Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd. is an

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company and hardware manufacturer based in

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. It designs and manufactures broadcast and cinema hardware, most notably high-end digital-movie cameras, and also develops

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, such as the

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and Blackmagic Fusion applications.

History

The company was founded in 2001 by Grant Petty and produced its first product, a

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for

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called DeckLink that was the first to offer uncompressed 10-bit video, in 2002. The company later released newer versions of the product and added color-correction capabilities, support for

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, and full support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft DirectShow. *In 2005 the company released several products, including the Multibridge family of

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bi-directional converters and the FrameLink family of

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-based software. *In 2006 the company released Blackmagic On-Air television production software. *In 2009 the company acquired the American based

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, best known for its color-correction and color-grading products. *In 2010 the company acquired the intellectual property of

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and the ATEM line of production video switchers. *At the 2012

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Blackmagic announced its first Cinema Camera. *In 2014 the company acquired eyeon Software Inc, known for the Blackmagic Fusion compositing software. *In 2014 the company acquired Cintel, the film scanning and preservation company, which has its roots as the Baird Television Company, founded by

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in 1927. *In September 2016 the company acquired Fairlight. *In 2018, Blackmagic became a participant in Netflix's all four categories for its Post Technology Alliance which includes both URSA cinema cameras and

. In the same year, Blackmagic Design also partnered with

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to create the Blackmagic eGPU which was sold exclusively through the

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for the first 6 months upon release. This was followed by the Blackmagic eGPU Pro which was also solely sold through the

Products

List of all products developed by the company. Decklink DSCF4439 (16425904428)

Digital Film Cameras *Micro Cinema Camera * Cinema Camera 2.5K & 4K *Pocket Cinema Camera 1080p, 4K, 6K (first and second generations), and 6K Pro * URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2, and 12K Live Production Cameras *Micro Studio Camera 4K *Studio Camera HD and 4K *Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Plus, and Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro *URSA Broadcast *URSA Broadcast G2 Editing, Color Correction and Audio Post Production *

and DaVinci Resolve Studio (Video Editing) * Blackmagic Fusion Studio (Visual Effects, VR, 3D and Broadcast Graphics) *Audio/Video Controller Consoles (Editor Keyboard, Speed Editor, Micro Panel, Mini Panel, Advanced Panel, Fairlight Console Channel Fader, Fairlight Console Channel Control, Fairlight Console LCD Monitor, Fairlight Console Audio Editor, Fairlight Desktop Audio Editor, Fairlight Desktop Console, Fairlight Audio Interface) *Cintel Film Scanner Live Production *Home Streaming: ATEM Mini, ATEM Mini Pro/ISO, ATEM Mini Extreme, ATEM Mini Extreme ISO *TV Studios: ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K, ATEM Camera Control Panel, ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel, ATEM 2 M/E Advanced Panel, ATEM 4 M/E Advanced Panel, ATEM Production Studio 4K, ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K, ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K, ATEM Constellation 8K *Recording and Storage: HyperDeck Studio 12G, HyperDeck Studio Pro, Duplicator 4K, MultiDock 10G, HyperDeck Extreme 8K HDR, Video Assist 7” 12G HDR Capture and Playback *UltraStudio HD Mini *UltraStudio 4K Mini *UltraStudio 4K Extreme 3 *DeckLink (PCIe cards): Mini Recorder, Mini Monitor, Mini Monitor 4K, Mini Recorder 4K, Duo 2 Mini, Duo 2, Quad 2, SDI 4K, Studio 4K, 4K Extreme 12G, 8K Pro, Quad HDMI Recorder Network Storage *Cloud Store: 20TB, 80TB, 320TB (Built to order) *Cloud Store Mini: 8TB *Cloud Pod Broadcast Converters *Micro Converter: BiDirectional SDI/HDMI 3G wPSU, HDMI to SDI 3G wPSU, SDI to HDMI 3G wPSU, BiDirectional SDI/HDMI 3G, HDMI to SDI 3G, SDI to HDMI 3G *Mini Converters: Audio to SDI, Optical Fiber 12G, SDI Multiplex 4K, Quad SDI to HDMI 4K, SDI Distribution 4K, SDI to Analog 4K, Audio to SDI 4K, SDI to Audio 4K, HDMI to SDI 6G, SDI to HDMI 6G *Teranex Mini: SDI Distribution 12G, SDI to HDMI 12G, Audio to SDI 12G, SDI to Analog 12G, SDI to HDMI 8K HDR, SDI to DisplayPort 8K HDR

References

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History

Products

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