Blackmagic Design has introduced that it’s including help for ProRes RAW throughout its digital camera, monitor and software program vary. The DaVinci Resolve enhancing software program and Pocket Cinema Digital camera 4K have been the primary merchandise to get the replace, with extra to observe quickly.
DaVinci Resolve
You should obtain and set up DaVinci Resolve 20.2 to get help for Apple ProRes RAW. It’s out there with each the paid-for Studio model and the free model of the software program as nicely. DaVinci Resolve additionally now helps ARRICORE clips.
Additionally, help for encoding Samsung APV clips and decoding Sony ARW pictures has been added.
Pocket Cinema Digital camera 4K
So as to add ProRes RAW recording to your Pocket Cinema Digital camera 4K, you will have to obtain and set up the Blackmagic Digital camera 9.8 Public Beta firmware replace. The digital camera menu will then present the choices to pick both ProRes RAW or ProRes RAW HQ as a codec. Capturing at 30 frames per second (fps) and in UHD 4K (3,840 x 2,160), the information charges are 173.6 MB/s for ProRes RAW HQ and 115.2 MB/s for ProRes RAW. For comparability, Blackmagic RAW 3:1 has a knowledge price of 127 MB/s.
Future updates
Blackmagic Design additionally defined that extra merchandise will get ProRes RAW quickly. The corporate is bringing the codec to its Video Help monitor recorder. Nevertheless, you will have to have the flagship 12G mannequin, because the earlier fashions don’t have the required processing energy, apparently.
As well as, the Blackmagic Digital camera may even be capable to shoot in ProRes RAW sooner or later. That is more likely to be an iOS function solely, nevertheless, so Android customers could miss out.
“With the addition of ProRes RAW codecs throughout our seize, playback {and professional} enhancing software program merchandise, we’re persevering with our dedication to software program updates for current merchandise,” stated Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. “Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Digital camera 4K prospects have at all times been in a position to report in compressed ProRes 422 codecs, however now they are going to be capable to report ProRes RAW and natively playback the information in DaVinci Resolve. We are extraordinarily excited to be delivering one more free replace for our prospects.”
What we expect
Help for Apple ProRes RAW has been one of the crucial requested options for Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve enhancing software program for a few years. Now eventually the corporate has delivered that, but in addition a lot extra. It’s nice to see Blackmagic Design rewarding Pocket 4K customers with ProRes RAW, because it’s one of many firm’s older cameras. Nevertheless, ProRes RAW will likely be rolling out to different cameras sooner or later, too. The addition of ProRes RAW to the Video Help is nice information as nicely, even when it’s only for the 12G mannequin. iPhone customers may even welcome the codec as an possibility with the Blackmagic Digital camera app. Better of all, these are all free updates. Blackmagic Design continues to offer worth to its current prospects that no different producer can match.
Availability
Davinci Resolve 20.2, DaVinci Resolve Studio 20.2 and the Blackmagic Digital camera 9.8 Public Beta can be found to obtain totally free from the Blackmagic Design web site now. The updates for the Video Help 12G and Blackmagic Digital camera app needs to be out there quickly, although no launch dates have been launched but.
