.At the latest IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's big news was the new exterior screen for its own PYXIS cinema electronic camera. Nonetheless, some guests to the series were actually shocked to likewise view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic quietly exposing that it is partnering with Sony to bring BRAW documenting to some Movie house Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It's an exclusive video clip file format cultivated by Blackmagic Style. At a specialized degree, some individuals have discussed whether BRAW is actually a true RAW format. This is because the video is mostly demosaiced in-camera just before videotaping. Nevertheless, you can easily adjust ISO, white harmony and also even more in post-production, just as with a RAW file. The BRAW documents are additionally tape-recorded as 12-bit log format which suggests they deliver a bigger vibrant variety. Furthermore, BRAW data are actually smaller than a few other RAW styles, so they make use of much less area on your travels as well as are less complicated to repeat in post-production. What has been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Style demonstrated a Sony Cinema Line FX9 camera linked to a Blackmagic Video Help. In a meeting along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, explained what the provider is actually working on. Heffernan said, "Our company possessed a small specialized demonstration where we had a Video clip Help product affixed to a Sony FX9 and also launching people to the job we're carrying out. To ensure that is actually delivering Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 cameras and after that uncovering that innovation for that electronic camera system." Video AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Aid is actually a mobile screen and recorder option, similar to the Atomos Ninja variety. The Online video Aid includes either a five-inch or even seven-inch display screen. You can likewise opt for between 3G styles that support video recording around 1080p60 and the 12G HDR styles that document video recording approximately 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you will need to have to utilize among the 12G Video Recording Assists. They assist tape-recording in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to inner SDXC cards or an external USB SSD tough drive.How it worksHeffernan discussed that the Sony video cameras output the 4K RAW signal straight to the Online video Help over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is actually built to profile to the sensing unit, so a number of the work our team have to carry out is within our equipment encoder that sits inside the Video recording Support. So our team understand the attribute of the Sony sensing unit and afterwards our team bundle that right into the Blackmagic RAW package deal. Anybody that's made use of Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which informs Solve the cam leader attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually at first paying attention to building BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that's simply the start. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is our experts're functioning to sustain FX6 as well as FX9 initially, our experts'll at that point check out at FX3 to ensure that our experts can cover the total variety of those professional cine styles. There's no development presently for the Alpha channel and also the mirrorless crossbreed units. From Sony's viewpoint that's a different division, that's a various design group. Hopefully, if this is actually prominent, as well as our experts find a lot of uptake along with Sony individuals really wanting accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a conversation our team could have." What our company thinkBRAW recording is already assisted by cams from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Camera. The BRAW layout is actually great for maintaining the full dynamic variety of your cam and also offers you so much more adaptability in post-production. So it is actually an appreciated progression to observe the innovation supporting Sony video cameras too. In addition, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW documents layout available, cross-platform as well as cost-free. The codec is assisted using the free of charge SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Microsoft window and also Linux systems without any surprise licenses or on-going fees. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 is sure to become a well-known addition. Owners of the FX3 and also Alpha video cameras will really hope that they receive access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Design simply showed the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a specialized trial at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan pointed out that the company wished that the innovation would be actually discharged as a free of cost update for the Video recording Support in Q4 of this particular year.