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Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd is an Australian
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company and manufacturer based in
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, Victoria, Australia. It designs and produces broadcast and cinema-grade hardware; notably, high-end
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s, and also develops
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, such as the
DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Australian company Blackmagic Design. It was originally deve ...
and
Blackmagic Fusion Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to cr ...
applications.


History

The company was founded in 2001 by Grant Petty and produced its first product, a capture card for
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called DeckLink that was the first to offer
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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
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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 DPX-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 Echolab and the ATEM line of production video switchers. *At the 2012
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Blackmagic Design announced its first Cinema Camera. *In 2014 the company acquired eyeon Software Inc, known for the
Blackmagic Fusion Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to cr ...
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 Design became a participant in Netflix's all four categories for its Post Technology Alliance which includes both URSA cinema cameras and
DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Australian company Blackmagic Design. It was originally deve ...
. 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
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. *In 2023, Blackmagic Design released the Blackmagic Camera app for iPhone. It allows users to record video in Apple ProRes or H.264/H.265 clips to local storage on the phone or straight to DaVinci Resolve using Blackmagic Cloud. Later updates added support for selected Android phones, external monitors, timecode sync, wireless follow focus integration, and more.


Products

List of all products developed by the company. Editing, Color Correction and Audio Post Production *
DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Australian company Blackmagic Design. It was originally deve ...
(free version) and DaVinci Resolve Studio (paid version) *
Blackmagic Fusion Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to cr ...
Studio (Visual Effects, VR, 3D and Broadcast Graphics) *Audio/Video Controller Consoles (Editor Keyboard, Speed Editor, DaVinci Resolve Replay Editor, Micro Panel, Mini Panel, DaVinci Resolve Micro Color 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 (Generations 1-3) Live Production *Home Streaming: ATEM Mini, ATEM Mini Pro/ISO, ATEM Mini Extreme, ATEM Mini Extreme ISO (The ATEM Mini series has both
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and SDI variants) * Production Switchers: ATEM 1,2 & 4 M/E Constellation HD, ATEM 1,2 & 4 M/E Constellation 4K, ATEM Constellation 8K, ATEM 1,2 & 4 M/E Production Studio 4K, ATEM Television Studio HD8 & HD8 ISO *Switcher & Camera Controllers: ATEM Camera Control Panel, ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel, ATEM 2 M/E Advanced Panel, ATEM 4 M/E Advanced Panel * Chroma Keyers: Ultimatte 12 HD Mini, Ultimatte 12 HD, Ultimatte 12 4K, Ultimatte 12 8K *Recording and Storage: HyperDeck Studio HD Mini, HyperDeck Studio HD Plus, HyperDeck Studio HD Plus, HyperDeck Studio 4K Pro, HyperDeck Extreme 8K HDR, HyperDeck Extreme 4K HDR, HyperDeck Extreme Control, HyperDeck Shuttle HD, Duplicator 4K, MultiDock 10G, Video Assist 7” 12G HDR, Video Assist 5” 12G HDR Capture and Playback *UltraStudio 3G *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: 20 TB, 80 TB, 320 TB (Built to order) *Cloud Store Mini: 8 TB, 16 TB *Cloud Store Max: 24 TB, 48 TB *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 * 2110 IP Converters Routing and Distribution *Videohub 10x10 12G *Videohub 20x20 12G *Videohub 40x40 12G *Videohub 80x80 12G


See also

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DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Australian company Blackmagic Design. It was originally deve ...
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Digital cinema Digital cinema is the digital technology used within the film industry to distribute or project motion pictures as opposed to the historical use of reels of motion picture film, such as 35 mm film. Whereas film reels have to be shipped to mo ...
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History of film technology The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film medium came about in the 19th century, there already was a centuries old tradition of screening ...
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References


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