.At the current IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's big news was the brand-new outside display for its PYXIS movie theater camera. However, some visitors to the series were actually amazed to additionally observe a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic gently disclosing that it is dealing with Sony to take BRAW documenting to some Movie house Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually an exclusive video clip file layout developed by Blackmagic Style. At a technical amount, some people have questioned whether BRAW is a correct RAW format. This is due to the fact that the video recording is mostly demosaiced in-camera before capturing. Having said that, you can adjust ISO, white equilibrium as well as additional in post-production, just as with a RAW report. The BRAW reports are likewise taped as 12-bit record format which implies they deliver a greater vibrant variation. Additionally, BRAW files are actually much smaller than some other RAW layouts, so they use less room on your travels and also are much easier to play back in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout showed a Sony Movie theater Line FX9 video camera attached to a Blackmagic Video Aid. In a meeting along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Director, Craig Heffernan, discussed what the firm is actually servicing. Heffernan pointed out, "Our team possessed a small technical trial where our team had an Online video Assist item connected to a Sony FX9 and also presenting folks to the work our experts're carrying out. So that is providing Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and also the FX9 electronic cameras and afterwards unlocking that technology for that cam system." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Video Support is a mobile display and also recorder remedy, similar to the Atomos Ninja variety. The Online video Aid comes with either a five-inch or seven-inch screen. You may also choose between 3G versions that support video clip approximately 1080p60 and the 12G HDR models that videotape video recording approximately 2160p60. To record in BRAW you are going to need to make use of one of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain tape-recording in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW formats to interior SDXC memory cards or an exterior USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan discussed that the Sony electronic cameras output the 4K RAW indicator straight to the Video clip Support over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is actually developed to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the job we need to carry out is actually within our components encoder that sits inside the Video clip Support. So our experts recognize the nature of the Sony sensor and after that our experts bundle that in to the Blackmagic RAW bundle. Anyone that's used Blackmagic RAW knows you get a sidecar of metadata which tells Settle the cam head features." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually initially focusing on establishing BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's merely the starting point. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is we are actually operating to assist FX6 and FX9 to begin with, we'll then look at FX3 to ensure that we can easily cover the complete variety of those expert cine models. There's no development presently for the Alpha channel and also the mirrorless crossbreed systems. Coming from Sony's point of view that's a different division, that is actually a various design staff. Hopefully, if this is prominent, and we observe a considerable amount of uptake along with Sony customers preferring access to Blackmagic RAW, that's a conversation our team can possess." What our company thinkBRAW audio is actually already assisted by electronic cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Camera. The BRAW style is excellent for keeping the total vibrant range of your cam and offers you so much more versatility in post-production. So it is actually a welcome progression to find the technology assisting Sony cameras too. On top of that, Blackmagic has actually produced the BRAW data layout open, cross-platform as well as totally free. The codec is sustained through the free SDK on Macintosh OS, Microsoft window as well as Linux units without any concealed licenses or recurring fees. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 makes sure to be a well-known enhancement. Managers of the FX3 and also Alpha cameras are going to really hope that they obtain accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Concept simply showed the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technological demo at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan mentioned that the company hoped that the technology will be discharged as a cost-free improve for the Video clip Help in Q4 of this particular year.