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

  • 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