.At the current IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's huge statement was actually the brand-new exterior monitor for its PYXIS movie theater video camera. Nonetheless, some website visitors to the show were startled to additionally observe a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic gently showing that it is actually working with Sony to carry BRAW videotaping to some Movie house Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video recording file format developed by Blackmagic Design. At a technical level, some individuals have questioned whether BRAW is an accurate RAW style. This is actually since the video recording is mostly demosaiced in-camera prior to capturing. Nonetheless, you can adjust ISO, white equilibrium and additional in post-production, just like along with a RAW report. The BRAW files are actually additionally videotaped as 12-bit log style which suggests they supply a bigger vibrant selection. Furthermore, BRAW data are actually smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they use a lot less room on your drives and also are simpler to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 camera attached to a Blackmagic Video Help. In a meeting along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, clarified what the company is actually focusing on. Heffernan claimed, "Our company had a small technological demonstration where our experts had a Video recording Aid item attached to a Sony FX9 and also introducing individuals to the job our team are actually doing. In order that is actually giving Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and the FX9 video cameras and after that opening that technology for that cam system." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Support is a transportable screen as well as recorder service, identical to the Atomos Ninja array. The Online video Aid comes with either a five-inch or even seven-inch display. You may likewise select in between 3G models that assist video clip approximately 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR styles that videotape video around 2160p60. To tape in BRAW you will definitely need to have to use among the 12G Video Clip Assists. They sustain capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW formats to internal SDXC memory cards or an exterior USB SSD tough drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony video cameras output the 4K RAW signal straight to the Video clip Help over SDI. He pointed out, "Blackmagic RAW is built to profile to the sensor, so several of the work our experts must do is actually within our hardware encoder that sits inside the Video recording Support. So our team comprehend the attribute of the Sony sensor and afterwards our team bundle that in to the Blackmagic RAW package deal. Any individual that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW understands you receive a sidecar of metadata which tells Fix the electronic camera principal qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually originally focusing on cultivating BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that's just the starting point. Heffernan stated, "My understanding is our company're functioning to assist FX6 and FX9 initially, our company'll at that point check out at FX3 in order that our experts may deal with the total range of those pro cine models. There is actually no advancement currently for the Alpha network as well as the mirrorless crossbreed devices. Coming from Sony's viewpoint that's a various department, that is actually a various design group. Perhaps, if this is actually prominent, and also our experts observe a ton of uptake along with Sony users desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a discussion our company can possess." What our team thinkBRAW recording is actually currently supported through cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Cam. The BRAW style is excellent for keeping the total compelling series of your camera and also offers you far more flexibility in post-production. So it's an appreciated advancement to view the technology assisting Sony video cameras also. Moreover, Blackmagic has created the BRAW documents layout available, cross-platform as well as free of cost. The codec is actually assisted via the free of charge SDK on Mac OS, Microsoft window as well as Linux devices without surprise licenses or even ongoing expenses. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 is sure to become a well-known enhancement. Managers of the FX3 as well as Alpha cameras are going to really hope that they receive accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Concept merely presented the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technological demo at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan mentioned that the firm really hoped that the innovation would be actually discharged as a totally free improve for the Video recording Support in Q4 of this particular year.