Blackmagic Media Express Included!

Blackmagic Media Express is free software that comes with every DeckLink card. Media Express lets you batch capture and playback 2D or even dual stream stereoscopic 3D in uncompressed YUV and RGB QuickTime, AVI and DPX, or compressed ProRes, DVCPRO and MJPEG files. You can create your own playlist, organize clip bins and add additional metadata. Media Express is perfect for software applications that don't support direct capture and playback with tape decks from within the software itself. Media Express supports XML and CMX EDL import and export, plus frame accurate deck control via RS-422. Media Express is a complete solution for capture and playback!

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Playlist in Playback Mode

You can load in a huge number of clips for review. Use DPX, MJPEG, uncompressed YUV and RGB, ProRes, DVCPRO HD all in the same playlist.
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Realtime Preview

Preview your clips with full frame rate for accurate review.
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Audio Metering

With Media Express you can select any of the 16 audio channels. Simply click on the audio you want to hear.
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Capture, Play or Master

Capture on the fly. Play back single or multiple clips. Master to tape via insert or assemble editing.
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Dynamic Playlist Search

Organizing your playlist has never been easier with Media Express' dynamic playlist search. Even if you have 1,000 clips, you'll always find the right clip.
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Clip Information

Now you can see all the important detail information of your clip, including frame size, frame rate, color space, format and codec.
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Easy Grab Frame Tool

Media Express makes grabbing frames of your video easy. When the frame you want is displayed in the preview window, just hit Grab Frame.

No other editing solution works with more software!

DeckLink cards work with the software you love to use! Use DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ software, or the World's most popular editing software such as Media Composer 6™, Final Cut Pro™ and Premiere Pro™. You also get Photoshop™ plug-ins to grab and output frames, plus real time preview in After Effects™ and Nuke™. No other cards support more software on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, so you have the freedom to work with your favorite tools!

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Final Cut Pro™

Edit in Final Cut Pro™ while using the highest quality 10 bit HD-SDI video connection to HD decks including, HDCAM™ SR, HDCAM™, HD-D5™ and DVCPRO HD™, as well as SD decks such as Digital Betacam™. DeckLink support for Final Cut Pro™ allows you to batch capture from decks and play back the timeline with RT Extreme™ real time effects, all with absolute sample accurate AV sync. DeckLink cards support more advanced Final Cut Pro™ features such as 10 bit rendering, RT Extreme™, 16 channel audio, deck control, support for ProRes, JPEG, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, 8 & 10 bit uncompressed video and more. DeckLink cards are qualified by Apple™ for Final Cut Pro™ compatibility.

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Avid Media Composer 6™

Avid Media Composer has been the choice of professional editors for over 20 years. The Avid Media Composer 6 family of software, including Avid Symphony and Avid NewsCutter, provides fully integrated support for DeckLink cards. Capture and playback in full 10 bit uncompressed 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 quality, or directly in Avid DNxHD or other popular compressed video formats. Media Composer 6 has fast and familiar operation and it’s new 64 bit architecture plays back complex layered effects in real time. DeckLink lets you capture, edit, monitor and playback with Media Composer 6, making it the perfect choice for professionals who need the best Avid workflow on Mac OS X and Windows 7.

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Adobe Premiere Pro™

DeckLink is the highest quality editing solution for Adobe Premiere Pro. Included are a full suite of Premiere Pro plug-ins with deck control and full support for 8 and 10 bit uncompressed AVI and QuickTime™ files, as well as Motion JPEG and DVCPRO HD which can all be played back on the same Premiere Pro timeline without rendering. QuickTime™ uncompressed files from Mac OS X™ systems can also be played back for cross-platform media sharing! You can even play back AVCHD, DSLR and XDCAM HD. DeckLink has full support for Premiere Pro's 8 channels of audio capture and playback via HD/SD-SDI, which is great for 5.1 surround sound editing.

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Adobe After Effects™

Adobe After Effects is one of the most popular tools for broadcast graphics and animation and DeckLink has special features that take full advantage of this great app! Because After Effects is fully QuickTime™ based, it works with all Blackmagic's media. You can also open and render Blackmagic's uncompressed 10 and 8 bit AVI and QuickTime™ files too. Files can be dropped into Final Cut Pro™ or Premiere Pro timelines without rendering, so you can move media between tools. DeckLink also provides full RAM preview playback, so you can always see what you're working on. There is no better solution for using After Effects for high end work than DeckLink cards!

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Adobe Photoshop™

DeckLink includes special Photoshop plug-ins, so you can directly capture and output still frames from within the Photoshop. If you're working with 10 bit HD/SD-SDI, you can even import and export 16 bit Photoshop™ images for full quality. Use DeckLink's 'keying to export' and key standard definition graphics from the video input using Photoshop alpha channels. Outputting Photoshop graphics from DeckLink lets you see the correct color and the effects of video interlace and field movement. DeckLink uses 'unity gain on,' so you can't get illegal 100% RGB video levels eliminating, surprises when graphics are output to tape!

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Avid Pro Tools™

Pro Tools is the world's most popular audio post production tool and now all DeckLink cards support playback of the Pro Tools reference movies out to the video outputs all in real time! When doing audio post production for video masters, it's incredibly easy to accidentally remove parts of audio while mixing and editing, and cause lip sync misalignments between the video and audio tracks. Eliminate this problem by adding a DeckLink card to your ProTools system and playing video and audio together while mixing!

Blackmagic Utilities Included!

DeckLink cards also includes Blackmagic LiveKey and Blackmagic Disk Speed Test™. LiveKey lets you insert logos and other graphics in real time using SDI outputs. Disk Speed Test checks your disk array and gives you an easy to understand speed test with the results in video frames per second!

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SD Alpha Keying with LiveKey

DeckLink cards can be switched into a standard definition keyer card so you can live insert logos and other graphics in real time using the SDI outputs to an external mixer. The included LiveKey application allows you to turn on and control keying, and can also be used to output still images with alpha channels to key. LiveKey allows custom setting of key blending levels for live up and down fading of graphics. If you want to add a periodic overlay of a graphic, such as "not for copying or distribution" labels on dubs, then LiveKey has an automatic mode where graphics can be programmed to cycle up and down.

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Disk Speed Test

Configuring a high speed disk array for high speed uncompressed high definition video is getting easier. Even SATA disks can be connected together for low cost arrays with amazing speed and capacity. Use Disk Speed Test (included free) to get a great real world indication of your disk array performance. Reported in a simple frames per second count, Disk Speed Test uses long sustained block transfers just like capturing and playing video, so it's more accurate than generic disk test utilities.