News

The newly released TVPaint Animation 10.5 contains many new features, including:

• The share manager

• An alarm to remind you to save your project

• A new compression mode for your TVPaint files (lighter, but the same quality!)

• The possibility to link sound tracks and custom panels to you TVPaint project

• The option "Fill inside", for an easier coloring

• The custom brushes' parameter "Projection"

• Four new FX : "Line Colorize", "Tint Replacer", "Color Replacer" and "Expand"

• The improvement of the "Bin" tab in the color palette

• The tool "Zoom in zone"

• The custom panel "Tutorial recorder"

If you are a TVPaint v10.x user, download the new version here.

Press Release

Blackmagic Design today announced a new lower price for the award winning Blackmagic Cinema Camera to 1,525 EUR ex. VAT.

Now in the hands of thousands of film makers all over the world, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera is globally recognized for its amazing 13 stops of wide dynamic range and 2.5K sensor for true digital film quality shooting. With RAW, ProRes or DNxHD recording, files can be opened directly in popular editing software without conversion! The multi award winning design has the features customers need to start filming straight out of the box including a super fast SSD recorder, rechargeable battery, and a large 5” LCD touchscreen. This large touchscreen monitor allows easy monitoring, metadata entry, camera settings and fast accurate focus.

Available in two models, customers can choose from either the EF or passive MFT lens mount, compatible with amazing optics from the world’s leading lens crafters such as Canon, Zeiss and more. For high end work, filmmakers can shoot in uncompressed 12 bit CinemaDNG RAW. The incredible resolution and dynamic range means that more of the scene is captured, giving greater creative control for Hollywood style color correction with the included DaVinci Resolve software.

“The response to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera has been incredible,” said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. “The tremendous support we received encouraged us to work even harder to make the camera available to more videographers and filmmakers. It’s amazing to see the projects that have already been completed and I can’t wait to see what the creative community delivers next!”

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Key Features

– The Blackmagic Cinema Camera is available in either EF or MFT lens mount models.

– Super wide 13 stops of dynamic range allows capture of increased details for feature film look.

– High resolution 2.5K sensor allows improved anti aliasing and reframing shots.

– Built in SSD recorder allows high bandwidth recording of RAW video and long duration compressed video.

– Open file formats compatible with popular editing software such as CinemaDNG 12 bit RAW, Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD. No custom file formats.

– Includes no custom connections. Standard jack mic/line audio in, BNC 3 Gb/s SDI out, headphone, high speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, LANC remote control and standard DC 12-30V power connection.

– Capacitive touch screen LCD for camera settings and “slate” metadata entry.

– Supports 2.5K and 1080HD resolution capture in 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 and 30 fps.

– Thunderbolt connection allows direct camera capture via included Media Express software and supports live waveform monitoring via the included Blackmagic UltraScope software.

– Includes a full copy of DaVinci Resolve color grading software.

Availability and Price

The Blackmagic Cinema Camera is available now for 1,525 EUR ex. VAT.

Press Photography

Product photos of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, 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 film restoration software for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability, 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 stereoscopic 3D and 4K workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more information, please check www.blackmagicdesign.com

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 9.1.5:

• Support for Avid Media Composer 7.0 round-trip

• Support for reel names from FCPX XML

• Support for Avid EuControl Software Package Version 3.0

• Improved handling of multi-track Quicktime audio files

• Improved DNG format support

• General performance and stability improvements

Press Release

Blackmagic Design today that Singapore based Hoods Inc. Productions is shooting “Knockout Carnival,” Singapore’s highest rated and longest running weekly television series focusing on the arts, with Blackmagic Cinema Camera.

“Knockout Carnival” features exciting arts how to’s, news and competitions for children, youth and families. With tight weekly deadlines and the need to provide high quality images for a wide broadcast audience, series producers chose Blackmagic Cinema Camera because it provides both beautiful footage and could facilitate their workflow without any loss in quality.

With a top notch cast and crew using Blackmagic Cinema Camera, it now only takes up to two days to film a single episode, with all footage recorded as 10-bit Apple ProRes 422 files via the camera’s internal SSD recorder to ensure a seamless post production process.

“Having the footage recorded in Apple ProRes 422 saves a lot of time as it is a format accepted in the editing software that we use. This means that the editor is able to start editing immediately. Also, there is no need to spend time ingesting or digitizing the clips again, which is crucial for timeliness when delivering 52 episodes a year,” said Bratina Tay, executive producer of the series. “Unlike in the past when we had to archive both the original footage and digitized footage, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera eliminates the need for twice as much time and storage space.”



“All clips are easily previewed and renamed using Preview and Finder, and there's no need to install any special codec or a special program to watch them. When editing, the clips can play smoothly on the timeline. We save time, storage space and money compared to our past workflows, and it works very well for this series,” said Deanna Tan, post production supervisor, Hoods Inc. Productions.

For monitoring, Blackmagic Cinema Camera is connected to an external LCD monitor via the camera’s built in SDI port. The crew also monitors the audio tone and signal on a laptop running the included Blackmagic UltraScope waveform monitoring software, which is connected to Blackmagic Cinema Camera via a Thunderbolt cable to make sure everything complies with the broadcaster’s technical requirements.

Tan Yean Loon, the cinematographer who has been shooting the series with Blackmagic Cinema Camera said: “My favorite feature is the simplicity of the camera. I put on a lens, slide in an SSD, adjust white balance, shutter speed, iris and focus, and I'm good to go. The clean and simple menu design is brilliant.”

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 film restoration software for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability, 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 stereoscopic 3D and 4K workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more information, please check www.blackmagicdesign.com.

Blackmagic Design released Desktop Video 9.7.7 for its Broadcast Converter, DeckLink, H.264 Pro Recorder, Intensity, Multibridge and UltraStudio product lines.

New in this update:
• New 4K DCI modes for DeckLink 4K Extreme and UltraStudio 4K
• HDMI improvements for DeckLink 4K Extreme and UltraStudio 4K
• Support for UltraStudio Mini Recorder and DeckLink Mini Recorder with Avid Media Composer

To access this update, visit Blackmagic Design's Support page and select any product that includes Desktop Video (i.e. DeckLink).