Blackmagic Design's editing cards and break-out boxes give users countless options for ingesting content into their systems, monitoring incoming feeds and previewing output. Whether you are working with archive footage, 720, 1080, 2K, 4K or 3D media, Blackmagic has a solution for you.
Blackmagic cards use software encoding to record your content either uncompressed or compressed.
Bundled with the cards is Blackmagic's Media Express software. This works in conjunction with the hardware device to manage the input and output of video and audio content. It is a complete package for timecode accurate playback as well as capture to a multitude of formats: DV, HDV, AVCHD, uncompressed (QuickTime, AVI and DPX), ProRes (Mac environments only), Infinity JPEG 2000, XDCAM and XDCAM EX, P2 (DVCPRO and AVC-Intra) & GFCAM.
Alternatively, users can capture content directly in their preferred editing software, using any codec supported by that particular tool, such as Avid DNxHD. Currently Blackmagic editing hardware is compliant with Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer 6, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Sony Vegas Pro. Additionally, the Intensity Pro card also supports Grass Valley's EDIUS 6.
These portable devices are ideal for laptop editors or where editing duties are shared between several workstations.
UltraStudio 3D | UltraStudio SDI | UltraStudio Pro | UltraStudio Express |
Record, preview & monitor SD, HD, 3D or 2K content. Thunderbolt-connected unit with device control, dual 3G-SDI and HDMI & analogue ports. | Record, preview & monitor SD and HD. USB-connected hardware with device control, HD-SDI capture and HDMI for preview and monitoring | Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. USB-connected hardware with device control, HD-SDI capture and HDMI and analogue ports. | Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. Thunderbolt-connected hardware with device control, HD-SDI capture and HDMI and analogue ports. |
Resident PCI cards with multiple input and output and resolution options.
DeckLink Studio | DeckLink Duo | DeckLink 4K | DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G |
Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. Affordable system with SDI, HDMI and analogue ports | Record, preview & monitor two channels of HD content. HD-SDI capture & playout. | Capture and play back SD, HD, 3D, 2K & 4K film. Includes audio monitoring. | Capture and play back two channels of SD, HD, 2K & 4K film. Supports 3D and 4:4:4 codecs. |
DeckLink Optical | DeckLink Quad |
Equipped with optical fibre & HD-SDI connections. | 4 Stream SDI/HD-SDI capture card for system developers. |
The Intensity series eliminates the constraints of in-camera AVCHD and HDV compression by using direct capture from the camera image sensor at full 1920 x 1080 resolution and at high bitrates. They handle uncompressed video, support professional codecs and feature high quality analogue capture.
Intensity Pro | Intensity Extreme | Intensity Shuttle |
Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. PCI card with HDMI and analogue ports. | Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. Thunderbolt-attached device with HDMI and analogue ports. | Record, preview & monitor digital and analogue SD and HD. USB 3.0-attached device with HDMI and analogue ports. |
Intensity Pro |
Intensity Extreme |
Intensity Shuttle |
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Host Connection | PCI Express | Thunderbolt | USB 3.0 |
Real-time playout software down conversion | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Up-conversion | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HDMI - In and Out | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HD/SD component | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Composite - In and Out | Yes | ||
S-Video - In and Out | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HDMI embedded autio - In and Out | 2 channels | 2 channels | 8 channels |
2 Channel RCA audio 24 bit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SPDIF Audio Output | 2 channel 24 bit | 2 channel 24 bit |
UltraStudio 3D |
UltraStudio SDI |
UltraStudio Pro |
UltraStudio Express |
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Host Connection | Thunderbolt | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | Thunderbolt |
Real-time playout down conversion | Yes - in hardware | Yes | Yes - in hardware | Yes |
Up-conversion on capture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HD-SDI - In and Out | 2 x HD in / SD or HD out | Yes | Yes 1 x SD/HD - in yes 1 x SD/HD - output 1 x SD - output only |
Yes |
HDMI - In and Out | Yes | Yes - out only | Yes | Yes |
HD/SD component | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Composite - In and Out | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
S-Video - In and Out | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
HDMI embedded audio - In and Out | Yes - 8 channels | Yes - 8 channels - out only | Yes - 8 channels | Yes - 2 channels |
Analogue audio - In and Out | 2 channels of professional balanced analogue audio via XLR connectors | 2 channels of unbalanced via RCA connectors | 2 Channels of analogue audio via professional balanced XLR connectors or unbalanced RCA connectors | |
AES/EBU - In and Out | 2 channels of unbalanced | 2 channels of unbalanced - output only via BNC connectors | 2 channels of unbalanced | |
RS-422 deck control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Real time effects | Media Composer 6 internal effects in DNxHD, XDCAM & uncompressed. Final Cut Pro internal effects in DV, DVCPRO HD, ProRes & uncompressed on Intel Mac OS X. Premiere Pro® Mercury Playback Engine effects in DV, MJPEG, DVCPRO HD, DSLR, AVCHD, XDCAM, XDCAM HD & uncompressed. | Media Composer 6 internal effects in DNxHD, XDCAM & uncompressed. Premiere Pro Mercury Playback Engine effects in DV, MJPEG, DVCPRO HD, DSLR, AVCHD, XDCAM, XDCAM HD & uncompressed. | Media Composer 6 internal effects in DNxHD, XDCAM & uncompressed. Premiere Pro Mercury Playback Engine effects in DV, MJPEG, DVCPRO HD, DSLR, AVCHD, XDCAM, XDCAM HD & uncompressed. | Apple Final Cut Pro™ internal effects. Adobe® Premiere Pro® Mercury Playback Engine effects. Avid Media Composer 6™ internal effects. |
DeckLink Studio |
DeckLink SDI / Duo |
DeckLink 4K |
DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G |
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Host Connection | PCI Express | PCI Express | PCI Express | PCI Express |
Real-time playout down conversion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Up-conversion on capture | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HD-SDI - In and Out | HD in / SD out | Yes; 2 with Duo version | 4 x 10/12 bit switchable | 2 - 12G |
HDMI - In and Out | Yes | Yes | ||
HD/SD component | Yes | Yes | ||
HDMI embedded audio - In and Out | Yes - 2 channels | Yes | ||
Analogue audio - In and Out | 2-4 channels switchable via 1/4" jack connectors | 2 channels of unbalanced via RCA connectors | Yes | |
AES/EBU - In and Out | 2-6 channels switchable | 2 channels unbalanced - output only via BNC connectors | Yes | |
RS-422 deck control | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DeckLink Optical Fiber |
DeckLink Quad |
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Host Connection | PCI Express | PCI Express |
Real-time playout down conversion | Yes | Yes |
Up-conversion on capture | Yes | Yes |
HD-SDI - In and Out | Yes + Optical Fiber Video I/O | 4 |
Optical Fiber Audio - In and Out | 8 channel embedded | |
RS-422 deck control | Yes |