SPECIFICATIONS

• Connections
  • Digital Video Input: 1 x HDMI input.
  • Digital Video Output:  1 x HDMI output.
  • Supported HDMI formats:  525 NTSC, 625 PAL, 720HD and 1080HD switchable.
  • HDMI Audio Input:  2 Channels
  • HDMI Audio Output  2 Channels
  • Analog Video Input:  Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video.
  • Analog Video Output: Component, NTSC, PAL or S-Video.
  • Analog Audio Input:  2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit. \
  • Analog Audio Output: 2 Channel RCA HiFi audio in 24 bit.
  • SPDIF Audio Output:  2 Channel 24 bit.
  • Dual Rate support:  HDMI switches between high definition and standard definition. HDMI and Analog Component switches between high definition and standard definition.
  • Sync Input:  None
  • Device Control:  Use FireWire if capturing from HDMI cameras.
  • Updates:  Firmware for cards built into software driver. Loaded at system start, or via updater software. 
• Standards
  • HD Format Support:  1080i50, 1080i59.94, 720p50 and 720p59.94.
  • SD Format Support:  625/25 PAL and 525/29.97 NTSC.
  • HDMI Video Sampling:  4:2:2.
  • HDMI Color Precision:  4:2:2.
  • HDMI Color Space:  YUV 4:2:2.
  • HDMI Audio Sampling:  Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit.
  • Card type:  PCI Express 1 lane, compatible with 1,4,8 and 16 lane PCIe slots.
• Processing
  • Colorspace Conversion:  Hardware based real-time.
  • HD Down Conversion
  • Real-time 1080HD and 720HD to standard definition during video playback.
  • Real-time standard definition to 1080HD and 720HD during video capture. 
  • Real-time effects
  • Apple Final Cut Pro™ internal effects on Mac OS X™.
  • Adobe® Premiere Pro® internal effects in DV, MJPEG and uncompressed edit formats. 
• Extras
  • Firmware Upgrade: Firmware for cards built into software driver. Loaded at system start, or via updater software.

Notes:
The HDMI standard sometimes includes copy protection encryption, such as commonly found on DVD players and some brands of set top boxes. When connected to these copy protected sources, the HDMI specification defines that Intensity cards cannot capture. Always confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content. Intensity media file formats are fully compatible with DeckLink and Multibridge capture cards. Compatible

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• Installation: PCI Express 1 lane, compatible with 1,4,8,16 lane PCI Express slots.
• Microsoft Windows™ PC or Apple Intel based Mac Pro systems. 

Please see the full system requirements at http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support

FEATURES

*Update for Premiere CS5 Windows which provides new support for:*

• AVC HD playback support and presets
• AVC INTRA playback support and presets
• XDCAM EX playback support and presets
• XDCAM HD playback support and presets
• XDCAM HD 422 playback support and presets 
• Canon XF MPEG2 playback support and presets
• Digital SLR playback support and presets 
• Improved effect adjustment and trimming preview speed in Premiere Pro CS5

As these are "file based" formats there is no capture support - you simply copy the data from a camera onto a machine and then playout via DeckLink, Multibridge, or Intensity. There are presets for all of the above formats, so you can use native sequences with CUDA support - just make sure the footage frame size and frame rate matches the sequence you're trying to play it in.

• HDMI video and audio capture and playback
• Analog capture and playback in component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video
• Stereo analog audio capture and playback
• Capture and playback DV, HDV, Online JPEG and uncompressed video
• Use for edit playback monitoring on televisions and video projectors
• HDMI and Component switches between HD and SD
• Real time effects supported in Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro
• Video capture and playback with Blackmagic Media Express utility
• PCI Express 1 lane for compatibility with 1, 4, 8 and 16 lane PCI express slots
• Compatible with both Windows and Mac OS X Universal
• Includes breakout cable with RCA-type connectors for analog video and audio

True HDMI Digital Connections
Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing the HDV compression chip for high quality video captured direct from the image sensor. As edit software can't play back to HDV cameras for monitoring, Intensity is ideal to use for monitoring uncompressed HD or HDV, and even DV edits on the latest big screen televisions and video projectors by connecting to the built-in HDMI out.

Uncompressed or Compressed Video
HDV and DV also use heavy compression. With HDV, the compression is time based which loads up the system CPU as the editing software reassembles the video just to display each frame in the video. With Intensity you're working in uncompressed, so all CPU time is free for real time effects and the system feels snappy and fast to use. Because uncompressed video in HD requires a fast disk array, to save cost you can also choose compressed video that's higher quality than HDV. For example you can use DV 100 codec on Mac OS X™ which is 4 times better quality than HDV, or on Windows™ you can choose our new full resolution JPEG codec.

Full Resolution
Intensity uses full resolution HDTV, which is a massive 1920 x 1080 pixels for every video frame. HDV only uses 1440 pixels wide due to the limitations of the small cassette tapes used and the FireWire speeds build into the cameras. However the newer cameras being released, such as the Sony HDR-HC3 have built-in HDMI video output which allow access to the raw uncompressed video from the CCD directly. That provides incredible quality. If you're capturing off HDV tape, you can still enjoy editing video in full resolution, so your graphics and effects look sharp because only uncompressed video eliminates the horizontal scaling that's required when rendering HDV footage with graphics and effects.

DVD Authoring
DVDs from uncompressed media are much higher quality, and as all media files used on Intensity are QuickTime™ or AVI, you get full compatibility with DVD authoring software. Use DVD Studio Pro™ or even iDVD™ on Mac OS X™ or Encore DVD® on Windows™ for powerful DVD creation.

Live Streaming
Always get a clean uncompressed video source for your streaming files. Uncompressed source video also means you don't waste CPU time de-compressing video on capture, so all the computer's CPU is free for compressing to streaming standards. You get faster rendering of your streaming files and more real time support. Intensity Pro is compatible with all streaming software on Mac OS X™ and Windows™.\

Blackmagic Media Express Included!
Blackmagic Media Express is free software that comes with every Intensity. Media Express lets you batch capture and play back 2D and dual stream stereoscopic 3D in DPX, ProRes, uncompressed YUV and RGB, DVCPRO HD and MJPEG files. You can even create your own playlist. Media Express also supports CMX EDL import and export, frame accurate deck control via RS-422, and will even insert and assemble to tape! Media Express is fast, accurate and easy to use and works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. You can even grab still frames directly from your deck and save them as perfect digital quality still images. That's a complete solution for capture and playback!

• Playlist in Playback Mode: You can load in a huge number of clips for review. Use DPX, MJPEG, uncompressed YUV and RGB, ProRes, DVCPRO HD all in the one playlist.
• Realtime Preview: Preview your clips with full frame rate for accurate review.
• Audio Metering: With Media Express you can select any of the 16 audio channels. Just simply click on the audio you want to hear.
• Capture, Play or Master: Capture on the fly. Play back single or multiple clips. Master to tape via insert or assemble editing.
• Dynamic Playlist Search: Organising your playlist has never been easier with Media Express' dynamic playlist search. Even if you have 1,000 clips, you'll always find the right clip.
• Clip Information: Now you can see all the important detail information of your clip, including frame size, frame rate, color space, format and codec.
• Easy Grab Frame Tool: Media Express makes grabbing frames of your video easy. When the frame you want is displayed in the preview window, just hit Grab Frame.

Use the software you love!
Intensity works with the software you love to use! Use DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ software, or the world's most popular editing software such as Final Cut Pro™ and Premiere Pro™! You also get Photoshop™ plug-ins to grab and output frames, plus real time preview in After Effects™, Fusion™ and Nuke™. Intensity Shuttle supports Windows USB 3.0 computers and fully integrates with Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Fusion, Nuke and more!

• Final Cut Pro
  Edit in Final Cut Pro™ with Intensity Pro, while using the highest quality uncompressed video, or choose DVCPRO HD and ProRes 422, which are higher quality and faster than native HDV. You can even use Intensity Pro just for monitoring to HDMI televisions from HDV Final Cut Pro timelines! When playing back video, you get full RT Extreme™ real time effects, all with sample accurate AV sync. Intensity Pro supports many of the advanced Final Cut Pro™ features such as 10 bit rendering, RT Extreme™, and support for ProRes 422, HDV, JPEG, DV, DV50, DV100, 8 & 10 bit uncompressed media types.
• Adobe Premiere Pro
  On Windows, Blackmagic's full resolution (1920 x 1080) professional quality compressed HD codec can capture JPEG AVI files in real time using Premiere Pro. Unlike HDV and DVCPRO HD which uses reduced resolution 1440 x 1080 video, Blackmagic's Online JPEG maintains the full resolution 1920 x 1080 resolution of HD video without the huge file size of uncompressed HD video. Blackmagic's Online JPEG is so efficient that full motion 1080i HD video can be recorded at only 12 MB per second vs. a massive 119 MB per second for uncompressed HD video.
• Adobe After Effects
  Intensity even allows high end design and effects work, great for the special effects you've always wanted in Independent Films, use After Effects, Combustion™, Photoshop® and more. Intensity also includes an RGB QuickTime™ preview output for After Effects and Fusion™. And, you can always preview on the video-out interactively as you design and then play pre-renders using real time ram preview. When rendering your project, processing quality using the Blackmagic codec is full 16 bit, so you always get the advantage of uncompressed video.
• Adobe Photoshop
  Intensity even allows high end design and effects work, great for the special effects you've always wanted in Independent Films, use After Effects, Combustion™, Photoshop® and more. Intensity also includes an RGB QuickTime™ preview output for After Effects and Fusion™. And, you can always preview on the video-out interactively as you design and then play pre-renders using real time ram preview. When rendering your project, processing quality using the Blackmagic codec is full 16 bit, so you always get the advantage of uncompressed video.
• Sony Vegas Pro
  Sony Vegas Pro works seamlessly with Intensity Pro and Shuttle for an incredible SD and HD editing experience! Use powerful video effects and versatile audio editing tools while previewing your work in real time even with full HD projects! Capture up to 10 bit uncompressed so you can start with the best possible image quality for your Blu-ray Disc creation or Windows Media 9 content distribution.

Blackmagic Utilities Included!
Intensity also includes Blackmagic Disk Speed Test™ and the famous Blackmagic Codec. Disk Speed Test checks your disk array and gives you an easy to understand speed test with the results in video frames per second! The world famous Blackmagic Codec allows highest rendering quality on Intensity and unlike other products, only the Blackmagic Codec features correct anti-aliasing 4:2:2 color filtering, so RGB graphics convert to correct 4:2:2 YUV video space without aliasing problems.

Disk Speed Test
Configuring a high speed disk array for high speed uncompressed high definition video is getting easier. Even SATA disks can be connected together for low cost arrays with amazing speed and capacity. Use Disk Speed Test (included free) to get a great real world indication of your disk array performance. Reported in a simple frames per second count, Disk Speed Test uses long sustained block transfers just like capturing and playing video, so it's more accurate than generic disk test utilities.

Blackmagic Software Codec
Sometimes you might not have a Intensity card installed, so with the Blackmagic Software Codec you can still access 10 bit uncompressed files, even with 16 bit rendering. It's only takes a minute to download and get full media file access even without Intensity hardware installed. You can read and render files on as many systems as you like. Even pass our codec to your clients and freelancers so they can move files to portable disks and work offline too! The Blackmagic Software Codec even reads and renders other uncompressed files on both Mac OS X™ and Window™ for QuickTime™ and AVI for Windows™.