Instruction manual

Third Party Applications / Mac
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Device Control
Device control is provided by Premiere Pro and is independent of Intensity. No support is provided
by Blackmagic Design for device control problems in conjunction with Intensity. Questions relating to
device control should be referred to Premiere Pro support and the relevant camera and deck vendors.
Premiere Pro includes DV/HDV Device Control which may be used to control some cameras and decks with
a Firewire connection. FireWire is also known as IEEE 1394 and i.LINK. Logging clips, batch capture and
export to tape are only possible if some form of device control is available, e.g. FireWire or third party serial
device control. Device control is only useful with video tape devices such as HDV cameras or decks.
Player Settings
The default player should be switched from Adobe Player to Blackmagic Playback. The choice of player
settings can be configured through
Premiere Pro > Preferences > Player Settings.
Playback
As a quick test to make sure everything is connected correctly, use the Premiere Pro test media (bars and
tone). Copy to your disk array, a test clip which matches the format of your project e.g. Bars HDTV 1080 10
bit.mov. Take your media from within the Premiere Pro project and drop it on to the timeline. You should now
see the image on both your computer desktop and the output of your Blackmagic hardware. If you can’t see
any video on your Blackmagic output, check the connections again and ensure you have the correct output
settings configured in the Blackmagic Design system preference. SDI, HDMI and analog outputs are always
active.
Capture
To capture choose:
File > Capture [F5]
To immediately capture, click the red record button [G]. If you wish to log the clip, enter the desired In and
Out points using either the
Set In and Set Out buttons, or manually by typing the timecode and clicking
Log Clip. The empty clip will now appear in the Project window. Repeat this until you have logged all of
the clips you wish to batch capture.
To change the capture format, click on the
Settings tab and then the Edit button. Ensure the Capture
Format is set to
Blackmagic Capture, click on the Settings button and then change the Blackmagic
Capture Settings as desired.
Player Settings
Capture