Tag Archives: Blackmagic

BlackMagic Design denies rumors – or do they?

Posted on 2012/02/26 by Bart Walczak

Peter Chamberlain from BlackMagic Design did deny any rumors (guess which ones?) that they are working on the cheaper control surface, believing that the segment is well saturated by other manufacturers. This is of course based on an assumption that … Continue reading →

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Democratization of Color Grading – what’s the next move?

Posted on 2011/11/16 by Bart Walczak

Yesterday BlackMagic released an upgrade to its free version of the industry standard grading tool, daVinci Resolve. The biggest and most influential change was surely removing the limit of 2 nodes that was present in previous Lite version. This bold … Continue reading →

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When PCIe x1 does not equal PCIe x1

Posted on 2011/06/28 by Bart Walczak

Those few readers of my blog remember perhaps my rants on Blackmagic cards and instability in Premiere Pro on Mac. I guess do owe a little bit of apology to BMD, and to Adobe as well, but I did find … Continue reading →

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Blackmagic output revisited

Posted on 2011/04/19 by Bart Walczak

I’ve already written a few times about the problems with Blackmagic export to DV, and after even more exploration I must say, that it is even more broken, than I previously thought. It turns out that the DV footage is also … Continue reading →

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Premiere Pro and Blackmagic redux

Posted on 2011/03/30 by Bart Walczak

I’ve already written about problems with rolling credits in Blackmagic sequences. It turns out that this problem is also present on PCs, and applies to any titles, and effects or transitions that are applied to them. It would be a … Continue reading →

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Premiere CS5 backwardation and woes

Posted on 2011/03/29 by Bart Walczak

Like any software, CS5 has its share of problems that still have not been properly addressed by any patch available. I’ve already written about psd files with alpha channel – BTW, this effect for some reason carries through if you … Continue reading →

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Premiere Pro, titles, fields, gradients and exporting

Posted on 2011/03/27 by Bart Walczak

Regardless of how much I like Premiere Pro, there are still a few glitches that catch me from time to time. This is one of those, that I keep forgetting about, and rediscover then and again. The following most likely applies … Continue reading →

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