• Video

  12 answers, most recent on 12/31/2013

  Will this RAW recorder work with Vegas 12 & NX5?
  I just came across this affordable RAW recorder from Blackmagic. I do much grading and chromakeying. My camera is Sony HXR NX5. The NX5 has RAW SDI output (not sure about the bit). Getting RAW directly out of the cam instead of the compressed H264
• Video

  75 answers, most recent on 1/17/2017

  RE: Why does Vegas choke on GoPro 1080p60 files
  doesn't like the new BlackMagic 4K camera files either. But Sony doesn't have to worry about that, since people using those camera will be using real software. ;)
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 12/22/2013

  BMPC4K files preview = 13.5fps?
  messing with those BlackMagic Production Camera 4K files preview remains at 13.5(ish) frames per second. First up, I am aware 4k files are large and hard to deal with etc, I understand that, but what I find curious is that it is ALWAYS around 13.5
• Video

  60 answers, most recent on 5/13/2020

  RE: [Closed] Vegas Pro not 'professional'?
  And also harking back to the original question, the statement came from Blackmagic Design, a company that has an entrenched Mac view of the world.
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 1/28/2014

  RE: Can't import uncompressed videos in Movie Studio
  BlackMagic states that it records in uncompressed quicktime format, so it should be playable in quicktime player in a first place. MovieStudio uses quicktime libraries to read quicktime files, so you need to fix quicktime somehow.
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 1/28/2014

  Can't import uncompressed videos in Movie Studio
  Hey all! I bought a Blackmagic Design Shuttle II and it records uncompressed video from my NEX-VG30 via HDMI. However, Movie Studio Platinum 12 says it can't import the files. It says "None of the files dropped on Movie studio Platinum could be
• Video

  6 answers, most recent on 11/20/2013

  Are AJA and BM .dlls fixed in the latest build?
  Not sure if the older release notes ever get edited, but the first release version of 12.0 still reads: "You can now preview audio through supported AJA and BlackMagic Design video preview devices." In the VP12 builds I've tried so far (I believe
• Video

  7 answers, most recent on 11/19/2013

  RE: SDXC Cards Warning
  Thank you for a good timely warning Bob. BTW, did you catch the clip posted by the guys from Denmark. They had an issue with formatting a 64GB 95Mbit/s card. you can hear about it here:
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 11/13/2013

  BM Pocket Cinema Camera now does RAW
  Blackmagic have now released a version 1.5 firmware update that allows the BMPCC to record 12 bit Cinema DNG files to an SD card in RAW format. A simple mathematical compression method, similar to that used for ZIP compression, allows the files to
• Video

  47 answers, most recent on 11/10/2013

  RE: Codec conversion - advantage or not...
  http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/story/the-blackmagic-pocket-cinema-camera-reviewProVideo Coalition review[/link] http://provideocoalition.com/pvcexclusive/story/blackmagic-cinema-camera-in-the-fieldBMPCC accessories[/link]
• Video

  8 answers, most recent on 11/8/2013

  RE: Color Correcting
  Resolve is designed as a single screen application, so to get a second (e.g. full screen on a grading monitor) up you need more equipment. To properly monitor the signal from Resolve or Vegas, you must output through a DeckLink Card via SDI
• Video

  One answer, on 11/7/2013

  OT: Blackmagic and audio
  Anyone with a Blackmagic camera or who is thinking about buying one might find http://provideocoalition.com/atepper/story/how-to-adjust-audio-levels-with-blackmagic-cameras?utm_source=WeeklyNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=103113 this
• Video

  47 answers, most recent on 11/10/2013

  RE: Codec conversion - advantage or not...
  Geoff, regarding the true 1920 x 1080 I emphasize the ‘unless I’m mistaken’ phrase which is to say I don’t really know this to be a fact, and the technology is certainly over my head, but I think it goes something like as follows. The sensor
• Video

  47 answers, most recent on 11/10/2013

  RE: Codec conversion - advantage or not...
  Interesting Serena. My first video camera was a Sony Hi8 machine and that was perhaps 30 years ago (I hardly remember). I am too embarrassed to tell you how many cameras I have purchased since then, and besides I don’t have enough fingers and toes.
• Video

  47 answers, most recent on 11/10/2013

  RE: Codec conversion - advantage or not...
  'I just need to find something to shoot with it :(' Don't look at me, Pal; I detest working with the bloody thing. I will admit the image, when you eventually get it into the camera and out through post, is not too bad. But the reality is I do
• Video

  One answer, on 11/3/2013

  Audio Clicking during video capture
  I am using Vegas 12 and an Ultrastudio SDI USB 3.0 capture device, and am hearing a clicking sound when capturing. It is random, but intensifies during louder volumes. Its timing aside from that seems random. I hear it both in the preview capture
• Video

  47 answers, most recent on 11/10/2013

  Codec conversion - advantage or not...
  I have a couple of questions. One of the claims I have read about the ProRes HD codec is that it is very malleable in post. I read somewhere that someone routinely transfers 4:2:0 AVCHD footage into ProRes HD (4:2:2) and this enables more
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 11/4/2013

  Vegas 12 memory leak while capturing live
  Hello, I downloaded the trial for Vegas 12, and am capturing MXF via a Blackmagic ultrastudio SDI. I am capturing to a brand new HP 8770w w/ 8GB ram. The issue I am having is the physical memory used by vegas continually builds, and then drops a
• Video

  6 answers, most recent on 11/1/2013

  RE: bm 9.8 drivers?
  Blackmagic Design Drivers
• Offtopic

  218 answers, most recent on 1/10/2014

  RE: New Apple MacPro announcement
  Cray Supercomputer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2 - never seen it either... Notice iFixit self-repairability for MBP2013: 1/10! Every part is just different, including screws. Don't think about customizations..., and I guess this will be
• Video

  41 answers, most recent on 11/28/2013

  RE: BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera
  Any electronic camera is going to be subject to 'orbs' as they seem to be called now. In essence it is just clipping of the video signal, and there are a multitude of places where this can occur, and not all of them have to be in the camera. Even
• Video

  41 answers, most recent on 11/28/2013

  RE: BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera
  Yes, I didn't notice those until Bob pointed them out; looks pretty much as you expect over exposed lights to look. If you go to the BlackMagic Design forum discussions you'll find a thread on orbs, which basically is about over exposed lights (and
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 10/16/2013

  RE: Crashes using Black Magic Intensity shuttle
  if you are talking a blackmagic driver that is unzipped when you do a VegasPro install -that is the developed code of several years ago. That is NOT all you need to necessarily make different products work seamlessly. The word on contractual
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 10/16/2013

  RE: Crashes using Black Magic Intensity shuttle
  And just a little FYI back to the OP - there has not and will not likely be any further formal development agreement between SCS and BlackMagic. The last formal agreement for joint cooperation and development cycle between these two parties was