Blackmagic Design has released an app that enhances iPhone movie making with advanced digital film camera control and an easy-to-use interface for easier content creation.
Black magic camera
enhances iPhone filmmaking by adding digital film camera controls and an intuitive interface. This allows users to easily adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO. Users can record to 10-bit Apple ProRes files at up to 4K resolution, facilitating collaboration on DaVinci Resolve projects.
The app offers essential movie making features, making it suitable for all types of content creation. It simplifies operation with an interactive interface and provides quick access to crucial settings such as focus, aspect ratios and more.
“Blackmagic Camera is a truly revolutionary workflow for creating feature film quality using an iPhone,” said Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design. “Additionally, the Blackmagic Cloud workflow allows customers to record to Blackmagic Cloud Storage and automatically sync with DaVinci Resolve. Now they can send their footage to the newsroom or post-production studio in minutes!”
Features in BlackMagic Camera
- Shoot in 16:9 aspect ratio or vertical aspect ratio
- Stealth mode for 16:9 recording while holding the phone vertically
- Capture in Apple ProRes, HEVC and H.264 with automatic proxy generation
- Capture in Apple ProRes, HEVC and H.264 with automatic proxy generation
- Frame rate, shutter speed, exposure, white balance, tint and color space camera controls
- Focus assist, zebra, frame guides, histogram, 3D LUT monitoring
- Time of day or running time, timecode recording
- PCM, IEEE Float or AAC audio recording, 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rate
- VU or PPM audiometers
- Thumbnail view of all recorded clips in the media tab
- Preview clips showing scrubber, duration, timecode, and filename
- Fully integrated with Blackmagic Cloud and DaVinci Resolve
- Record to iPhone, select recorded clips to share via Blackmagic Cloud, or sync automatically
The Settings tab unlocks advanced phone camera settings, including video resolution and recording formats. It also supports anamorphic de-squeeze, lens correction settings, professional audio formats, external microphones and 3D LUTs.
Users can easily manage media with efficient tools for browsing, rating and uploading clips. They can choose specific clips to save to project libraries or Blackmagic Cloud Storage and even sync media directly to DaVinci Resolve projects for faster editing.
Blackmagic Camera integrates seamlessly with Blackmagic Cloud Storage, allowing captured videos to be uploaded directly as proxy files, followed by camera originals. This speeds up the editing process and increases productivity.
Blackmagic Camera is available for free in the App Store.