Πριν πολλά χρόνια ασχολιόμουν συχνά με αυτό το θέμα. Τότε βάζαμε συγκριτικά τεστ με χρόνους στο Photoshop και το After Effects. Τα Mac ήταν πολύ πιο αργά αλλά τα θύματα της εταιρείας νόμιζαν ότι ήταν πιο γρήγορα. Ε, εγκατέλειψε τότε τους PowerPC, πήγε σε Intel κι όλα καλά. Αμ δε. Η Apple μόνο με το iPhone ασχολείται. Αν είστε επαγγελματίας της εικόνας και περιμένετε ακόμα αναβαθμίσεις, καλή σας τύχη. Θα μου πείτε βέβαια, “που είναι τώρα τα στοιχεία;” Πάρ’τε λοιπόν φρέσκο πράγμα.
Η Blackmagic Design είναι μια εταιρεία ΦΟΥΛ mac. Ο ιδρυτής της ερωτευμένος με την Apple εξ αρχής. Κι όμως λέει ότι αυτό το απαιτητικό πράγμα (μοντάζ σε ανάλυση 8K) και ότι άλλο θέλετε σε real time γίνονται ΜΟΝΟ σε Windows PC. Δεν είναι κάτι περίεργο. Μόνο σε PC έχετε τους πιο γρήγορους SSD, τις καλύτερες κάρτες γραφικών και γενικά ότι πιο γρήγορο. Σε Mac είναι τα ψώνια που νοιάζονται να πληρώνουν διπλά λεφτά μόνο για τη μόστρα ή/και δεν έχουν ουσιαστικές απαιτήσεις.
Αναλυτικά τα κείμενα για όσους ενδιαφέρονται να διαβάσουν.
It feels like only yesterday that the world was being convinced that 4K is the future. Now, at a rapid pace, we’re already being pushed toward 8K. I’m not complaining. The higher resolution the cameras & capture devices get, the more options we get in post – even if the final content is being created for 1080p or 4K display.
Sharp recently announced its new 8K broadcast camera a few days ago, and now Blackmagic have come along with their new DeckLink 8K Pro. A capture card that’ll work with SD, HD, UHD, 4K and 8K 12Bit RGB 4:4:4 signals. It can also handle 64 audio channels and stereoscopic 3D. And it does it in real time.
Announced at InterBEE in Tokyo, you can’t just slap this card into any old computer. You need a fairly hefty PC to be able to handle it. Yes, that’s right a PC. Macs just don’t have the power, apparently, according to the video above. Although, I would imagine that if you’re on a 1080p or 4K timeline, the system hardware requirements won’t be quite so high.
The card supports both capture and playback or 8 or 10Bit YUV 4:2:2 as well as 10 or 12Bit RGB 44:4. It can be captured uncompressed or to standard editing codecs such as ProRes or Avid DNx. It also supports frame rates of up to 60fps at 8K and stereoscopic 3D for all modes up to 4K DCI at 60 frames per second at 12Bit. Essentially, this card is pretty much everything you could ever need for capturing footage straight from camera to computer.
Not surprisingly, the card is built to work seamlessly with the upcoming 14.2 version of DaVinci Resolve, also made by Blackmagic. But it will also work with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, Media Composer, Nuke and more. A free SDK will also be available allowing customers to build their own specialist capture solutions (which isn’t uncommon in higher end organisations).
General opinion seems to be that 8K is a long way off, but it’s actually coming much faster than people think, and the industry is gearing up (literally) for it. Case in point: meet the new Blackmagic DeckLink 8K Pro capture card that ‘breaks new ground in high quality’ by supporting formats ranging from SD, to HD, Ultra HD, 4K, 8K and 8K DCI.
Oh, and it can also handle 64 channels of audio, stereoscopic 3D, and high frame rates… you know… just cause.
The card can do all of this because it’s the world’s first to feature quad link 12G‑SDI bi-directional connections that Blackmagic says “can be used to either capture
or playback quad link 8K, or for the simultaneous capture and playback of single or dual link SDI sources.” And as far as colors go, the DeckLink 8K Pro can work in 12‑bit RGB 4:4:4 as well as Rec. 2020, which is, “a massive color space designed for high dynamic range Ultra HD and digital cinema work in 4K and 8K.”
All of this from this little powerhouse of a card:
| Photo: Blackmagic |
Of course, the bit Blackmagic won’t tell you is that you’ll need a monstrous computer to make any of this work… and an 8K monitor to boot. But if you were paying attention at the beginning of this article you’d already know: 8K is coming and it’s coming fast. Professional videographers and video editors may want to start preparing for it now.
And if that prep involves buying this monster of a card, you should know that the DeckLink 8K Pro will be available starting in early January for $645 USD. For more information, check out the full release below or visit Blackmagic’s website for a breakdown of all their DeckLink products.