Blackmagic Design released its annual NAB 2024 update and announced more than a dozen new products, including a new version of its popular product. DaVinci Resolve editing suite. Other key products include the Micro Color Panel for DaVinci Resolve on iPad, the 17K 65mm camera and the Pyxis 6K cube camera.
Da Vinci Resolve 19
DaVinci Resolve has become a popular choice for editors who don’t want to pay a monthly subscription to Adobe’s Premiere Pro, and in some ways it’s more powerful. Latest version 19, effects, color, editing, audio and more. takes a page from its competition with a number of new AI features for
Starting with the editing module, the new feature lets you edit clips using text instead of video. Transcribing clips opens a window showing the detected text from multiple speakers, allowing you to delete sections, search the text, and more. allows Other features include a new decoration window, fixed playback title (zooming and panning), a window that makes changing audio attributes faster and more.
The Color tool features a “Color Slice” and a custom skin tone slider, a way to adjust an image based on six vectors (red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, and purple). For example, you can adjust any of these custom colors, easily change the saturation and hue, see and adjust the master key. The dedicated skin slider will surely make it attractive for quick skin tone adjustment.
Another key feature of Color is ‘IntelliTrack’, a neural engine powered by artificial intelligence that lets you quickly select points to track to create effects or stabilize an image. Blackmagic has also added a new Lightroom-like AI-powered noise reduction system that quickly removes digital noise or film grain from images without the need for user adjustment.
“Film Look Creator” is a new module that opens up color grading possibilities with more than 60 film parameters. It seems easy enough to use, as you can start with a preset (default 65mm, cinematic, bleach bypass, nostalgic) and then adjust the settings to taste. Another new trick is Focus Background, which lets users simulate shallow depth of focus with realistic masking (unlike smartphones), while Face Refinement tracks faces so editors can adjust brightness, colors, detail and more.
The Fusion FX editor adds some new tools that make 3D object manipulation easier, and on the audio (Fairlight) side, BMD has introduced a “Dialogue Separator FX” to separate dialogue, background or environment. DaVinci Resolve 19 is now in open beta for everyone to try, with no word yet on a full release date. As usual, It costs $295 for the Studio version and the basic version is free.
Micro Color Panel
BMD’s DaVinci Resolve for iPad has proven to be a popular choice for editors on the go, and now the company has introduced a custom control surface with the new Micro Color Panel. It will offer editors control that goes well beyond the already decent Pen and multitouch input while keeping a relatively low profile at 7.18 x 14.33 inches.
A slot on the top front lets you slide in an iPad, and from there you can connect via Bluetooth or USB-C. The company promises a “professional” feel to the controls, which include a three-dimensional trackball, 12 control knobs and 27 buttons. With these, you can run editors, adjust settings such as shadows, colors and highlights, and even do erasing and other effects.
“The old DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel model was popular with customers who wanted a compact grading panel, but we wanted to design an even more portable and affordable solution,” said Grant Petty, president of Blackmagic Design. Now active Pre-order for $509.
Pyxis 6K camera
Blackmagic Design follows rivals RED, Sony and Panasonic with a new box camera, the Pyxis 6K full-frame camera. The idea is that you use side plates or mounting screws to add the main brain (controls, display, CFexpress media, brain, and sensor), then accessories like handles, microphones, and SSDs. It’s also available with Blackmagic’s URSA Cine EVF (electronic viewfinder), which adds $1,695 to the price.
Its characteristics are very similar Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K I passed the test at the end of last year. Native resolution is 24 megapixels (6K) on a full 36 x 24mm sensor, allowing up to 13 stops of dynamic range with dual native ISO up to 25,600. It can record 12-bit Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) directly to CFexpress Type B cards or SSD.
It also supports direct streaming to YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and more via RTMP and SRT over Ethernet or using a cellular connection. Since the stream is built into the camera, customers and streams can see the status and data rate directly on the viewfinder or LCD. Pyxis 6K It arrives in June for $2,995 with three mounts (Canon EF, Leica L and Arri PL).
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K and 17K
Along with Pyxis, Blackmagic introduced a pair of cinema cameras, the URSA Cine 12K and 17K models. Yes, those numbers reflect the resolution of these two cameras, with the former offering a 36 x 24mm full-frame sensor with 12K resolution (12,888 x 6,480 17:9) at a pretty incredible 100fps. The second is a 65mm (50.8 x 23.3 sensor) 17,520 x 8,040 resolution with 16 stops of dynamic range.
Both models will have features like built-in ND filters, an optical low-pass filter and BMD’s latest generation 5.0 color science. The URSA Cine 12K will come with 8TB of internal storage, or you can use your own CFexpress media. Other features include live streaming, high-resolution EVF, V-battery support, wireless Bluetooth camera control, and more. includes. URSA Cine 12K model is active Pre-order for $14,995 or $16,495 with URSA Cine EVF, available in April. The URSA Cine 17K is currently in development with no pricing or release announced.
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