.At the latest IBC 2024 trade show in Amsterdam, Blackmagic Style's huge news was the new outside screen for its PYXIS movie house camera. Having said that, some guests to the series were actually surprised to additionally view a Sony FX9 on the Blackmagic stand. This was Blackmagic gently exposing that it is dealing with Sony to deliver BRAW documenting to some Cinema Line cameras.What is actually BRAW?BRAW is short for Blackmagic RAW. It is actually a proprietary video clip documents layout developed by Blackmagic Layout. At a specialized degree, some people have debated whether BRAW is a real RAW format. This is due to the fact that the video clip is actually partly demosaiced in-camera prior to documenting. However, you may readjust ISO, white colored harmony as well as more in post-production, just like along with a RAW documents. The BRAW files are also captured as 12-bit record format which implies they provide a larger powerful assortment. Furthermore, BRAW documents are much smaller than a few other RAW layouts, so they make use of less area on your drives as well as are actually less complicated to repeat in post-production. What has been actually announced?At IBC 2024, Blackmagic Style illustrated a Sony Movie house Pipes FX9 video camera connected to a Blackmagic Video Clip Aid. In a job interview along with ProAV TV, Blackmagic's EMEA Technical Sales Supervisor, Craig Heffernan, detailed what the business is actually working with. Heffernan pointed out, "Our team possessed a small technological trial where our team possessed a Video clip Assist item attached to a Sony FX9 and introducing individuals to the work we are actually doing. To ensure that is actually providing Blackmagic RAW audio for the FX6 and the FX9 video cameras and afterwards opening that innovation for that cam platform." Video clip AssistBlackmagic's Online video Support is a transportable monitor and recorder service, comparable to the Atomos Ninja selection. The Online video Aid features either a five-inch or even seven-inch screen. You can likewise decide on between 3G versions that sustain online video around 1080p60 and also the 12G HDR designs that tape video approximately 2160p60. To videotape in BRAW you will certainly need to make use of some of the 12G Online Video Assists. They sustain documenting in ProRes, DNxHR or BRAW layouts to internal SDXC cards or even an exterior USB SSD challenging drive.How it worksHeffernan explained that the Sony cameras output the 4K RAW signal straight to the Online video Support over SDI. He said, "Blackmagic RAW is actually created to profile to the sensing unit, so a few of the work our experts need to do is actually within our equipment encoder that sits inside the Video clip Support. So our experts know the attributes of the Sony sensor and then our company pack that into the Blackmagic RAW bundle. Any person that is actually utilized Blackmagic RAW recognizes you obtain a sidecar of metadata which informs Resolve the electronic camera principal attributes." What next?Although Blackmagic is initially focusing on creating BRAW for the FX6 and also FX9, that's only the starting point. Heffernan stated, "My understanding is we are actually working to support FX6 and also FX9 initially, our team'll at that point have a look at FX3 to make sure that our team can easily deal with the complete range of those expert cine styles. There is actually no advancement presently for the Alpha network and also the mirrorless combination systems. Coming from Sony's perspective that is actually a different division, that's a various design staff. Hopefully, if this is actually prominent, and our team see a ton of uptake along with Sony individuals really wanting access to Blackmagic RAW, that's a chat our team could possess." What our team thinkBRAW audio is currently assisted by electronic cameras coming from Canon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Sigma and also Z Cam. The BRAW format is actually wonderful for protecting the total vibrant variety of your electronic camera and provides you far more flexibility in post-production. So it's a welcome advancement to find the modern technology supporting Sony video cameras too. On top of that, Blackmagic has made the BRAW file style open, cross-platform and free. The codec is actually sustained by means of the free SDK on Mac Operating System, Microsoft window and also Linux devices without hidden licenses or even recurring costs. BRAW audio on the Sony FX6 as well as FX9 ensures to become an incredibly popular add-on. Managers of the FX3 as well as Alpha video cameras will certainly hope that they get access to BRAW very soon too.Pricing as well as availabilityBlackmagic Style simply revealed the BRAW audio along with the Sony FX6 and also FX9 as a technological demonstration at IBC 2024. However, Heffernan pointed out that the company wished that the technology will be actually discharged as a complimentary upgrade for the Online video Support in Q4 of this year.