.At the recent IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's huge statement was actually the brand new external monitor for its PYXIS movie house video camera. Having said that, some visitors to the show were actually shocked to likewise view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic silently showing that it is working with Sony to take BRAW capturing to some Cinema Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video clip file format developed by Blackmagic Concept. At a specialized level, some folks have debated whether BRAW is actually an accurate RAW format. This is since the video is actually partially demosaiced in-camera prior to capturing. Nevertheless, you can change ISO, white colored balance and also even more in post-production, just like with a RAW report. The BRAW files are actually likewise captured as 12-bit log layout which suggests they provide a broader vibrant range. On top of that, BRAW reports are much smaller than some other RAW styles, so they utilize less room on your drives and are actually less complicated to repeat in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Concept illustrated a Sony Movie house Line FX9 electronic camera linked to a Blackmagic Video Clip Support. In a meeting along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Director, Craig Heffernan, explained what the provider is actually working with. Heffernan claimed, "Our team had a small specialized demonstration where our company possessed a Video recording Help item affixed to a Sony FX9 and presenting folks to the work our team are actually doing. To ensure that is actually delivering Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 as well as the FX9 electronic cameras and then uncovering that technology for that cam system." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Video Assist is a portable monitor as well as recorder remedy, identical to the Atomos Ninja range. The Video recording Help comes with either a five-inch or even seven-inch monitor. You may also select between 3G styles that sustain video up to 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR versions that tape-record online video as much as 2160p60. To document in BRAW you will certainly require to utilize among the 12G Video Recording Assists. They sustain tape-recording in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to inner SDXC cards or even an external USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony cams output the 4K RAW indicator directly to the Video recording Support over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so a number of the job our experts have to perform is actually within our components encoder that rests inside the Video recording Help. So our team recognize the attributes of the Sony sensor and afterwards we bundle that right into the Blackmagic RAW plan. Anybody that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW understands you receive a sidecar of metadata which tells Resolve the video camera head qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually originally paying attention to cultivating BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that's simply the start. Heffernan pointed out, "My understanding is our team are actually functioning to assist FX6 as well as FX9 to begin with, our team'll at that point look at FX3 to ensure that we can cover the total series of those expert cine versions. There is actually no development currently for the Alpha network as well as the mirrorless crossbreed systems. Coming from Sony's perspective that is actually a different branch, that is actually a different engineering group. Hopefully, if this is actually preferred, and also our experts see a bunch of uptake with Sony users desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a talk we might have." What our experts thinkBRAW audio is presently assisted through electronic cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Webcam. The BRAW layout is great for maintaining the total powerful series of your cam and also provides you far more adaptability in post-production. So it is actually an invited growth to observe the technology assisting Sony video cameras at the same time. On top of that, Blackmagic has helped make the BRAW documents layout available, cross-platform and also free. The codec is assisted using the totally free SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Windows and Linux devices with no hidden licenses or even ongoing fees. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 is sure to be a preferred add-on. Owners of the FX3 and also Alpha video cameras will definitely really hope that they receive access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Design simply presented the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a specialized demonstration at IBC 2024. However, Heffernan said that the business wished that the technology would certainly be actually launched as a free upgrade for the Video clip Support in Q4 of this year.