Application Compatibility DeckLink is an ideal solution for video software. Mac OS X™ compatible software includes Final Cut Pro™, Premiere Pro®, After Effects®, Photoshop®, Shake™, Motion™, Combustion™, iDVD™, DVD Studio Pro™, Color Finesse™, Microcosm™, Cleaner™, and many more. Windows™ compatible software includes Premiere Pro®, After Effects®, Photoshop®, Encore DVD® and many more. Access VANC Blanking Data Capture and playback any line of blanking, using any of the top three lines of your media file. This lets you store test signals, timecode, subtitles and many other custom types of data. Video Desktop One of the fun features of DeckLink HD is its video desktop. When not being used for video capture and playback, DeckLink cards default to a fully featured desktop display which outputs as video. Using the DeckLink SDI video output, you can send any application window to the video output. Real Time Effects with Final Cut Pro Many exciting real time effects are included with the DeckLink. These include Cross Dissolve, Non Additive Dissolve, Additive Dissolve, Fade in Fade out, Dip to Color, Sepia, Desaturate, Brightness and Contrast, Proc Amp, Tint, Gamma Correction and 3 way color correction. DeckLink cards are fully compatible with Final Cut Pro™ RT Extreme built-in effects for unlimited possibilities. Built-in Live Keying DeckLink cards can be switched to keying mode with the Blackmagic LiveKey application. Output graphics from Photoshop or other software in SD or HD direct into production switchers, with fill and key output on the two independent SDI outputs on DeckLink HD Extreme. NTSC, PAL 720HD and 1080HD DeckLink cards have been designed to instantly switch between NTSC (USA and Japan) and PAL ( Europe and Asia), as well as all 720HD and 1080HD standards. SDI and analog connections switch easily between NTSC, PAL and all HD television standards. With a simple change of your settings you can have NTSC, PAL and HD media files on the same disk. Most Affordable All DeckLink cards are built in-house with our high speed multimillion dollar SMT manufacturing facility, for dramatically lower cost and higher quality products. You always get the latest technology with passed on savings, so your DeckLink is even more affordable. 10 for 1 cost Advantage DeckLink cards and compatible software tools have direct competition creating much better cost performance ratio. Software vendors of editing and design solutions compete with each other, and work hard to increase features, and affordability. Because you're not stuck with a complete system, and you can simply choose which parts of the system you purchase, manufacturers are working hard to give you more. This means you get much better quality and greater features at a much lower system cost. Frame Accurate Editing systems based on Final Cut Pro HD or Premiere Pro using DeckLink, may be inexpensive but they're certainly professional. Editors demand frame accurate batch capture and perfect AV sync! Uncompressed Video Quality SDI uses a higher data rate than DV, so it's got the speed to handle full resolution video in standard definition or high definition, completely uncompressed. That means you can preserve video quality until you need to compress the video - such as the final compression pass for streaming or broadcast.

Connect to Anything
DeckLink HD Extreme is the only solution that connects to SDI, HDMI, component analog, NTSC/PAL and S-Video equipment for capture and playback, while instantly switching between SD, HD and 2K. DeckLink HD Extreme includes 2 channels of AES/EBU audio in and out with a sample rate converter on the AES/EBU input as well as 2 channels of XLR professional analog audio in and out. Work with the widest range of equipment, such as HDCAM, HD-D5, HDCAM SR, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, HD receivers, HDV cameras, televisions, mixers and more.

More HD Real Time Effects
DeckLink HD Extreme’s super fast 10 Gb/s connection plugs directly into your editing software’s real time effects processing. Unlike FireWire products, you get all CPU time for real time effects, so only PCI Express lets you upgrade to HD without limiting real time effects. The higher speed of PCI Express also easily handles advanced formats such as full resolution 2K digital film. Only the high speed PCI Express ensures that when you upgrade your studio to high definition, you get full real time effects.

New 3 Gb/s SDI Connections
The new DeckLink HD Extreme is the first capture card to include high speed 3 Gb/s SDI connections. 3 Gb/s SDI is the latest version of the SDI video standard that allows 4:4:4 RGB and 2K film connection with a single BNC type connection. 3 Gb/s SDI runs twice the data rate of normal HD-SDI video, however instantly switches to traditional standard definition and high definition SDI. 3 Gb/s SDI allows 4:4:4 RGB workflow or full resolution 2K feature film quality 24 fps 2048 x 1556 capture and playback. 2K via SDI allows a revolutionary change to feature film workflow as now you can connect film resolution video around your facility using the same familiar workflow as a "normal" video job! Only DeckLink HD Extreme gives you film editing features built in for no extra cost!

Incredible Built In HDMI
You'll love the full resolution HDMI input and output built into the new DeckLink HD Extreme. Use the HDMI output for connecting to any HDMI television or video projector for full HD resolution monitoring at much lower cost than a dedicated HD broadcast monitor. Imagine presenting your work to your clients using cinema size large screen video projectors or televisions! Use the built in HDMI input for capturing from cameras with HDMI outputs. Unlike FireWire capture, using the HDMI output of consumer cameras means you get the highest quality uncompressed video from the camera, or you can use the native compression of your editing software, such as uncompressed, JPEG, DVCPRO HD, and ProRes. Unlike FireWire compression, using the native compression of your editing software, combined with high speed 10 Gb/s PCI Express gives you all CPU time for maximum real time effects playback direct to large screen displays and broadcast monitors.

True Professional Quality Audio
DeckLink HD Extreme features unbalanced AES digital audio in and out as well as XLR balanced pro audio for incredible quality while maintaining sample accurate AV sync. DeckLink HD Extreme includes a sample rate converter on the AES/EBU input, so you can connect to any digital audio device, as either synchronized or un-synchronized sources. DeckLink HD Extreme also includes a massive 16 channels of SDI embedded audio support for HD capture and playback, and 8 channels of SDI embedded audio for standard definition capture and playback.

Compatible with Popular Video Software
DeckLink HD Extreme works in Windows XP™, Windows Vista™ and Mac OS X™ systems. Use your favorite video software such as Apple Final Cut Pro™, Adobe Premiere Pro™, Adobe After Effects™, Adobe Photoshop™, eyeon Fusion™ and many more. Instantly switch between 2K, 1080 HD, 720 HD, NTSC and PAL for worldwide compatibility.

Includes Loads of Free Software Utilities
Photoshop™ plug-ins are included for capture and output of still frames. Blackmagic FrameLink™ lets you instantly access QuickTime and AVI media as DPX files. Blackmagic Deck Control™ lets you control a deck remotely via RS-422 for capture and playback of clips with timecode accuracy and Blackmagic Disk Speed Test™ checks your disk array in frames per second.

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