.At the recent IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's large news was the new outside screen for its PYXIS movie theater cam. Nonetheless, some site visitors to the program were shocked to also observe a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic silently disclosing that it is actually teaming up with Sony to bring BRAW capturing to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video data layout built by Blackmagic Style. At a technological amount, some folks have debated whether BRAW is a real RAW style. This is actually given that the online video is partly demosaiced in-camera before taping. Nonetheless, you may adjust ISO, white colored equilibrium as well as even more in post-production, equally as along with a RAW file. The BRAW documents are also recorded as 12-bit log format which implies they supply a greater dynamic variety. In addition, BRAW reports are much smaller than some other RAW formats, so they use much less space on your drives and also are much easier to play back in post-production. What has been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout showed a Sony Movie theater Pipes FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Online Video Assist. In an interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Director, Craig Heffernan, explained what the company is actually focusing on. Heffernan pointed out, "We possessed a tiny specialized demo where we possessed a Video clip Support item connected to a Sony FX9 as well as introducing individuals to the job our team're doing. So that is actually supplying Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and also the FX9 electronic cameras and after that opening that modern technology for that cam system." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Online video Aid is a mobile display as well as recorder option, identical to the Atomos Ninja range. The Video Support possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch display screen. You can also opt for between 3G versions that assist video recording approximately 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR versions that record video approximately 2160p60. To capture in BRAW you are going to need to use one of the 12G Video Assists. They assist capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW layouts to internal SDXC cards or even an outside USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony cams result the 4K RAW indicator straight to the Online video Assist over SDI. He said, "Blackmagic RAW is actually created to profile to the sensing unit, so several of the work our company must do is within our equipment encoder that rests inside the Video clip Aid. So our experts recognize the attributes of the Sony sensor and afterwards our company pack that into the Blackmagic RAW plan. Anyone that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which informs Solve the video camera principal qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is originally concentrating on building BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's simply the start. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is our team're functioning to assist FX6 and also FX9 initially, we'll at that point take a look at FX3 in order that our experts may cover the total stable of those expert cine styles. There's no progression currently for the Alpha stations as well as the mirrorless combination devices. Coming from Sony's standpoint that is actually a various department, that's a various engineering team. Perhaps, if this is well-known, and our team find a lot of uptake along with Sony individuals desiring access to Blackmagic RAW, that's a chat our experts can have." What our company thinkBRAW audio is already assisted by electronic cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Camera. The BRAW layout is actually great for preserving the complete vibrant range of your video camera and gives you so much more flexibility in post-production. So it's an invited growth to see the technology assisting Sony cameras as well. In addition, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW file format available, cross-platform and free of cost. The codec is actually sustained via the free of charge SDK on Mac computer Operating System, Microsoft window and Linux units without hidden licenses or even ongoing expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 makes sure to become a popular add-on. Owners of the FX3 as well as Alpha cams will definitely hope that they receive access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Layout merely revealed the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technological trial at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan said that the company really hoped that the technology would be actually launched as a free improve for the Video Aid in Q4 of this year.