for professional use, you definitely need to look at this complete rig. The BMCC-03 set contains all of the basic parts of the BMCC-01 (handles, plates, cage etc.), and BMCC-02 (V-Mount plate and charger) rigs, but also adds follow focus and matte box assemblies, plus large handles to create a complete, professional system.

Press Release

Blackmagic Design announced that Stephen Jackson, the director of photography for ABC's Once Upon a Time uses Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF regularly on the show.

Once Upon a Time’s success and popularity has consistently made it a top twenty series, and it is currently in its fourth season. Stephen Jackson is a Vancouver based director of photography for some of the biggest shows and films, including Once Upon a Time, V, Hellboy 3, Cabin in the Woods and 4400. He has been the primary DP for Once Upon a Time since its beginning, and uses the Blackmagic Cinema Camera for various shots on the show.

“When the show I worked on was thinking about replacing our aging cameras we looked at many possibilities. One of my camera people had been at NAB and seen the Blackmagic cameras and was very impressed. So after a little research I settled on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. As it was a replacement for our “crash cam” we bought the camera with the EF mount to continue with our Canon lenses,” said Jackson.

“I was so impressed with the ease of working with this camera and the images! The dynamic range and the colour palette is outstanding. The size and ease of mounting is also very helpful. We use it in cars and and on horses, dig a hole on the road and let horses run over it! The operators can just attach the handle to the top mounts and run with it. Love this camera so much we bought a second one with the PL mount for inserts!”

Press Photography

Product photos of Blackmagic Cinema Camera 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.