Instruction manual

Using your Favourite Editing Software
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Launching After Effects
“Composition Settings” options
“Video Preview” preferences
Adobe After Effects CS5 and CS5.5
How to use Blackmagic as a preview output frame buffer
To allow your Adobe After Effects composition to be displayed in real-time through your Blackmagic video
hardware, go to Preferences > Video Preview. Select Blackmagic Video Output and the appropriate Output
Mode. This lets you view your Adobe After Effects compositions in the correct video colorspace on your
broadcast monitor as you work. 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.
Rendering
When you have completed your composition, you will need to render to a pixel format supported by your
Blackmagic video hardware. You can render to a DPX image sequence or any of the following supported
codecs:
Other codecs including ProRes and DVCPRO HD will be available if Final Cut Pro 7 is installed on the same
computer.
Other codecs including DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO50 will be available if Premiere Pro CS5.5 is installed on
the same computer.
 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)
 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)
AVI 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)
QuickTime codecs on Windows
QuickTime codecs on Mac OS X