Now a new generation of creators can add
digital film camera controls for shooting cinematic, feature film
quality to their Samsung and Google Pixel phones
Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Camera for Android,
which adds digital film features and controls to Samsung Galaxy and
Google Pixel phones. This greatly improves the results customers
can get so shots can be used for television and film production.
Based on the same operating system as Blackmagic Design’s award
winning digital film cameras, these professional features give
Android content creators the same tools used in feature films,
television and documentaries. Support for Blackmagic Cloud allows
creators to collaborate and share media with multiple editors and
colorists around the world instantly. Blackmagic Camera is now
available from Google Play, free of charge.
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Blackmagic Camera for Android adds
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Blackmagic Camera unlocks the power of the phone by adding
digital film camera controls and operating systems. Now customers
can create the same cinematic ‘look’ as Hollywood feature films.
Customers get the same intuitive and user friendly interface as
Blackmagic Design’s award winning cameras. So it’s just like using
a professional digital film camera. This means customers can adjust
settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO
all in a single tap. Or record directly to Blackmagic Cloud in
industry standard files up to 8K. Recording to Blackmagic Cloud
Storage lets customers collaborate on DaVinci Resolve projects with
editors anywhere in the world, all at the same time.
Blackmagic Camera has all the controls customers need to quickly
setup and start shooting. Everything is interactive, so customers
can tap any item and instantly change settings without searching
through confusing menus. The heads up display, or HUD, shows status
and record parameters, histogram, focus peaking, levels, frame
guides and more. Show or hide the HUD by swiping up or down. Auto
focus by tapping the screen in the area customers want to focus.
Customers can shoot in 16:9 or vertical aspect ratios, plus
customers can shoot 16:9 while holding the phone vertically if they
want to shoot unobtrusively. There are also tabs for media
management including uploading to Blackmagic Cloud, chat and access
to advanced menus.
The heads up display, or HUD, has the most important camera
controls such as lens selection, frame rate, shutter angle,
timecode, ISO, white balance, tint, histogram and audio levels.
Customers can adjust settings such as exposure by touching the ISO
indicator, or customers can change the audio levels simply by
touching the audio meters. Everything is interactive, so if
customers tap any item they can instantaneously change its settings
without having to search through complex menus. Customers can clear
the heads up display to reveal the full screen image by swiping up
or down with their finger.
The settings tab unlocks the full power of the phone’s camera,
with quick access to advanced settings such as monitoring, audio,
camera setup, recording and more. The record tab allows control
over video resolution and recording format including space
efficient H.264 and H.265. Professional audio options include VU or
PPM audio meters. Blackmagic Camera also includes professional
monitoring tools such as zebra settings for checking exposure,
focus assist, frame guides and more.
Blackmagic Camera features a built in chat workspace so
Blackmagic Cloud project members can talk about shots and quickly
share creative ideas, all without leaving the app. Simply log in to
Blackmagic Cloud and select the project customers are working on
and start typing a message. Customers can quickly message editors,
assistants, colorists or VFX artists to talk about shot selection
or to receive an update on the project. Everyone on that project
can see their message and reply instantly. All this means customers
can keep in touch with other project members without leaving the
app and missing a critical shot.
The Blackmagic Camera media tab has all the controls needed to
browse or scrub clips for quick review, search and sort and view
the upload status of their media. Customers can also link to their
DCIM folder and select clips to upload to the Blackmagic Cloud.
Simply access their media from Blackmagic Camera’s all clips folder
by choosing the Media button to see the thumbnails for each clip
customers have stored. Customers can save their media to the my
files folder on the phone, send it to Blackmagic Cloud Storage via
Blackmagic Cloud or manually choose which clips to upload to a
project library. Customers can even sync media from Blackmagic
Camera directly into a DaVinci Resolve project so users are ready
to edit and color grade.
Media management on Blackmagic Camera is easy, with three
options depending on location and mobile data coverage. Customers
can record to their phone and transfer clips to a computer. This
allows customers to free up valuable storage space on their phone
and share their files later to other users globally. Or customers
can log into Blackmagic Cloud and select a DaVinci Resolve project
before recording. After each individual recording the media will
automatically upload and sync to all members of that project.
Blackmagic Camera also has a manual option where customers can
record their footage to their phone and then select which clips
they want to upload via Blackmagic Cloud when they have a network
connection.
Creating their Blackmagic ID allows customers to have access to
Blackmagic Cloud. It’s easy and there’s no charge. Simply tap on
Blackmagic Cloud in the media tab to go to the Blackmagic Cloud
website to register. Once customers have created their Blackmagic
ID they can log in and set up their project library. This is where
projects to upload to Cloud Storage are created. With a project
library set up, select for Blackmagic Camera to sync directly to
Cloud Storage from the app. Invite others using their Blackmagic ID
to share the project and instantly collaborate with editors and
colorists globally, working on the same project.
When shooting with Blackmagic Camera, the video customers
capture can be instantly uploaded as a proxy file, followed by the
camera originals, and saved to Blackmagic Cloud Storage. These will
then automatically sync to all members of the project anywhere in
the world. This means customers can start editing quickly using
their proxies, speeding up their workflow. Media can be constantly
added to the project by multiple cameras in different locations
which is automatically synced to other project members via
Blackmagic Cloud. Everyone can use the proxy media and the colorist
or finisher can download the original high res camera originals and
render. It’s a fast, seamless and automatic way to collaborate.
“The Blackmagic Camera app for iPhone has been incredibly
popular since it was launched last year,” said Grant Petty,
Blackmagic Design CEO. “We are excited to be able to give customers
with Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel phones the same controls for
shooting digital film as our professional cameras. Plus, the
Blackmagic Cloud workflow lets customers record to Blackmagic Cloud
Storage and automatically sync with DaVinci Resolve. It’s really
exciting to be able to give even more customers the ability to get
their footage to the newsroom or post production studios in
literally seconds.”
Blackmagic Camera for Android Features
- Works with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.
- Shoot in 16:9 or vertical aspect ratios.
- Stealth mode for shooting 16:9 while holding phone
vertically.
- Capture in H.264 and H.265 with auto proxy generation.
- Frame rate, shutter speed, exposure, white balance, tint and
color space camera controls.
- Focus assist, zebra, frame guides, histogram.
- Time of day or run time, timecode recording.
- VU or PPM audio meters.
- Thumbnail view of all recorded clips in media tab.
- Preview clips with scrubber, duration, timecode and file name
display.
- Fully integrated with Blackmagic Cloud and DaVinci
Resolve.
- Record to phone, select recorded clips to share via Blackmagic
Cloud or sync automatically.
Availability and Price
Blackmagic Camera for Android is available now as a free
download from Google Play.
Press Photography
Product photos of the Blackmagic Camera for Android, as well as
all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at
www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/images.
About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video
editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video
converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers,
disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for
the feature film, post production and television broadcast
industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a
revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while
the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products
have dominated the television and film industry since 1984.
Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including
6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD
workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and
engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan,
Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to
www.blackmagicdesign.com.
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