USER REVI EW | BLACKMAG I C DES IGN RAW PART 2
no additional hardware on most computers – I tried a MacBook Pro and an iMac, both from 2015, and had no problems with the Blackmagic Player. Similarly, Resolve would play Q0 and 3:1 clips perfectly in the Media page, but I had some playback problems in the Edit and Color pages. Bizarrely, I managed to play back six streams of BRAW at full frame rate under MacOS High Sierra, but after upgrading to Mojave, Resolve only managed around 19fps with a single stream. I’m sure it’s just a bug that will get ironed out. Once the bug is squashed (or you stick to High Sierra) this is a headline point – you can edit with multiple streams of Blackmagic Raw on a reasonably old iMac. Editing Ultra HD with Raw files – pretty impressive. SHARED STORAGE Of course, even 8:1 compression is about 40 MB/s, so if you are using shared storage over gigabit ethernet you aren’t going to be able to do more than a couple of clips at a time, but it’s still impressive. Alternatively, if you decide that you want to render the files to a more universal codec then conversion is very fast. I whacked a 3D LUT onto a bunch of UHD BRAW clips and converted to full resolution ProRes 422 HQ at about 33fps. Down-rezzing to 1080p ProRes Proxy ran at over 40fps.
I hope that Adobe, Apple, Avid and the rest implement support for BRAW, because what this gives users is a Raw codec that you can edit with on a laptop. The support for sidecar files means that Raw settings can be automatically communicated across software packages, irrespective of the manufacturer. With BRAW it is possible (though perhaps not advisable) to capture Raw images and have a zero conform post production workflow, where you use the same, full resolution Raw files from capture to conversion for delivery.
ABOVE On the camera, using BRAW is very easy – there’s a new section for it on the codec and quality part of the Record menu. “YOU CAN EDIT WITH MULTIPLE STREAMS OF BLACKMAGIC RAW ON A REASONABLY OLD IMAC”
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