BlackMagic Design Archive
Blackmagic Design have just released DaVinci Resolve 15.2.4 update, which improves performance of video playback on the edit page, as well as multi-cam playback. In DaVinci Resolve 15.2.4, Blackmagic Design engineers have also improved H.264 and H.265 encoding on MacOS (Fuji XT3 shooters will love this). In
Colour correction was always considered to be a specialist domain until recent years when it not only became accessible to all users with an NLE but essential for working with modern digital cameras. One of the most powerful and best priced tools for basic and advanced colour
Blackmagic Design just released Camera Update 6.1 for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K. Camera Update 6.1 adds pixel remapping and 2:1 monitoring frame guides to the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, along with improvements to the media formatting interface, better audio monitoring and cleaner recording from
Blackmagic Design have been shaking up the industry for a few years now with the innovative designs and high-end specs of their cameras. Kinefinity is still a newcomer to the market but they too have been making waves with their cinema cameras that are reminiscent of Red’s
3-axis gimbals are an incredibly popular tool for filmmakers looking to achieve smooth movement with their camera but while offering a lot they are rather heavy and carrying them for a long period of time is tough. Here is a simple idea to help take some of
BSC Expo, the premier UK trade show for the latest cine and TV production equipment, is happening later this week on 1st and 2nd February at the Battersea Evolution exhibition space in London. I, just like many of you, will be roaming the floor in search of
Blackmagic Design are well-known for their fantastic low-budget cameras that act as an excellent alternative to considerably more expensive rivals from companies like ARRI and RED, all without compromising on video quality and production performance. One of the Blackmagic’s most enticing offerings that adheres to this sentiment is
Blackmagic Design have released a new update to their popular grading/editing/VFX platform DaVinci Resolve. In Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 15.2.2 update users get to benefit from improvements in the viewer performance on Windows systems with Intel GPUs, and better multi-cam performance when using time of day timecode. The
Popular transcoding app EditReady from Divergent Media adds support for Blackmagic RAW and clip trimming in their latest 2.5 update. This is a big and important update as it adds a number of frequently requested features and enhancements from the apps user base. This update is recommended for
Not long after releasing a major update for their URSA MINI Pro cameras with Camera Update 6.0, raising the max ISO to 3200 among other new features, Blackmagic Design have also released a new update 15.2.1 for their DaVinci Resolve colour grading/NLE/VFX suite. The latest DaVinci Resolve 15.2.1
Austria-based Angelbird Technologies, that many of you are familiar with thanks to their fast and tiny SSDs, have been creating exciting recording media solutions for indie filmmakers for some time now. Recently, AngelBird announced a dedicated Match Pack for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K designed to
About a week ago we filmed my hands-on review of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K on a rainy and gloomy day, and despite not getting to film a lot of footage because of the atrocious weather, we managed to shoot some stuff that hopefully may be
Despite having been on the market only for a couple of months, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has gained a lot of traction continuing to attract more and more eyeballs as we speak. With its ability to shoot cinema grade footage at a relatively low cost, the
Blackmagic Design just released Camera Update 6.0 firmware which improves the ISO range of the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro, adding an ISO 3,200 option in the camera that makes it even better in low light. I recently tested Blackmagic RAW on an URSA Mini, and shot some
Yesterday, at the NYC Apple event, the Cupertino electronics giant announced a few new consumer products and in between the iPad Pro 2018 and the new Macbook Air, Apple managed to sneak in a new Mac Mini, which now packs more horsepower than ever and can even be
Only a few months after the release of the original eGPU, Blackmagic Design are now rolling out the brand new eGPU Pro, a Thunderbolt 3 equipped external GPU powered by a Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics processor. The Pro model uses the same aluminum chassis with a
First off, huge thanks to Blackmagic Design UK for lending me an URSA Mini Pro (which I sent back) in order to test Blackmagic Raw. In this post, I’ll share a couple of tests as well as some footage I shot using the latest Blackmagic Raw format
Blackmagic Design recently released a new update to DaVinci Resolve 15. With the latest Resolve 15.1.2 update, several addresses issues and bug fixes are addressed. Resolve 15.1.2 fixes issues where running DaVinci Resolve on case sensitive drive volumes would cause problems in prior versions, and also includes
Earlier in the week, I was invited to attend the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Launch event in London. This event was kind of a big deal for Blackmagic, who had invited filmmakers from all over Europe to the Old Billingsgate event space in Central London for
While most people who have pre-ordered the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K back in April are still waiting to receive their production unit in the mail, several lucky early adopters like Sareesh Sudhakaran of Wolfcrow already had the chance to get their hands on a pre-production model and
