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Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme | Incredible 10 bit HDMI and Analogue video editing with Thunderbolt™

Blackmagic Design

Intensity Extreme

Incredible 10 bit HDMI and Analogue video editing with Thunderbolt™

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  • The world's first 10 bit HD/SD editing solution with Thunderbolt™ technology
  • True HDMI Digital Connections
  • Highest Quality Analogue Connections
  • Uncompressed or Compressed Video
  • Full resolution HDTV
  • Thunderbolt™ interface
  • SD / HD

The perfect solution for videographers, Intensity Extreme includes SD/HD capture and playback in compressed and uncompressed video quality. Better still, this revolutionary new device is compatible with Final Cut Pro 7™, Adobe Premiere Pro™, Adobe After Effects™, Nuke™, DaVinci Resolve and more.

Machined from a solid piece of aluminum, Intensity Extreme gives you incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite 10 bit capture and playback. Better still, this super-sleek, high-speed data transfer system offers an incredible 10 Gb/s connection that's up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0 and up to 11.5 times faster than FireWire 800.
Incredible quality HDMI capture and playback!

Intensity lets you capture and playback in the most incredible quality of HDMI and component analogue video in both SD and HD. Smash the quality barrier for your video work because Intensity is not only the highest quality, but also affordable!

Professional Performance

Go beyond the limits of your AVCHD or HDV camera! Simply plug using HDMI or analogue and capture direct from your camera's CCD! You get incredible quality that completely bypasses the camera's video compression. Use Intensity for monitoring from your edit software for maximum real time effects! Intensity connects direct to your editing software's real time effects processing!

Highest Quality Analogue Connections

The included break-out cable connects Intensity Pro to all types of analog video and audio equipment. This gives you full compatibility with analog component, NTSC, PAL, S-Video and analogue audio.

Use Popular Video Software

Intensity works with the software you love to use! Use DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ software, or the world's most popular editing software such as Final Cut Pro™ and Premiere Pro™!

True HDMI Digital Connections

Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing HDV compression.

New launches at ISE 2020

Here's an overview of our vendors exhibiting at ISE 2020. Please call us on +44 (0)1457 851000 if you would like to book a stand tour with one of our manufacturers. BLACKMAGIC DESIGN HALL 3, STAND C140 The Video Assist 12G 5” and 7” monitor recorders are now shipping. The original HD versions were incredibly popular with AV technicians who wanted to verify SDI and HDMI feeds and check waveform levels. For production teams, their 4K HDR capture makes them a superb on-camera SD card recorder. The ATEM Mini is a very small, cost-effective 4 channel HDMI video switcher with streaming output. Great as a portable mixer or a signal switcher, it’s being adopted by everyone from conference producers to AV technicians looking for simple HDMI switching.

Major announcements from Blackmagic Design

Not just some new products and technical updates from Blackmagic Design. No, these are major new products and massive technical updates.

What's new in Desktop Video 12.4

Mac OS Specific

  • Fix intermittent crash when older Thunderbolt devices were disconnected.

Linux Specific

  • Add support for AArch64 architecture.
  • Discontinue support for 32-bit x86 platforms.
  • Fix build issues with Linux kernel 5.18 and higher.

All Platforms

  • General performance and stability improvements for all models.

What's new in Desktop Video 12.3

MacOS Only
  • Add Metal renderer for improved on-screen preview performance.
  • Fix an issue causing frames to be dropped when capturing and playing back multiple streams on M1 Macs.
Windows and Linux
  • Add OpenGL3 renderer for improved on-screen preview performance.
All Platforms
  • General performance and stability improvements for all models.

What's new in Desktop Video 11.6

  • Add support for UltraStudio Recorder 3G and UltraStudio Monitor 3G.
  • Fix intermittent fan noise issue on DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K.
  • Fix HDMI playback issue when outputting PsF modes on DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K.

What's new in Desktop Video 11.5.1

New features and fixes for DeckLink 8K Pro:

macOS and Windows only
  • Fix intermittent issue when playing back SD video modes in Media Composer.
All platforms
  • Improve genlock compatibility when using multiple channels.
  • Improve compatibility with SMPTE 425-1 when outputting 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 UHD and 4K DCI signals.
  • Improve compatibility with Sonnet Thunderbolt 3 chassis.
  • Fix issue where captured audio may appear on unintended channels.
  • Fix audio and video input stream time misalignment after a repeated source change.
  • Add support for VANC passthrough during internal keying.

New features and fixes for DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder:

  • Improve compatibility with PlayStation 4 Pro and Canon DSLR cameras.
  • Fix intermittent issue where some inputs may not be available on startup.
  • Improve support for DVI video modes.
  • Fix issue where captured audio may appear on unintended channels.

New features and fixes for DeckLink Duo 2 and DeckLink Quad 2:

  • Fix issue where captured audio may appear on unintended channels.
  • Add support for VANC passthrough during internal keying.
  • Fix issue with VANC output when pixel format conversion is enabled.
  • General performance and stability improvements for all models.

Download the latest Firmware and Software

  • Intensity Extreme
  • Software CD
  • Breakout Cable
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