Blackmagic Design announces DaVinci Resolve 21, a significant update introducing the new Photo page, which enables colorists and photographers to use Hollywood’s most advanced color tools for still photos.
Other updates in Resolve include new AI tools such as IntelliSearch for fast content searching, CineFocus for focal point adjustment, tools for facial refinement, and more. The Krokodove toolset adds over 70 new graphics to Fusion, Fairlight folders simplify audio track management, plus there are improvements to keyframing, MultiMaster trim passes, layer list node graphs and more. DaVinci Resolve 21 public beta is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design web site.
NOTE: Almost all AI features require the studio version.
But, Wait! There’s More… software!
Blackmagic also announced Fairlight Live, currently in beta, which is a software-based live audio mixer with spatial audio mixing and SMPTE-2110 broadcast workflows. Fairlight Live easily handles thousands of audio channels, working with standard computer audio or USB audio from ATEM live production switchers. Fully customizable, it has built-in effects and professional features such as a cue player, talkback busses, snapshots and more. This will be free when available.
New Hardware Announced
URSA Cine 12K LF 100G camera. A new model in the URSA Cine family with 100G Ethernet for high frame rate SMPTE-2110 live production output up to 440fps. Building on the revolutionary digital film features of the URSA Cine 12K LF, including the large format RGBW 36x24mm sensor, the new model adds dramatically faster networking for cinematic live production workflows.
URSA Cine Immersive 100G camera. The world’s first immersive cinema camera designed for live production with Apple Immersive Video. Featuring dual 8Kx8K RGBW sensors with 16 stops of dynamic range, URSA Cine Immersive 100G uses 100G Ethernet to deliver the bandwidth needed to output live immersive video for the first time.
Blackmagic Design also announced the Blackmagic URSA Cine Live Encoder (available later this year), a live processor module that compresses live immersive video into Apple ProRes for output as SMPTE-2110-22 IP video, allowing customers to combine the stereo, high frame rate image streams into a single 100G Ethernet connection.
Blackmagic notes: “The Apple Immersive content creation landscape has matured rapidly, and Blackmagic Design, had a front-row seat to that evolution, observing many pioneering creators who first adopted the URSA Cine Immersive now scaling their productions significantly, adding second, third, and fourth cameras to meet the demands of their growing productions. The demand will expand significantly with the growth of live productions. This progress reflects a foundational belief that professional-grade tools should be within reach of every creator, a commitment that, paired with the manufacturing efficiencies gained from increased production volume, enabled them to make these cameras more accessible than ever.”
ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP. ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP and ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Plus (available in July from $14,295) are two new models of live production switchers that are fully SMPTE-2110 native. These new models retain the powerful features of the existing ATEM Constellation SDI based switchers, so they are familiar to users, allowing a seamless transition between SMPTE-2110 and SDI based switchers when you have both in your facility. Designed for high end broadcast and live production, the new design features front-to-back cooling, extensive redundancy, support for SMPTE-2022-7 on all 100G video ports, redundant PTP clock connections, 2 x 10G Ethernet for control ports and redundant AC power supplies.
HyperDeck ISO Recorder 100G. This is a new SMPTE 2110 IP video recorder with 100G Ethernet that lets customers record all their cameras for live production. This means customers can also use DaVinci Resolve for live action replay. HyperDeck ISO Recorder 100G uses a single 100G Ethernet connection to connect all 8 video channels, plus it records high-quality Apple ProRes video to network storage via 100G Ethernet. This makes it an extremely advanced design that’s built for the future of broadcast.
Blackmagic Cloud Store Ultra. Extremely high performance flash storage with up to 48TB capacity and two independent 100G Ethernet connections that lets customers record and edit simultaneously without either workflow interfering with the other. Available in 24TB and 48TB models, it also features RAID 5 support, dual redundant power supplies and Blackmagic Cloud sync.
Blackmagic Media Dock Ultra. A new high performance dock for Blackmagic Media Modules with two fully independent 100G Ethernet ports. It also features SDI and HDMI status monitoring and Blackmagic Cloud sync that lets customers use Blackmagic Media Modules as extremely high performance removable storage.
Blackmagic SDI Expander 8x12G. A new converter that lets customers connect all their 12G-SDI gear to the latest 100G Ethernet SMPTE-2110 IP systems! The converter supports 8 bi-directional 12G-SDI connections and has 2 separate 100G Ethernet connections allowing SMPTE-2022-7 redundancy.
Blackmagic StudioBridge 10G PWR. This lets customers bridge 8 separate 10G Ethernet SMPTE-2110 connections into modern 100G SMPTE-2022-7 redundant systems. This means it’s possible to combine up to 8 separate cameras or converters into a 100G Ethernet IP video system. If the 10G Ethernet products use a single connection, then the Blackmagic StudioBridge 10G PWR will also bridge into the 2 x 100G Ethernet connections for a redundant broadcast system. Plus this converter has 4 separate internal power supplies so it can provide each of the 10G Ethernet connections with 90W PoE++ power.
Blackmagic UpDownCross 100G. A powerful new standards converter that lets customers simultaneously convert up to 8 separate channels of SD, HD and Ultra HD video to any other standard. The new converter has redundant 100G Ethernet for full SMPTE 2022-7 compliance and a dedicated NMOS control port.
Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820. A new high performance, low latency model designed for advanced broadcast systems. This new model includes 8 x 100G and 2 x 10G Ethernet connections plus simple front panel SMPTE-2110 routing. Blackmagic Ethernet Switch 820 also has two redundant PTP clock Ethernet connections, a separate NMOS control port and a dedicated management port.
ATEM Monitoring Rack Panel. A new combination monitoring converter and control panel that can be used with ATEM Constellation IP live production switchers. The ATEM Monitoring Rack Panel converts SMPTE 2110 IP to HDMI and 12G-SDI for connecting to monitors, however it also has front panel input buttons for controlling the switcher as well as an LCD and talkback connections.
