Blackmagic and Final Cut camera apps for iOS quietly added HDMI out, more

Using your iPhone (or iPad) as a camera continues to get easier and more flexible. Blackmagic Camera and Apple’s own Final Cut Camera each got significant updates recently. Apple wins here either way, but the Blackmagic app in particular opens up a lot of options, including with an optional dock. Full-quality codecs and live HDMI output are suddenly the norm. Let’s have a look.

DaVinci Resolve 17.1: the free video-audio post tool now excels on PC, Mac, Apple Silicon

Resolve 17 quietly exited beta recently – then turned heads by releasing a speedy Apple Silicon M1 version, too. That release also runs faster on PC, while you’re at it, and this is kind of the tool that does everything on every platform and a lot of it for free. So it’s a video editor. […]

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2021

Touchscreen + HD Mixing + H.264 Video, Right Now, DIY [Arduino, Awesomeness]

Here’s another episode in the gradually-evolving HD mixing revolution. VJ Anomolee, aka Mattheiu Brooks, has put together one incredible rig. One $140 HDMI touchscreen. One Arduino with Ethernet. And then the engine of the thing, the Blackmagic Design ATEM Television Studio, which costs under US$1000 / 900 €, but provides HD video mixing, built-in H.264 […]

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2012