.At the latest IBC 2024 trade convention in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Layout's major news was actually the new exterior monitor for its PYXIS cinema electronic camera. Nonetheless, some guests to the show were actually startled to likewise see a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic position. This was actually Blackmagic quietly revealing that it is actually teaming up with Sony to deliver BRAW recording to some Movie theater Line cameras.What is BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually an exclusive online video file format established through Blackmagic Design. At a technological degree, some folks have actually discussed whether BRAW is a real RAW format. This is actually because the video is actually mostly demosaiced in-camera before documenting. However, you can change ISO, white harmony and additional in post-production, just as with a RAW file. The BRAW data are additionally captured as 12-bit log format which implies they supply a broader powerful range. Moreover, BRAW documents are smaller sized than a few other RAW formats, so they utilize a lot less space on your drives as well as are much easier to play back in post-production. What has actually been announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Layout displayed a Sony Movie house Line FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Support. In a job interview with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, described what the business is actually dealing with. Heffernan claimed, "Our company had a tiny technological demonstration where our team had an Online video Aid item connected to a Sony FX9 and offering people to the work our experts're doing. To ensure that is actually giving Blackmagic RAW recording for the FX6 and the FX9 video cameras and after that opening that modern technology for that camera platform." Video recording AssistBlackmagic's Video recording Help is actually a portable monitor as well as recorder service, identical to the Atomos Ninja assortment. The Video Assist possesses either a five-inch or seven-inch screen. You may likewise opt for in between 3G styles that assist video recording up to 1080p60 and the 12G HDR models that videotape video approximately 2160p60. To record in BRAW you are going to need to have to utilize some of the 12G Video Recording Assists. They assist capturing in ProRes, DNxHR or even BRAW formats to inner SDXC memory cards or an external USB SSD difficult drive.How it worksHeffernan revealed that the Sony electronic cameras outcome the 4K RAW indicator directly to the Video recording Help over SDI. He mentioned, "Blackmagic RAW is constructed to profile to the sensing unit, so a number of the job we must perform is within our equipment encoder that rests inside the Online video Aid. So our experts comprehend the nature of the Sony sensor and afterwards we pack that into the Blackmagic RAW package. Any person that's utilized Blackmagic RAW knows you receive a sidecar of metadata which tells Fix the electronic camera leader attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is actually in the beginning concentrating on establishing BRAW for the FX6 as well as FX9, that's just the start. Heffernan pointed out, "My understanding is our team're operating to sustain FX6 and also FX9 initially, we'll then check out at FX3 so that our company can cover the complete stable of those professional cine models. There's no advancement presently for the Alpha network as well as the mirrorless combination bodies. Coming from Sony's standpoint that's a various branch, that's a different design staff. Ideally, if this is preferred, and our experts see a great deal of uptake along with Sony customers desiring accessibility to Blackmagic RAW, that is actually a conversation our company might have." What our experts thinkBRAW recording is actually currently supported by video cameras from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Camera. The BRAW layout is actually great for preserving the complete vibrant stable of your video camera as well as provides you much more flexibility in post-production. So it's an appreciated progression to find the innovation supporting Sony cameras also. In addition, Blackmagic has actually helped make the BRAW file format available, cross-platform and free of charge. The codec is assisted using the totally free SDK on Mac computer Operating System, Windows and Linux bodies with no concealed licenses or even on-going charges. BRAW recording on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 is sure to be a preferred add-on. Proprietors of the FX3 and also Alpha video cameras are going to wish that they obtain access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing and also availabilityBlackmagic Layout merely revealed the BRAW recording along with the Sony FX6 and FX9 as a technological demonstration at IBC 2024. Nonetheless, Heffernan said that the company hoped that the innovation would certainly be actually launched as a free of cost update for the Video recording Help in Q4 of this year.