.At the current IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's significant news was actually the brand new exterior display for its PYXIS cinema electronic camera. Having said that, some guests to the program were actually amazed to additionally observe a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic gently exposing that it is actually working with Sony to deliver BRAW recording to some Movie house Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video recording report style developed through Blackmagic Design. At a specialized level, some individuals have debated whether BRAW is a real RAW format. This is since the video recording is partly demosaiced in-camera before tape-recording. Having said that, you can change ISO, white balance and more in post-production, equally as along with a RAW documents. The BRAW data are likewise documented as 12-bit record layout which suggests they provide a bigger powerful variety. Additionally, BRAW documents are much smaller than a few other RAW layouts, so they use much less room on your drives and also are actually much easier to play back in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Style displayed a Sony Movie theater Pipes FX9 cam linked to a Blackmagic Video Help. In an interview along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, discussed what the firm is working on. Heffernan pointed out, "Our team had a tiny technological trial where our team possessed a Video clip Aid product attached to a Sony FX9 and offering people to the job our company're carrying out. To ensure is actually supplying Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and the FX9 cams and after that unlocking that innovation for that cam platform." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Aid is a mobile display and recorder remedy, identical to the Atomos Ninja variation. The Video Aid possesses either a five-inch or seven-inch display screen. You can likewise pick between 3G designs that assist video recording approximately 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR styles that record video recording around 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you will definitely require to utilize some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They assist videotaping in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to internal SDXC cards or an exterior USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony cams result the 4K RAW indicator straight to the Online video Assist over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is created to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the work our team need to do is within our components encoder that rests inside the Video recording Support. So our company comprehend the attributes of the Sony sensing unit and then our company pack that in to the Blackmagic RAW package. Anyone that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW knows you obtain a sidecar of metadata which tells Settle the cam head attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is in the beginning concentrating on establishing BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that's simply the starting point. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is we are actually working to sustain FX6 and also FX9 first, our experts'll at that point take a look at FX3 to make sure that our team may cover the complete range of those professional cine models. There's no progression presently for the Alpha channel and also the mirrorless hybrid devices. Coming from Sony's point of view that is actually a different branch, that is actually a different design crew. Perhaps, if this is popular, and also our company observe a considerable amount of uptake with Sony consumers really wanting accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a chat our experts could have." What our team thinkBRAW recording is actually already assisted by electronic cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Cam. The BRAW style is fantastic for maintaining the full dynamic variety of your cam and offers you so much more versatility in post-production. So it is actually an invited progression to find the modern technology supporting Sony cameras too. Moreover, Blackmagic has created the BRAW documents format open, cross-platform and complimentary. The codec is actually assisted via the cost-free SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Microsoft window as well as Linux devices with no hidden licenses or even continuous expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 is sure to become a very popular add-on. Managers of the FX3 and also Alpha electronic cameras will certainly wish that they receive access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Layout just presented the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technical demonstration at IBC 2024. Having said that, Heffernan mentioned that the company really hoped that the technology will be actually discharged as a complimentary improve for the Online video Help in Q4 of this year.