Blackmagic Design Announces On-Air 2.0 -- Real Time HD Live Event Video Mixing Using Affordable Consumer Video Cameras.AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Design is a video production equipment company that makes the DeckLink, the Intensity and Intensity Pro, and the MultiBridge Eclipse and Pro break-out boxes and video capture cards. Inc. today announced On-Air 2.0, the newest version of our popular real time video mixer mixer, either of two electronic devices in which two or more signals are combined. In the type of mixer used in radio receivers, radar receivers, and similar systems, a signal is translated upward or downward in frequency. that supports multiple capture cards for multi camera mixing. On-Air 2.0 includes a new "auto-sync" feature that eliminates the need for expensive genlockable video cameras. On-Air can be seen on Blackmagic Design's IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2006 stand located at #7.526. On-Air has become popular with users who require instant results. On-Air 2.0 allows a much faster workflow because your edit is completed the moment the event is finished, because it's all mixed live. That's absolutely critical when content needs to be instantly available after the performance. With On-Air 2.0, Blackmagic Design has made real time mixing dramatically more affordable for everyone. "Blackmagic Design has been dedicated to making uncompressed HD video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. affordable for the last 10 years, and this has created a new ecosystem of products that have totally revolutionized the video editing industry. However, I feel we can go much further," said Grant Petty, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Blackmagic Design Inc. "On-Air is the product that allows live production to benefit from the same advantages we have enjoyed in video editing." On-Air 2.0 supports Blackmagic Design's new Intensity HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) A digital interface for audio and video signals designed as a single-cable solution for home theater and consumer electronics equipment. capture card: On-Air 2.0 supports the new Intensity HDMI capture board announced by Blackmagic Design at IBC 2006. With two Intensity boards plugged into the computer, an HDMI video camera can be connected to each of Intensity's HDMI inputs. On-Air 2.0 will automatically recognize the video inputs, and then the live production can begin. By using two low cost video capture cards See video capture board. , customers get a much lower cost live mixing solution, as each Intensity board retails for only US$249. This adds up to a sub $500 solution that's completely uncompressed, and full 1920 x 1080 HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates resolution. Work with genlock-free low cost cameras: Unlike normal live video switchers, On-Air 2.0 eliminates the need to use cameras that have genlock connections. Genlock is normally required, so cameras can be synced to a vision mixer A vision mixer (also called video switcher, video mixer or production switcher) is a device used to select between several different video sources and in some cases composite (mix) video sources together and add special effects. for live mixing. However On-Air 2.0 features auto-sync technology that automatically synchronizes the video cameras without the need for genlock. This means any camera can be connected to a computer running On-Air 2.0 and mixed in real time. This allows much lower cost cameras such as consumer HDV (High Definition Video) The high-definition, wide screen version of the DV magnetic tape format. Like DV, HDV recording moves at a constant data rate and stores data on the same DV and MiniDV tapes as SD camcorders. cameras to be used, dramatically lowering overall costs. Now all videographers and those who specialize in education, corporate production, wedding video, religious events can benefit from real time live mixing with multiple cameras -- all in HD and with uncompressed quality if required. On-Air 2.0 is a fully self contained software application with the following powerful features: --Supports 2 video cameras for live event mixing --Supports graphics for live keying of graphics over live video --Displays live video of camera input views --Displays program view of recorded video --Captures uncompressed and compressed SD and HD video to disk --Displays "tally" red boarders around camera views when cameras are "on-air" --Displays red board on program windows when recording to disk --All camera and program views are in a single window that fits a 20-inch display --Compatible with any Core Audio audio input device for sound recording --On-Air 2.0 is free for all Blackmagic Design customers who use Intensity "Following the success of On-Air since its launched at NAB 2006, we are now following up with this exciting enhancement that allows two low cost capture cards to be used with low cost cameras, that don't even need to have a genlock feature. When used with our new Intensity board you get a real time digital HD live production studio for less than $500 to use with two consumer HDV cameras with HDMI. This is one of our proudest moments," continued Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design Inc. Availability and Price On-Air 2.0 will be included free with every Blackmagic Design Intensity board, and will be available when Intensity ships in mid October. Press Photography Photos of DeckLink Studio, and all other Blackmagic Design products are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/resources/images. Further information about Blackmagic Design may be found at www.blackmagic-design.com. About Blackmagic Design Inc. Blackmagic Design Inc. manufactures the world's highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries. The Multibridge and DeckLink family of leading quality video products have changed the post-production industry and made HDTV more affordable for everyone. Blackmagic Design was founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry. This industry knowledge and experience is constantly fed back into our products allowing us to introduce the most amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , creative tools for the industry. Blackmagic Design Inc. corporate headquarters are in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. 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