.At the current IBC 2024 exhibition in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's major news was actually the brand new outside monitor for its PYXIS movie theater electronic camera. Nevertheless, some visitors to the program were actually stunned to also see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic silently revealing that it is teaming up with Sony to bring BRAW taping to some Movie house Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video data layout established through Blackmagic Design. At a technical degree, some people have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually a correct RAW format. This is actually since the video recording is mostly demosaiced in-camera just before videotaping. Having said that, you can readjust ISO, white balance and also even more in post-production, just like along with a RAW file. The BRAW files are also videotaped as 12-bit record layout which suggests they provide a broader powerful variety. In addition, BRAW reports are actually smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they use a lot less room on your rides and also are easier to repeat in post-production. What has been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Concept showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 video camera attached to a Blackmagic Video Clip Help. In an interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, clarified what the firm is focusing on. Heffernan said, "Our experts possessed a small specialized demonstration where our team had a Video recording Support item attached to a Sony FX9 and launching individuals to the work our company are actually carrying out. To ensure that is supplying Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and the FX9 electronic cameras and afterwards unlocking that innovation for that electronic camera system." Video AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Help is actually a transportable display and also recorder option, identical to the Atomos Ninja assortment. The Video Support features either a five-inch or even seven-inch display. You may additionally choose in between 3G models that assist video recording approximately 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR versions that tape-record video clip as much as 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you are going to need to have to utilize some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW layouts to interior SDXC cards or an external USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony electronic cameras result the 4K RAW sign directly to the Video recording Aid over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is actually constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the work our experts must carry out is within our hardware encoder that sits inside the Video clip Support. So our experts comprehend the attribute of the Sony sensor and after that our team bundle that right into the Blackmagic RAW plan. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which tells Solve the camera leader qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually originally concentrating on cultivating BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's simply the starting point. Heffernan stated, "My understanding is our experts are actually operating to assist FX6 as well as FX9 first, our company'll after that look at FX3 so that we may cover the full range of those professional cine styles. There's no progression presently for the Alpha channel and also the mirrorless hybrid devices. From Sony's point of view that is actually a various department, that's a various engineering team. Perhaps, if this is preferred, and also our team observe a bunch of uptake with Sony customers preferring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a discussion our team might have." What our company thinkBRAW recording is already assisted through cams from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Cam. The BRAW format is wonderful for maintaining the full compelling stable of your video camera and gives you a lot more versatility in post-production. So it's an invited development to view the innovation supporting Sony cameras as well. Moreover, Blackmagic has made the BRAW data format open, cross-platform and free of cost. The codec is sustained by means of the free of charge SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Windows and Linux systems without any covert licenses or even continuous charges. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 makes sure to be a popular add-on. Managers of the FX3 and Alpha cameras will hope that they obtain accessibility to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Design just presented the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan mentioned that the company wished that the modern technology will be actually launched as a free upgrade for the Video Support in Q4 of the year.