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Accurate AV Sync

Editing systems based on Final Cut Pro™ or Premiere Pro are built for professionals. Editors demand frame accurate capture for perfect AV sync, and with Intensity you get the benefits of fully digital video and audio direct to disk, for accuracy, and quality!

Portable Production

If you have a show such as a music event in a small venue, you know how hard it can be to pack your equipment after the show. Blackmagic On-Air includes all recording and monitoring in one so you only need a single computer, 20 inch display, cameras and two Intensity boards.

NTSC, PAL 720HD and 1080HD

Intensity has been designed to instantly switch between NTSC (USA and Japan) and PAL ( Europe and Asia), as well as 720HD and 1080HD video standards. With a simple change of your settings you can have NTSC, PAL and HD media files on the same disk.

Intensity Pro

Introducing HD Editing with HDMI

Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from HDV cameras.

Features

True HDMI Digital Connections

Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing the HDV compression chip for high quality video captured direct from the image sensor. As edit software can't play back to HDV cameras for monitoring, Intensity is ideal to use for monitoring uncompressed HD or HDV, and even DV edits on the latest big screen televisions and video projectors by connecting to the built-in HDMI out.

Go Beyond HDV Video Quality

HDV video compression suffers from not being full 1920 HD resolution, and the extra processing required makes editing difficult. With Intensity, you can now capture and play back full resolution HDTV uncompressed video for true broadcast and feature film quality editing. Totally eliminate HDV & DV compression quality problems, and render much cleaner graphics while retaining deeper color and image detail. If you need lower data rate editing, you can also select from a range of professional compressed video capture modes. Intensity includes the same Blackmagic Design video technology used on Hollywood feature films, so quality won’t limit your creativity.

Windows™ and Mac OS X™ Compatible

Plug into Windows™ or Mac OS X™ computers with the same card, and use your favorite software, including Final Cut Pro™, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Fusion™ and many more. Intensity is fully DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ compatible, which adds HDMI capture and playback ability to your computer. DirectShow and QuickTime™ allows Intensity to work with a wide range of software for editing, design and paint, through to the exciting video utility software that allows custom desktop based video solutions. Blackmagic Media Express is also included for easy capture and playback of real time HD and SD video.

HDMI Quality

Unlike analog connections, HDMI is the new digital standard appearing in the latest cameras, televisions and video projectors. HDMI is fully digital and has no video compression, so it doesn't suffer from any image degradation. Unlike DV and HDV FireWire based video standards, HDMI allows deeper bit depths and full color resolution, eliminating banding and contouring problems in high quality video. HDMI is found on the latest HD cameras such as the Sony HDR-HC3 or Panasonic HDC-SD1.

Mature Software Tools

Although Intensity is a new revolution in the industry, Intensity's software tools are mature and used by tens of thousands of professional creative users every day. Applications such as Photoshop have been available for well over a decade and are used by publishing and web designers.

Image Sequences

Premiere Pro® and Intensity on Windows™ allow TARGA and BMP image sequences to be dropped onto the timeline for playback without rendering. That’s great when you're network rendering, or using renders from software that doesn't support QuickTime™ or DirectShow™ formats.

Professional Video Standards

Instantly switch between HD and SD video standards including HDTV 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, NTSC and PAL. Intensity allows capture in professional file formats which are fully compatible with Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink and Multibridge capture cards, so you can deliver finished television programs, music videos and other work at broadcast standards.

Software

Intensity works with a huge range of software to let you choose the tools you already know how to use, so you don’t need to waste time learning custom software when you want better video quality.

Editing with Adobe® Premiere Pro®

Intensity is the highest quality editing solution for Adobe Premiere Pro, and because it's fully compatible, you get a compete solution with nothing extra to buy. Play out through the HDMI video output using 8 and 10 bit uncompressed AVI and QuickTime™ files, HDV, Motion JPEG and DV files, as well as 32 bit TARGA and BMP image sequences, which can all be played back on the same Premiere Pro timeline without rendering.

Blackmagic Design’s software drivers are certified by Adobe for Premiere Pro compatibility and we work closely with Adobe to include exciting features such as Real-Time Effects effects, and full integration with After Effects and Photoshop. This assures a fully professional solution.

Online JPEG for Adobe Premiere Pro

On Windows, Blackmagic's full resolution (1920 x 1080) professional quality compressed HD codec can capture JPEG AVI files in real time using Premiere Pro. Unlike HDV and DVCPRO HD which uses reduced resolution 1440 x 1080 video, Blackmagic's Online JPEG maintains the full resolution 1920 x 1080 resolution of HD video without the huge file size of uncompressed HD video. Blackmagic's Online JPEG is so efficient that full motion 1080i HD video can be recorded at only 12 MB per second vs. a massive 119 MB per second for uncompressed HD video.

Blackmagic's compressed files are so compact, that 1080 HD video can be captured to a single internal hard disk or easily transported on a portable Firewire drive! Online JPEG is compatible with Premiere Pro and After Effects® and can even be used by editors without Blackmagic capture cards making it one of the most versatile compressed codecs available.

Highest Quality Analog Connections (Intensity Pro)

The included break-out cable connects Intensity Pro to all types of analog video and audio equipment. This gives you full compatibility with analog component, NTSC, PAL, S-Video and analog audio.

Integrate PSD, EPS, PDF, and 3D

Unlike other systems, Intensity compatible software can directly import Photoshop®, EPS, PDF and 3D files.That's a huge time saver and by importing files such as EPS and PDF as used in publishing, you can work with content from advertising agencies ensuring client logos are presented to strict client corporate standards. With Intensity you can integrate your workflow with your clients and reuse print based materials for video use.

Editing with Apple Final Cut Pro™

Edit in Final Cut Pro™, while using the highest quality uncompressed video, or choose DVCPRO HD and ProRes 422, which are higher quality and faster than native HDV. You can even use Intensity just for monitoring to HDMI televisions from HDV Final Cut Pro timelines! When playing back video, you get full RT Extreme™ real time effects, all with sample accurate AV sync. Intensity supports many of the advanced Final Cut Pro™ features such as 10 bit rendering, RT Extreme™, and support for ProRes 422, HDV, JPEG, DV, DV50, DV100, 8 & 10 bit uncompressed media types.

Blackmagic Design works closely with Apple™ on developing our QuickTime™ drivers, so you know you're getting the best combination for high end editing.

Design and Effects

Intensity even allows high end design and effects work, great for the special effects you've always wanted in Independent Films, use After Effects, Shake™, Motion™, Combustion™, Photoshop® and more. Intensity also includes an RGB QuickTime™ preview output for After Effects and Combustion™. And, you can always preview on the video-out interactively as you design and then play pre-renders using real time ram preview. When rendering your project, processing quality using the Blackmagic codec is full 16 bit, so you always get the advantage of uncompressed video.

Paint and Graphics

Unlike HDV where your graphics are scaled down to 1440 instead of true 1920 with the HDTV television standard, Intensity allows for broadcast quality full resolution graphics to be included in your edit. Graphics always retain the full 1920 x 1080 resolution of the HDTV television standard, and this is where Intensity's higher quality can be seen. Photoshop has become the tool of choice for broadcast designers worldwide because of its industry standard interface and powerful tool set. Intensity includes Photoshop plug-ins so you can capture still frames from the video input, and output graphics to the video-output with a simple menu click.

Live Streaming

Always get a clean uncompressed video source for your streaming files. Uncompressed source video also means you don’t waste CPU time de-compressing video on capture, so all the computer's CPU is free for compressing to streaming standards. You get faster rendering of your streaming files and more real time support. Intensity is compatible with all streaming software on Mac OS X™ and Windows™.

DVD Authoring

DVDs from uncompressed media are much higher quality, and as all media files used on Intensity are QuickTime™ or AVI, you get full compatibility with DVD authoring software. Use DVD Studio Pro™ or even iDVD™ on Mac OS X™ or Encore DVD® on Windows™ for powerful DVD creation.

True 64 Bit PCI Express

Break the 2GB memory limit and add as much RAM to your system as you need, so your favorite video software renders faster and takes advantage of the latest high speed computers. Blackmagic Design features true 64 bit PCI Express so you're getting the latest technology.

If you're looking for incredible HDMI and analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video capture and playback, then the new Intensity Pro card is perfect.

Add broadcast quality to your editing system and move to a new world of video editing where your images always stay perfect at full resolution HDTV.