.At the recent IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's large news was actually the brand new external screen for its own PYXIS movie house camera. Nonetheless, some website visitors to the program were stunned to likewise view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic gently exposing that it is actually partnering with Sony to carry BRAW taping to some Cinema Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's an exclusive video clip report format developed by Blackmagic Style. At a specialized amount, some folks have actually discussed whether BRAW is actually a correct RAW layout. This is actually given that the video clip is actually partly demosaiced in-camera before documenting. Nevertheless, you can adjust ISO, white harmony as well as more in post-production, just as along with a RAW documents. The BRAW documents are actually additionally taped as 12-bit record style which means they provide a wider vibrant range. Moreover, BRAW files are smaller sized than a few other RAW styles, so they utilize less area on your drives and are much easier to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 cam connected to a Blackmagic Video Help. In a meeting along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, explained what the company is actually dealing with. Heffernan claimed, "We possessed a little technological trial where our team had a Video recording Support product attached to a Sony FX9 as well as offering people to the job our team're doing. To ensure that is actually providing Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 cams and after that uncovering that technology for that video camera system." Video AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Assist is actually a transportable screen as well as recorder solution, identical to the Atomos Ninja array. The Online video Help possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch monitor. You may additionally decide on in between 3G styles that sustain video recording approximately 1080p60 and the 12G HDR models that record video clip approximately 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you will definitely require to use some of the 12G Video Clip Assists. They sustain tape-recording in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW styles to inner SDXC cards or even an external USB SSD hard drive.How it worksHeffernan described that the Sony cameras output the 4K RAW signal directly to the Online video Help over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is actually created to profile to the sensor, so a few of the work our company must do is within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Video Aid. So our team recognize the nature of the Sony sensor and then we pack that in to the Blackmagic RAW package deal. Anybody that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW knows you receive a sidecar of metadata which says to Solve the cam head qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is in the beginning concentrating on building BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that is actually just the beginning. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is we're working to assist FX6 and also FX9 first, our company'll then look at FX3 to make sure that we can easily cover the complete stable of those professional cine models. There's no growth presently for the Alpha network as well as the mirrorless crossbreed systems. Coming from Sony's standpoint that's a various department, that is actually a different design staff. Perhaps, if this is prominent, and also our experts find a ton of uptake along with Sony individuals wishing accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a chat our team might have." What we thinkBRAW audio is already supported through cams from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Camera. The BRAW layout is wonderful for protecting the total dynamic range of your electronic camera and provides you a lot more flexibility in post-production. So it's an appreciated progression to observe the modern technology sustaining Sony video cameras too. In addition, Blackmagic has helped make the BRAW file format open, cross-platform as well as totally free. The codec is sustained by means of the free of cost SDK on Mac Operating System, Microsoft window and also Linux devices without concealed licenses or even on-going charges. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 makes certain to become a popular addition. Owners of the FX3 as well as Alpha electronic cameras will definitely wish that they receive access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Style merely showed the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a technical trial at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan mentioned that the company really hoped that the innovation would certainly be actually discharged as a complimentary upgrade for the Video clip Support in Q4 of this year.