Instruction manual
Capture and Playback
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After Effects CC (2014)
“Output Module Settings” rendering options
“Video Preview” preferences
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How to use Blackmagic as a preview output frame buffer
To display your composition in real-time through your Blackmagic hardware, go to Preferences > Video
Preview. Mercury Transmit must be enabled in order to use your Blackmagic hardware with After Effects
CC. Under Video Devices, select Blackmagic Playback. You can now use a broadcast monitor to view
your After Effects compositions in the correct video colorspace. You will always see the correct color
and interlace when working, and you don’t have to wait until your composition is rendered to see what
it looks like when output as video.
If you also want to listen to audio through your Teranex Processor, set the "Default Device" to "Blackmagic
Audio" in Preferences > Audio Hardware and Preferences > Audio Output Mapping.
Rendering
When you have completed your composition, you will need to render to a pixel format supported by
your Teranex Processor hardware. You can render to a DPX image sequence or any of the following
supported codecs:
QuickTime codecs on Mac OS X
Blackmagic RGB 10 bit (uncompressed)
Apple Uncompressed YUV 10 bit 4:2:2
Apple Uncompressed YUV 8 bit 4:2:2
Apple Photo - JPEG (compressed)
Apple DV - NTSC (compressed)
Apple DV - PAL (compressed)
Other codecs including ProRes and DVCPRO HD will be available if you have Final Cut Pro installed.
AVI codecs on Windows
Blackmagic 10 bit 4:4:4 (uncompressed)
Blackmagic 10 bit 4:2:2 (uncompressed)
Blackmagic HD 8 bit 4:2:2 (uncompressed)
Blackmagic SD 8 bit 4:2:2
(uncompressed)
Blackmagic 8 bit MJPEG (compressed)
Other codecs including DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO50 will be available if you have Premiere Pro CC installed.
QuickTime codecs on Windows
Blackmagic RGB 10 bit (uncompressed)
Blackmagic 10 bit (uncompressed)
Blackmagic 8 bit (uncompressed)
Apple Photo-JPEG (compressed)
Apple DV - NTSC (compressed)
Apple DV - PAL (compressed)