.At the current IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Concept's huge statement was the new outside monitor for its PYXIS movie theater camera. Having said that, some visitors to the show were actually surprised to likewise find a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic silently revealing that it is actually working with Sony to bring BRAW documenting to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video recording file style cultivated through Blackmagic Concept. At a technical degree, some folks have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually an accurate RAW style. This is actually since the online video is actually mostly demosaiced in-camera prior to videotaping. Having said that, you can readjust ISO, white colored harmony and also more in post-production, just as with a RAW documents. The BRAW documents are actually also tape-recorded as 12-bit log format which means they supply a greater dynamic selection. Additionally, BRAW documents are much smaller than a few other RAW styles, so they use less area on your drives as well as are actually easier to repeat in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout illustrated a Sony Movie house Pipes FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Recording Support. In a job interview with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, described what the provider is working on. Heffernan claimed, "We had a small technological trial where we possessed a Video clip Help product affixed to a Sony FX9 and also offering individuals to the job our experts're performing. To ensure is supplying Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 video cameras and afterwards uncovering that technology for that electronic camera platform." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Video Support is a mobile monitor and also recorder answer, identical to the Atomos Ninja assortment. The Video clip Aid features either a five-inch or seven-inch screen. You may likewise select between 3G models that assist video up to 1080p60 and the 12G HDR versions that capture online video as much as 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you will certainly need to have to make use of some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain documenting in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW formats to internal SDXC memory cards or an outside USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony video cameras output the 4K RAW indicator directly to the Video Help over SDI. He said, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensor, so some of the work our experts have to perform is within our components encoder that sits inside the Online video Assist. So our experts comprehend the attribute of the Sony sensor and afterwards we pack that in to the Blackmagic RAW deal. Anyone that's used Blackmagic RAW recognizes you get a sidecar of metadata which informs Resolve the electronic camera head characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is in the beginning focusing on building BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that is actually merely the starting point. Heffernan said, "My understanding is our experts're operating to support FX6 as well as FX9 initially, our experts'll at that point take a look at FX3 to ensure we may cover the full range of those pro cine styles. There is actually no growth currently for the Alpha network and the mirrorless hybrid systems. Coming from Sony's viewpoint that's a different division, that's a different design crew. Hopefully, if this is popular, and our company view a considerable amount of uptake with Sony individuals wishing accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a talk our experts can possess." What our team thinkBRAW audio is actually presently sustained by video cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Web Cam. The BRAW layout is great for protecting the complete vibrant range of your cam and also offers you far more adaptability in post-production. So it is actually an appreciated advancement to find the modern technology supporting Sony video cameras at the same time. On top of that, Blackmagic has actually made the BRAW data format open, cross-platform and free of cost. The codec is sustained through the free SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Microsoft window as well as Linux devices without surprise licenses or recurring expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 makes certain to be a very popular add-on. Owners of the FX3 as well as Alpha cams are going to hope that they get access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Style merely presented the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan said that the firm hoped that the innovation would certainly be actually discharged as a free improve for the Video clip Support in Q4 of this particular year.