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OperatiOn Manual

Intensity Pro

Windows

March 2009

Mac OS X

Summary of Contents for Intensity Pro

Page 1: ...Operation Manual Intensity Pro Windows March 2009 Mac OS X...

Page 2: ...ns 8 Blackmagic Design Applications 16 Supported File Formats 23 Troubleshooting 24 Connection Diagrams Typical Intensity Pro Setup 25 Intensity Pro Connections 26 Intensity Pro S Video Connections 27...

Page 3: ...ty video available to all of us so now your creative abilities can make you the world s best We are really excited about what you ll do with your new Intensity Pro The instruction manual you re readin...

Page 4: ...k to televisions and monitors in NTSC PAL analog component or HDMI Go beyond HDV video quality HDV video compression suffers from not being full 1920 HD resolution with the extra processing required m...

Page 5: ...PCI Express slot within the computer any slot will do Intensity Pro is a PCI Express 1 lane card and is compatible with 1 4 8 and 16 lane PCIe slots Remove the metal port access cover and it s screw f...

Page 6: ...ake sure that your applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro and QuickTime are installed before running the Intensity installer Intensity software 1 The CD supplied with your Intensity Pro contains the...

Page 7: ...led before running the Intensity installer If you want to use the included On Air software for live mixing you will need to install two Intensity cards as one is used for each of the two connected HDM...

Page 8: ...sed and you should also specify the number of audio channels to be captured Now click OK 4 Select your disk array as the Location for your media 5 Type the name of your project and click OK 6 TheNewSe...

Page 9: ...ngs can be configured through Edit Preferences Player Settings Playback As a quick test to make sure everything is connected correctly use the Premiere Pro test media bars and tone Copy to your disk a...

Page 10: ...tup ForeachTVformat NTSC PALandHDTV youwillfindarangeofcompressedanduncompressed file formats you can choose For example if you are working in NTSC format you could choose one of the following Easy Se...

Page 11: ...abled in the Audio Video Settings Device Control Presets of Final Cut Pro 6 0 Select a preset by clicking in the far left column so that a checkmark appears next to FireWire NTSC or FireWire PAL Click...

Page 12: ...ble to control the JVC BR HD50 deck via RS 422 and capture video and audio via your Intensity card While this deck also features FireWire it does not support HDV DV down conversion on its FireWire out...

Page 13: ...the Logging tab of the Log Capture window Control C To set handles on the clips go to and choose File Batch Capture Control C Enable the Add Handles box to capture additional frames handles before an...

Page 14: ...Blackmagic RGB output mode This lets you view your Adobe After Effects compositions in video colorspace on your broadcast monitor as you work This means you will always see the correct color and inte...

Page 15: ...he Video Input Format and the Image Bit Depth and select Capture Image Export an image from Photoshop 1 Select File Export Blackmagic Image Export 2 Select Video Output Format and then Output Image No...

Page 16: ...y more fun You re flying by the seat of your pants and you can t help but get emotionally connected to the event you re editing as it unfolds before you Mistakes aren t a problem as you can also recor...

Page 17: ...program monitoring via the single window interface To capture live video using Intensity Pro 1 Select Preferences Video Format Selecteither720por1080icompressedoruncompressed video and frame rate 2 Se...

Page 18: ...issolve and for 1080i 50 25 frames for a 1 second dissolve Easy A B mode video mixing Blackmagic On Air features two separate modes of mixing which you can select between based on your past experience...

Page 19: ...or create a logo with an alpha channel and save it in a format such as Photoshop TIF or Targa that supports an alpha channel The next page has some instructions on preparing graphics for video keying...

Page 20: ...ayer fill it with white and send to the back 3 Duplicate the logo layer 4 Select the bottom logo and apply the minimum filter This will expand the graphic slightly so it keys better 5 Select the layer...

Page 21: ...ing with uncompressed HD video the internal hard disk will not be fast enough You need a high speed disk array These can be purchased pre built or you can build your own using two hard disks for SD or...

Page 22: ...ok at the 8 bit YUV 4 2 2 video sections as Intensity Pro uses the 8 bit uncompressed video format Using the Apple Xserve RAID Disk Array When you re working with uncompressed HD video your internal h...

Page 23: ...4 16 1 Standard Definition JPEG Windows XP Frame Size MB per second MB per minute GB per hour 720x486 29 97fps NTSC 5 1 306 17 93 720x576 25fps PAL 4 8 288 16 88 High Definition DVCPro HD Mac OS X 128...

Page 24: ...2 Call your reseller Your reseller will have the latest technical updates from Blackmagic Design and should be able to give you immediate assistance We also recommend you check out the support options...

Page 25: ...ons and projectors to your computer for use with popular editing and design applications Intensity Pro captures video in real time directly from the HDMI output on HDV cameras and will playback direct...

Page 26: ...I or analog component outputs of HDV cameras Real time playback for client monitoring and editing using large screen HDTVs or HD projectors is easy using the HDMI and analog component outputs HDMI 4 2...

Page 27: ...Pro s high quality analog component RCA type connectors can be used for S video capture and playback using a simple S video to RCA adapter cable as shown below B Y Input Y Input S Video S Video Input...

Page 28: ...of composite video Simply connect consumer RCA cables to Intensity Pro s break out cable using the following configuration B Y Input Y Input R Y Input Input B Y Output Y Output R Y Output Output L Aud...

Page 29: ...TV with HDMI input Connect the HDMI cable from the video output on your Intensity Pro card into the HDMI video input on your HDTV for high definition monitoring AUDIO OUT DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL AUDIO VID...

Page 30: ...ity Pro When using a large screen HDTV with an HDMI input Intensity Pro can be used to client monitor in either NTSC PAL 4 3 and 16 9 or High Definition 1080i and 720p formats NTSC PAL NTSC PAL 4 3 16...

Page 31: ...lackmagic On Air Blackmagic On Air is a live video mixer that uses two Intensity cards This application can live edit between two HDV cameras recording directly to your local disk or external disk arr...

Page 32: ...tives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non Bla...

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