.At the current IBC 2024 exhibition in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Design's large news was the brand new external display for its own PYXIS movie theater camera. Having said that, some site visitors to the show were amazed to also view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic gently exposing that it is actually collaborating with Sony to bring BRAW tape-recording to some Cinema Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW needs for Blackmagic RAW. It's a proprietary online video report format established through Blackmagic Layout. At a technical degree, some individuals have actually discussed whether BRAW is actually a true RAW style. This is actually considering that the video clip is actually partially demosaiced in-camera prior to capturing. However, you may adjust ISO, white colored balance as well as even more in post-production, equally along with a RAW documents. The BRAW reports are actually also documented as 12-bit record layout which implies they provide a broader compelling assortment. On top of that, BRAW data are smaller than some other RAW layouts, so they use less area on your rides and are actually easier to repeat in post-production. What has actually been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Style showed a Sony Movie theater Line FX9 video camera attached to a Blackmagic Video Recording Help. In a job interview along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Purchases Director, Craig Heffernan, detailed what the company is actually dealing with. Heffernan mentioned, "Our company had a tiny technical demo where our team had a Video Support item connected to a Sony FX9 and also launching people to the job we are actually carrying out. In order that is delivering Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 as well as the FX9 cams and then opening that innovation for that video camera platform." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Online video Assist is a portable monitor and recorder option, identical to the Atomos Ninja selection. The Online video Assist comes with either a five-inch or seven-inch display. You can easily likewise opt for in between 3G designs that support online video as much as 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR styles that videotape online video as much as 2160p60. To document in BRAW you are going to require to make use of among the 12G Video Clip Assists. They support capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW styles to internal SDXC memory cards or an external USB SSD tough drive.How it worksHeffernan clarified that the Sony video cameras outcome the 4K RAW indicator directly to the Online video Support over SDI. He stated, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so some of the work our team have to carry out is within our hardware encoder that rests inside the Video clip Aid. So we know the attributes of the Sony sensor and afterwards our team pack that right into the Blackmagic RAW bundle. Any person that is actually utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which tells Resolve the cam head qualities." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually at first paying attention to building BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that's only the beginning. Heffernan pointed out, "My understanding is our team are actually working to sustain FX6 as well as FX9 to begin with, we'll then check out at FX3 so that we can deal with the complete stable of those professional cine designs. There's no progression presently for the Alpha stations as well as the mirrorless hybrid units. From Sony's viewpoint that's a different branch, that's a various design team. With any luck, if this is actually preferred, as well as we find a lot of uptake with Sony individuals yearning for access to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a talk our experts can possess." What we thinkBRAW audio is actually actually supported through cams from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma as well as Z Cam. The BRAW layout is excellent for protecting the full compelling range of your electronic camera and also gives you much more adaptability in post-production. So it's a welcome growth to view the technology sustaining Sony cams also. On top of that, Blackmagic has made the BRAW file format open, cross-platform and also free of charge. The codec is sustained using the free SDK on Mac computer Operating System, Microsoft window as well as Linux devices without covert licenses or recurring expenses. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 and FX9 makes sure to be a preferred enhancement. Proprietors of the FX3 and also Alpha cams will hope that they receive access to BRAW quickly too.Pricing and availabilityBlackmagic Style simply presented the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technical demo at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan pointed out that the company hoped that the technology would be actually discharged as a free upgrade for the Video recording Help in Q4 of the year.