blackmagic design

Stop and Go Production employs scalable next-gen workflow for outside broadcast

The company built an OB truck in just six months for the event, which can house up to four technicians and features a hybrid...

Production & Post

Blackmagic Design updates Cintel to include real-time HDR scanning in UHD

The new model retains features from the original Cintel Scanners, such as digital servos, gentle capstan drives, advanced colour science, 35mm and 16mm film...

Production & Post

DaVinci Resolve launches on iPad

DaVinci Resolve for iPad supports H.264, H.265, ProRes and Blackmagic RAW media files

Production & Post

Ms Marvel uses Blackmagic for finishing

The show's finishing supervisor and colourist discuss the technology behind Ms Marvel's colourful debut

Production & Post

Blackmagic Design helps student filmmaker tackle men’s mental health

From the Edge of the Clouds was shot in 1080p using Blackmagic RAW and edited and graded with DaVinci Resolve

Production & Post

Blackmagic debuts four new Ultimatte models

The Ultimatte 12 4K and Ultimatte 12 8K models feature advanced 12G-SDI connections so users can operate with current HD video formats as well...

Production & Post

New Lord of the Rings series involves over 9,500 VFX shots

Among the studios involved in the production were Industrial Light and Magic, Weta, Ncam, Blackmagic Design, DNEG, ARRI and DNEG

Production & Post

The Seldom Seen Kid: How Blackmagic’s cameras and ATEM Mini Extreme ISO helped film Elbow documentary

The documentary was shot during Covid restrictions, which meant only the creative director was able to be in the room with the band during...

Production & Post

Investigating the VFX in Only Murders in the Building

How visual effects house Atlanta VFX employed Blackmagic Design's Fusion Studio CFX and motion graphics software for its work on the Emmy-nominated series

Production & Post

Disney’s Rise shot on URSA Mini Pro 12K cameras

Cinematographer Kabelo Thathe used five URSA Mini Pro 12K bodies on set, shooting at 8K in Blackmagic RAW, and recording to Blackmagic URSA Mini...

Production & Post

Blackmagic Design launches Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2

New 6K model adds an adjustable LCD touchscreen, larger longer battery life, support for the OLED viewfinder and improved on screen menus

Live Production

How content creator Michael Praetorius built his own OB van

The small van provides a workspace for a crew of two - with everything else done remotely

Production & Post

Building a feature film in the cloud

How animation studio Hazimation used DaVinci Resolve Studio to produce its new feature film, Rift

Production & Post

Creating the visual effects for Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

VFX supervisor Lesley Robson-Foster discusses how she used Blackmagic Design's URSA Mini Pro 12K digital film camera to capture visual effects plates for the...

Production & Post

How colour helped tell the story of the Peaky Blinders

Post production house Company 3 reveals how colour played a huge role in the look of the award-winning series

Media Management

Blackmagic pivots to cloud

Company has announced a number of new cloud-based storage products, as well as a new version of DaVinci Resolve

Business

Blackmagic moves EMEA HQ to larger facility

The company is taking over the entirety of the 19,000 sq ft V1 building within the Violet development at Sci-Tech Daresbury

Production & Post

How DaVinci Resolve set the mood on Pagan Peak

Colourist Martin Szafranek recalls finding the Sky Deutschland series' emotional tone

Production & Post

Cooking up success in 4K

How French cooking star Jigmé employs 4K cameras from Blackmagic Design to produce live and pre-recorded content for his streaming channels

Production & Post

Case study: How classic Hollywood inspired the look of Toast of Tinseltown

Suite Post colourist Lee Clappison explains how he created the look for Steven Toast's latest outing

Production & Post

France Télévisions future proofs newsroom with Fairlight

Broadcaster has implemented 31 Fairlight Advanced Consoles in two bay systems, across 24 regional newsroom hubs throughout France

Live Production

Blackmagic unveils broadcast camera with 6K digital film sensor

"URSA Broadcast G2 can be used as a production camera, a studio camera or a digital film camera, so it’s really three cameras in...

Production & Post

Blackmagic updates DaVinci Resolve for Apple’s M1 chips

DaVinci Resolve can work with up to 12 streams of 8K footage

Live Production

Taking ABBA on a Voyage around the world

oXyFire Media's Jay Rozanski tells TVBEurope about the technology behind ABBA's recent livestream announcement

Production & Post

Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3

Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 17.3, which comes with a speed increase that CEO Grant Petty hails "hard to believe"...

Live Production

Blackmagic Design launches new 4K studio cameras

New compact all-in-one studio cameras are designed for live production customers

Production & Post

Grading Norwegian episodic comedy, Pørni

Senior colourist Dylan R Hopkin discusses series where every episode has its own unique colour palette

Live Production

European racing channel jumps to HD with help from Blackmagic Design

Equidia enlisted Anjou-Image to design and build a mobile control room solution, featuring an ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K switcher, HyperDeck Studio Mini...

Production & Post

How Blackmagic’s DaVinici Resolve helped Oscar-winning film make the grade

Another Round picked up the Oscar for Best International Film overnight, with grading carried out on DaVinci Resolve Studio

Production & Post

All the World’s a Stage: How the RSC brought theatre to audiences during lockdown

How the Royal Shakespeare Company implemented a live, multicamera production to bring theatre to audiences at home

Production & Post

Case study: How the Parisian Gentleman turned on the style

Fashion magazine is using Blackmagic's Pocket Cinema Camera 6K to broadcast from home to its YouTube followers

Production & Post

Blackmagic debuts self-contained streaming solution, new 6K Pocket Cinema Camera

Company also announced the ATEM Mini Extreme, a larger model of its ATEM Mini live production switcher

Production & Post

Sweden’s Trex rampages on screen with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K

The production relied on the Arri LWZ-1 15.5-45mm T2.6 with a Speed Booster Ultra 0.71x adapter, together with Black pro mist 1/4 and 1/2...

Case Studies

How ZDF series ‘Sløborn’ was graded using black magic

With its plot centering around a deadly virus hitting a small island community, ZDF’s latest drama series, ‘Sløborn’, could not have been more timely....

Production & Post

Blackmagic Design unveils new DaVinci Resolve

DaVinci Resolve 17 includes HDR grading tools, redesigned primary colour controls, next-gen Fairlight audio core and support for 2,000 real-time audio tracks.