.At the current IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's significant statement was the new exterior screen for its PYXIS cinema electronic camera. Having said that, some visitors to the series were actually stunned to also find a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic silently uncovering that it is collaborating with Sony to carry BRAW capturing to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually an exclusive online video documents style developed through Blackmagic Layout. At a technical amount, some folks have actually disputed whether BRAW is an accurate RAW style. This is actually given that the video clip is actually partially demosaiced in-camera prior to capturing. Nonetheless, you may readjust ISO, white colored harmony and additional in post-production, just as with a RAW report. The BRAW reports are also videotaped as 12-bit log style which indicates they provide a bigger powerful selection. Additionally, BRAW reports are smaller sized than some other RAW layouts, so they use much less room on your travels as well as are actually easier to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design displayed a Sony Cinema Line FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Recording Aid. In a meeting along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Director, Craig Heffernan, clarified what the firm is working with. Heffernan claimed, "We had a small specialized demonstration where we possessed a Video clip Assist item affixed to a Sony FX9 and launching individuals to the work our team're carrying out. So that is offering Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 cams and afterwards opening that modern technology for that video camera system." Video AssistBlackmagic's Online video Support is actually a portable screen and also recorder service, identical to the Atomos Ninja selection. The Video Help possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch display screen. You can easily additionally pick in between 3G styles that sustain video approximately 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR models that document video up to 2160p60. To tape-record in BRAW you will need to have to make use of some of the 12G Video Assists. They sustain taping in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW formats to internal SDXC memory cards or an exterior USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony electronic cameras result the 4K RAW signal straight to the Online video Support over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is actually created to profile to the sensor, so a number of the job we must perform is actually within our hardware encoder that sits inside the Online video Aid. So our company know the nature of the Sony sensor and afterwards we bundle that right into the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW understands you acquire a sidecar of metadata which says to Resolve the cam principal characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is initially paying attention to cultivating BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that is actually simply the beginning. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is we're functioning to assist FX6 and also FX9 initially, our experts'll after that have a look at FX3 to ensure that our experts can easily cover the total variety of those professional cine versions. There's no progression currently for the Alpha network and the mirrorless hybrid units. Coming from Sony's perspective that's a various branch, that's a different engineering crew. Hopefully, if this is well-known, and we view a lot of uptake along with Sony consumers really wanting accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a discussion our team could have." What our company thinkBRAW recording is currently assisted through cams coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Webcam. The BRAW layout is actually excellent for protecting the complete compelling range of your video camera and also provides you a lot more flexibility in post-production. So it's an invited growth to find the innovation sustaining Sony electronic cameras at the same time. Additionally, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW report layout available, cross-platform as well as cost-free. The codec is actually supported via the free of cost SDK on Mac OS, Windows and also Linux devices with no concealed licenses or even ongoing costs. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 makes certain to be a well-known add-on. Proprietors of the FX3 as well as Alpha cameras are going to really hope that they obtain accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Style simply revealed the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a technological trial at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan mentioned that the firm wished that the innovation will be launched as a free of cost upgrade for the Video recording Help in Q4 of this year.