.At the current IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's major news was the brand new outside display for its own PYXIS cinema video camera. However, some visitors to the program were actually shocked to additionally see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was actually Blackmagic gently revealing that it is dealing with Sony to bring BRAW tape-recording to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video clip documents format built by Blackmagic Layout. At a technical degree, some people have actually discussed whether BRAW is actually a correct RAW format. This is considering that the online video is actually partly demosaiced in-camera prior to videotaping. Nevertheless, you may change ISO, white colored harmony and even more in post-production, just like with a RAW documents. The BRAW documents are likewise captured as 12-bit log layout which implies they deliver a broader powerful variation. Furthermore, BRAW reports are smaller than some other RAW layouts, so they make use of less area on your travels as well as are simpler to repeat in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design illustrated a Sony Cinema Line FX9 camera hooked up to a Blackmagic Video Recording Help. In a job interview along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, described what the company is working with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our experts possessed a tiny specialized demonstration where our team possessed a Video clip Help item affixed to a Sony FX9 and offering folks to the job we are actually carrying out. So that is actually providing Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and also the FX9 cams and then unlocking that technology for that camera platform." Video recording AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Support is a mobile display and also recorder solution, identical to the Atomos Ninja variety. The Video recording Aid features either a five-inch or seven-inch display screen. You can likewise pick between 3G designs that sustain video around 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR versions that tape video as much as 2160p60. To record in BRAW you will certainly need to have to make use of some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW layouts to internal SDXC memory cards or even an outside USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan described that the Sony video cameras output the 4K RAW signal straight to the Online video Help over SDI. He claimed, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the work our team must do is actually within our hardware encoder that sits inside the Online video Assist. So our company comprehend the nature of the Sony sensor and after that our company bundle that into the Blackmagic RAW package. Anyone that's utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you get a sidecar of metadata which informs Resolve the electronic camera principal characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is originally focusing on building BRAW for the FX6 and FX9, that's only the starting point. Heffernan pointed out, "My understanding is our team're working to support FX6 as well as FX9 initially, we'll after that look at FX3 in order that we may cover the full range of those professional cine styles. There is actually no development currently for the Alpha stations and also the mirrorless crossbreed devices. Coming from Sony's point of view that's a different division, that is actually a various engineering staff. Perhaps, if this is actually prominent, as well as our company find a lot of uptake along with Sony customers desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a conversation we might possess." What our team thinkBRAW audio is currently sustained through cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Webcam. The BRAW format is terrific for preserving the complete powerful variety of your electronic camera and also gives you far more versatility in post-production. So it is actually an invited growth to see the technology sustaining Sony cameras at the same time. Additionally, Blackmagic has actually produced the BRAW file style available, cross-platform and also cost-free. The codec is actually supported through the totally free SDK on Mac OS, Microsoft window and also Linux devices with no concealed licenses or on-going expenses. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 and also FX9 is sure to be a very popular add-on. Proprietors of the FX3 and Alpha cameras will certainly really hope that they receive accessibility to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Design only revealed the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technological demonstration at IBC 2024. Having said that, Heffernan stated that the company really hoped that the modern technology would be actually launched as a free of charge improve for the Video Help in Q4 of this particular year.