.At the recent IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's huge announcement was the brand-new exterior screen for its PYXIS movie theater cam. Having said that, some site visitors to the series were startled to likewise see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic gently revealing that it is actually partnering with Sony to take BRAW tape-recording to some Cinema Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It's an exclusive online video report layout cultivated by Blackmagic Concept. At a technological degree, some people have actually disputed whether BRAW is actually a true RAW layout. This is actually because the video clip is actually partly demosaiced in-camera prior to capturing. Nonetheless, you may adjust ISO, white equilibrium and additional in post-production, equally with a RAW report. The BRAW data are actually likewise taped as 12-bit record style which suggests they deliver a greater powerful variety. Furthermore, BRAW reports are actually much smaller than some other RAW layouts, so they make use of a lot less area on your rides and also are actually simpler to play back in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design displayed a Sony Movie theater Line FX9 cam attached to a Blackmagic Video Recording Assist. In a job interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, explained what the firm is actually servicing. Heffernan stated, "Our experts possessed a small technical trial where our company possessed a Video recording Aid product attached to a Sony FX9 and offering folks to the job our company're doing. To ensure that is actually supplying Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and the FX9 video cameras and afterwards uncovering that modern technology for that cam platform." Video AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Help is actually a transportable monitor as well as recorder remedy, identical to the Atomos Ninja array. The Video Assist possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch screen. You can easily likewise opt for in between 3G versions that support video clip around 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR models that videotape online video as much as 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you are going to require to make use of one of the 12G Video Assists. They support tape-recording in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW formats to inner SDXC memory cards or an external USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony cams outcome the 4K RAW indicator straight to the Video recording Aid over SDI. He stated, "Blackmagic RAW is actually constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so several of the work our team must do is within our components encoder that rests inside the Online video Support. So our experts understand the attributes of the Sony sensor and then our experts pack that into the Blackmagic RAW deal. Any person that's made use of Blackmagic RAW recognizes you get a sidecar of metadata which informs Deal with the electronic camera leader qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually initially concentrating on developing BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's merely the start. Heffernan claimed, "My understanding is our experts're functioning to support FX6 and also FX9 first, our experts'll after that look at FX3 in order that we may deal with the total series of those professional cine models. There is actually no advancement presently for the Alpha stations as well as the mirrorless combination devices. From Sony's standpoint that's a various branch, that's a various engineering staff. Perhaps, if this is prominent, and our company observe a great deal of uptake with Sony consumers desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a discussion our company could possess." What our team thinkBRAW audio is presently sustained by cams from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Camera. The BRAW layout is actually terrific for protecting the full vibrant series of your electronic camera and gives you so much more adaptability in post-production. So it's an invited progression to view the modern technology supporting Sony cams at the same time. Furthermore, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW report format open, cross-platform and free. The codec is sustained through the free SDK on Mac computer Operating System, Microsoft window and Linux units with no concealed licenses or on-going fees. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 makes sure to be an incredibly popular enhancement. Managers of the FX3 and also Alpha cameras will certainly wish that they get accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Design only presented the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a technological demonstration at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan pointed out that the company wished that the technology would certainly be actually released as a free improve for the Video Assist in Q4 of this year.