Tech Details
Raptor Features List:

VFX
- Background plate files (MOV, JPG, or PNG) can be mixed or keyed (with blue or green screen) in front of, or behind live video
- VFX video can be recorded during the take, at the same time as the clean video files are recorded
- Play / pause / loop background plate file
- Audio from background plate video file can be played during recording, to facilitate actor acting against himself or herself.
- Background plate playback can send GPI to trigger MOCO rig
- Mark in & out points for background plate
- Any SDI output can receive the VFX video
- Flip H and/or flip V, live and/or plate video
- Scale live and/or plate video
- Rotate live and/or plate video
- Position live and/or plate video
- Crop top, left, right, bottom (garbage matte) live and/or plate video
- Proc amp (gain, saturation, black level, hue) live and/or plate video
- Blur live and/or plate video
Import, export, backup and restore
- Play ProRes MOV files (at formats supported by deck) with no conversion process needed
- Play I frame-only H.264 MOV files (at formats supported by deck) with no conversion process needed
- Export H.264 MOV files at user-selectable data rates at either original, or half-resolution (960×540 for 1080 files)
- Simple backup to external hard drives
- Immediate playback of clips from backup drive
- Grab JPG stills of any video channel at any time
Playlists
- Playlist editor gives seamless playback and looping of shots put together with jump cuts
- Rendering not needed — playlists are immediately available for seamless playback
- Playlist files can be saved for future use
Videohub router control
- Build, store and recall presets to control Blackmagic Videohub routers
- Simple preset recall from main control screen, as well as detailed preset creation on “Router control” tab
Supported capture devices
- Supports 1 or 2 Blackmagic Decklink 8K Pro G2 boards, each board provides 2 channels of 4K-SDI in & out
- Supports 1 or 2 Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K Minis, each provides 1 channel of 4K-SDI in and out
- Supports 1 or 2 Blackmagic Decklink Duo 2 boards, each board provides 2 channels of HD-SDI in & out
- Supports 1 Blackmagic Decklink Quad 2 board, which provides 4 channels of HD-SDI in & out
- Supports 1-4 Blackmagic Ultrastudio HD minis, each provides 1 channel of HD-SDI in and out
- Please install Blackmagic Desktop Video version we suggest.
Recording
- Supports 4K DCI (4096×2160) at 60, 59.94, 50, 30, 29.97, 25, 24, or 23.98 fps.
- Supports 4K UHD (3840×2160) at 60, 59.94, 50, 30, 29.97, 25, 24, or 23.98 fps.
- Supports 1080p at 60, 59.94, 50, 30, 29.97, 25, 24, or 23.98 fps.
- Supports 1080PsF (1080i) at 30, 29.97, 25, 24, or 23.98 fps.
- Supported 720p @ 50, 59.94 or 60fps
- Supports NTSC & PAL
- Record 1, 2, 3 or 4 SDI signals simultaneously
- SDI input signals can be any format — no genlocking, or matching formats needed
- Two channels of embedded or balanced analog audio recorded
- Embedded timecode recorded into MOV timecode track
- Files recorded in original full-resolution format
- Embedded or analog audio can be set to mute during Live & Record, and un-mute during playback
- Embedded or analog audio output easily muted on demand
- Scene, take, notes, comments, simulated camera speed, pickup, print take, and rehearsal flag stored per clip
- Two-button clicks required to abort take, to reduce false aborts
- Audio level meters shown on main screen
- Different camera ID assignable to each video input, used in file naming
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Playback
- Play 1, 2, 3 or 4 files back in sync, as recorded
- Timecode recorded with clip embedded in playback signal
- Analog or embedded audio output easily muted
- Any quadrant of video feed can be expanded to fill the output video to show one part of a quad-split recording
- Multiple in and out points per clip
- Stop, loop to in point, play next segment, play next clip, or go to Live at end of clip
- Unlimited bookmarks per clip; simple keystroke or mouse navigation between bookmarks
- Variable speed and reverse playback
- Control Interface
- Dark color scheme
- Many control group areas can be minimized
- “Normal mode” view shows small video windows and big source list, VFX controls, or router control tab
- “Big video window” mode shows large VFX or clean video windows, over machine controls
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