.At the latest IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's major statement was the brand new external display for its own PYXIS movie house electronic camera. Nevertheless, some visitors to the program were stunned to also see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic gently showing that it is teaming up with Sony to take BRAW documenting to some Movie house Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's an exclusive video clip file style developed by Blackmagic Concept. At a specialized amount, some folks have debated whether BRAW is a true RAW style. This is given that the video is partially demosaiced in-camera prior to documenting. However, you may readjust ISO, white colored balance and also more in post-production, just as along with a RAW file. The BRAW files are also tape-recorded as 12-bit log style which implies they deliver a larger compelling selection. Additionally, BRAW documents are smaller than a few other RAW formats, so they utilize a lot less area on your drives and also are actually simpler to repeat in post-production. What has been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Concept showed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 cam attached to a Blackmagic Video Recording Aid. In a job interview along with ProAV TELEVISION, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, described what the provider is actually working on. Heffernan mentioned, "Our experts had a small technological demo where our team had a Video Support item affixed to a Sony FX9 and presenting people to the job our company're doing. To ensure that is delivering Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 as well as the FX9 video cameras and then uncovering that technology for that cam platform." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Video Support is a mobile display and also recorder answer, similar to the Atomos Ninja selection. The Video Support includes either a five-inch or seven-inch monitor. You can easily likewise opt for between 3G versions that assist online video up to 1080p60 and the 12G HDR versions that tape online video up to 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you are going to need to use one of the 12G Video Clip Assists. They assist recording in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW styles to inner SDXC cards or even an exterior USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan explained that the Sony electronic cameras output the 4K RAW signal straight to the Video recording Aid over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is actually constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so some of the job our experts have to perform is actually within our components encoder that sits inside the Video Support. So our team recognize the nature of the Sony sensing unit and then our team bundle that right into the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any person that is actually made use of Blackmagic RAW recognizes you receive a sidecar of metadata which tells Resolve the electronic camera leader characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually initially concentrating on establishing BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that is actually only the beginning. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is our experts're working to support FX6 as well as FX9 to begin with, our team'll at that point look at FX3 to ensure that we can cover the complete variety of those professional cine styles. There's no growth presently for the Alpha stations and the mirrorless crossbreed units. Coming from Sony's point of view that's a various division, that is actually a various engineering team. With any luck, if this is actually preferred, as well as we find a considerable amount of uptake with Sony users wanting access to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a talk we could possess." What our experts thinkBRAW audio is already supported by cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Cam. The BRAW format is actually terrific for protecting the complete vibrant series of your cam as well as offers you far more versatility in post-production. So it is actually an appreciated advancement to see the innovation assisting Sony electronic cameras at the same time. On top of that, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW documents format available, cross-platform and also free of cost. The codec is actually assisted through the free of charge SDK on Mac Operating System, Microsoft window as well as Linux bodies with no hidden licenses or even recurring expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and FX9 ensures to become a well-known addition. Owners of the FX3 and also Alpha cams are going to hope that they get access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Layout only presented the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. Nevertheless, Heffernan pointed out that the firm hoped that the innovation would certainly be actually launched as a free of charge improve for the Video recording Assist in Q4 of this particular year.