.At the latest IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's significant news was the brand new external display for its own PYXIS movie theater camera. Nevertheless, some site visitors to the series were actually amazed to also view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic silently exposing that it is working with Sony to carry BRAW videotaping to some Cinema Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video recording file layout created through Blackmagic Layout. At a technological level, some folks have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually a correct RAW style. This is given that the video clip is actually partially demosaiced in-camera before taping. However, you may adjust ISO, white colored harmony as well as more in post-production, equally as with a RAW file. The BRAW documents are actually additionally recorded as 12-bit record format which suggests they deliver a larger vibrant selection. Additionally, BRAW files are actually smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they use less area on your travels and also are actually simpler to play back in post-production. What has been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout displayed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Aid. In a meeting along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, discussed what the business is actually working with. Heffernan said, "Our experts had a small technical demo where we possessed an Online video Aid product connected to a Sony FX9 and also introducing individuals to the job our experts are actually doing. So that is actually supplying Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 cams and then uncovering that modern technology for that electronic camera system." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Video Support is actually a portable monitor as well as recorder answer, similar to the Atomos Ninja variety. The Video recording Assist comes with either a five-inch or seven-inch monitor. You may likewise choose between 3G styles that sustain video around 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR versions that tape video recording as much as 2160p60. To tape in BRAW you will definitely need to use among the 12G Video Assists. They sustain documenting in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW layouts to inner SDXC cards or even an outside USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony video cameras outcome the 4K RAW signal directly to the Online video Help over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is built to profile to the sensing unit, so a number of the job our company have to carry out is within our equipment encoder that rests inside the Video Help. So our company comprehend the attributes of the Sony sensing unit and after that our team bundle that into the Blackmagic RAW package. Anyone that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW understands you get a sidecar of metadata which says to Settle the camera leader characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually in the beginning concentrating on cultivating BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that is actually simply the starting point. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is our experts're working to assist FX6 and also FX9 to begin with, our team'll at that point check out at FX3 to ensure our team can deal with the total stable of those expert cine versions. There is actually no progression presently for the Alpha channel and also the mirrorless combination bodies. From Sony's point of view that's a different division, that is actually a various design group. Ideally, if this is preferred, as well as our experts observe a great deal of uptake with Sony consumers preferring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a chat our experts can have." What our experts thinkBRAW recording is already assisted by video cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Cam. The BRAW style is actually wonderful for preserving the total dynamic variety of your cam and provides you much more adaptability in post-production. So it is actually an invited advancement to find the technology assisting Sony cams at the same time. Additionally, Blackmagic has made the BRAW documents style open, cross-platform and complimentary. The codec is supported by means of the free SDK on Macintosh OS, Windows as well as Linux bodies with no concealed licenses or even recurring expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 is sure to be a popular addition. Proprietors of the FX3 and also Alpha cams will certainly hope that they acquire accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Design just revealed the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a specialized demonstration at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan said that the company hoped that the modern technology would be actually discharged as a free of cost improve for the Video clip Help in Q4 of this particular year.