.At the current IBC 2024 trade conference in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Concept's large statement was actually the brand new exterior monitor for its PYXIS cinema cam. Nonetheless, some guests to the series were actually surprised to likewise view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic gently revealing that it is dealing with Sony to bring BRAW taping to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video clip report style established through Blackmagic Design. At a technical degree, some individuals have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually a real RAW layout. This is because the video is partly demosaiced in-camera just before documenting. Nonetheless, you may adjust ISO, white equilibrium and also more in post-production, just as along with a RAW report. The BRAW reports are actually additionally documented as 12-bit record layout which implies they provide a bigger vibrant variation. Additionally, BRAW data are actually much smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they utilize less space on your rides as well as are actually less complicated to play back in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout demonstrated a Sony Movie house Pipes FX9 camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Recording Aid. In a job interview with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Director, Craig Heffernan, described what the company is dealing with. Heffernan said, "We had a small technological trial where our experts had an Online video Aid product affixed to a Sony FX9 and also launching people to the job our team are actually doing. In order that is providing Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 as well as the FX9 electronic cameras and afterwards uncovering that technology for that camera system." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Online video Assist is a mobile monitor as well as recorder option, identical to the Atomos Ninja range. The Online video Assist possesses either a five-inch or seven-inch screen. You can easily additionally pick between 3G designs that sustain video recording approximately 1080p60 and the 12G HDR versions that capture online video up to 2160p60. To document in BRAW you will certainly require to utilize some of the 12G Video Assists. They assist recording in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to inner SDXC memory cards or even an outside USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony cams result the 4K RAW sign directly to the Video Help over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensor, so a number of the job our company need to do is within our components encoder that sits inside the Video clip Help. So our team understand the nature of the Sony sensing unit and after that our company pack that into the Blackmagic RAW bundle. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which informs Solve the cam head features." What next?Although Blackmagic is at first paying attention to creating BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that is actually only the starting point. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is we're operating to sustain FX6 and FX9 to begin with, our team'll then look at FX3 so that our experts can cover the complete series of those professional cine versions. There's no growth currently for the Alpha stations and the mirrorless combination systems. Coming from Sony's perspective that is actually a different department, that's a various engineering staff. Perhaps, if this is actually well-liked, and also our experts see a ton of uptake along with Sony users preferring access to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a chat our company can possess." What our experts thinkBRAW recording is already sustained by video cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Webcam. The BRAW format is actually wonderful for protecting the total vibrant range of your camera and provides you far more flexibility in post-production. So it is actually an appreciated advancement to see the innovation supporting Sony video cameras also. In addition, Blackmagic has actually produced the BRAW report style available, cross-platform and also free of cost. The codec is supported via the complimentary SDK on Macintosh Operating System, Microsoft window as well as Linux units without any concealed licenses or even continuous fees. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 is sure to be a very popular enhancement. Proprietors of the FX3 and Alpha cams are going to really hope that they acquire access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Concept simply presented the BRAW recording with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a specialized demo at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan claimed that the provider really hoped that the innovation would be actually launched as a complimentary improve for the Video recording Assist in Q4 of this year.