.At the current IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's major statement was the new outside screen for its PYXIS movie theater video camera. However, some site visitors to the show were actually shocked to also find a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was Blackmagic silently disclosing that it is teaming up with Sony to carry BRAW capturing to some Movie house Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary video recording report format established through Blackmagic Concept. At a technological amount, some individuals have actually debated whether BRAW is a correct RAW layout. This is actually due to the fact that the video is to some extent demosaiced in-camera just before taping. Having said that, you can easily readjust ISO, white colored equilibrium and also additional in post-production, equally as with a RAW report. The BRAW files are actually also videotaped as 12-bit record layout which indicates they provide a broader vibrant selection. Additionally, BRAW data are much smaller than a few other RAW styles, so they utilize a lot less space on your travels and also are much easier to play back in post-production. What has been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Design demonstrated a Sony Movie theater Pipes FX9 camera hooked up to a Blackmagic Video Recording Aid. In an interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, discussed what the company is dealing with. Heffernan said, "Our team had a small technological demonstration where we had a Video Aid item attached to a Sony FX9 and presenting folks to the job our team're doing. To make sure that is giving Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 as well as the FX9 video cameras and after that unlocking that technology for that cam platform." Online video AssistBlackmagic's Video clip Help is actually a portable display and also recorder remedy, similar to the Atomos Ninja variety. The Video clip Help possesses either a five-inch or even seven-inch display. You can additionally pick in between 3G styles that assist video recording approximately 1080p60 as well as the 12G HDR versions that tape-record online video as much as 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you are going to need to utilize one of the 12G Video Clip Assists. They sustain recording in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to inner SDXC memory cards or even an outside USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony electronic cameras result the 4K RAW indicator directly to the Online video Support over SDI. He stated, "Blackmagic RAW is built to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the job our team need to perform is actually within our components encoder that sits inside the Online video Support. So our company recognize the attribute of the Sony sensor and afterwards our company bundle that into the Blackmagic RAW package. Anyone that is actually used Blackmagic RAW understands you receive a sidecar of metadata which informs Solve the video camera head characteristics." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually at first concentrating on establishing BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that is actually simply the start. Heffernan mentioned, "My understanding is our experts are actually functioning to support FX6 and FX9 initially, our team'll then look at FX3 to ensure that our company can easily cover the total range of those expert cine designs. There is actually no development currently for the Alpha stations and also the mirrorless hybrid systems. Coming from Sony's standpoint that's a different division, that's a various engineering team. With any luck, if this is well-liked, and our experts view a ton of uptake with Sony users preferring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that's a discussion our team might have." What our team thinkBRAW audio is actually already assisted through cams coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and Z Cam. The BRAW format is great for maintaining the full dynamic variety of your camera and offers you so much more flexibility in post-production. So it's a welcome development to find the innovation assisting Sony cameras too. In addition, Blackmagic has produced the BRAW documents style open, cross-platform and free of charge. The codec is assisted by means of the free SDK on Mac computer OS, Windows as well as Linux units with no covert licenses or recurring expenses. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 and FX9 ensures to become a very popular addition. Proprietors of the FX3 as well as Alpha electronic cameras will definitely hope that they obtain accessibility to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Design merely revealed the BRAW audio with the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan said that the company wished that the innovation will be released as a complimentary upgrade for the Online video Help in Q4 of this year.