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Blackmagic Design

Australian digital cinema company and manufacturer based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd.

Company type	Private
Industry	Digital cinema Manufacturing
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Founder	Grant Petty
Headquarters	11 Gateway Court, Port Melbourne, Victoria, 3207 , Australia
Number of locations	9 offices (2024)[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Grant Petty (CEO)
Products	Digital movie cameras Digital cinematography Video editing software
Website	blackmagicdesign.com

Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd. is an Australian digital cinema company and hardware manufacturer based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It designs and manufactures broadcast and cinema hardware, most notably high-end digital-movie cameras, and also develops video editing software, such as the DaVinci Resolve and Blackmagic Fusion applications.

The company was founded in 2001 by Grant Petty^[2] and produced its first product, a capture card for macOS called DeckLink that was the first to offer uncompressed 10-bit video, in 2002.^[2][3] The company later released newer versions of the product^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} and added color-correction capabilities,^[10] support for Windows,^[11] and full support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft DirectShow.^[12]

• In 2005 the company released several products, including the Multibridge family of PCIe bi-directional converters and the FrameLink family of DPX-based software.^[13][14]
• In 2006 the company released Blackmagic On-Air television production software.^[15]
• In 2009 the company acquired the American based Da Vinci Systems, best known for its color-correction and color-grading products.^[16]
• In 2010 the company acquired the intellectual property of Echolab and the ATEM line of production video switchers.^[17]
• At the 2012 NAB Show Blackmagic announced its first Cinema Camera.^[18]
• In 2014 the company acquired eyeon Software Inc, known for the Blackmagic Fusion compositing software.^[19]
• In 2014 the company acquired Cintel, the film scanning and preservation company, which has its roots as the Baird Television Company, founded by John Logie Baird in 1927.^[20]
• In September 2016 the company acquired Fairlight.^[21]
• In 2018, Blackmagic became a participant in Netflix's all four categories for its Post Technology Alliance which includes both URSA cinema cameras and DaVinci Resolve.^[22] In the same year, Blackmagic Design also partnered with Apple to create the Blackmagic eGPU which was sold exclusively through the Apple Store for the first 6 months upon release.^[23] This was followed by the Blackmagic eGPU Pro which was also solely sold through the Apple Store.^[24]

List of all products developed by the company.^[25][26][27]

Editing, Color Correction and Audio Post Production

• DaVinci Resolve (free version) and DaVinci Resolve Studio (paid version)
• Blackmagic Fusion 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)^[28][29]

Live Production

• Home Streaming: ATEM Mini, ATEM Mini Pro/ISO, ATEM Mini Extreme, ATEM Mini Extreme ISO (The ATEM Mini series has both HDMI 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^[30]
• 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^[31]
• 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

• DaVinci Resolve
• Digital cinema
• History of film technology
• List of digital camera brands

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