Instruction manual

Welcome
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Welcome to Desktop Video!
We hope you share our dream for the television industry to become a truly creative industry by allowing
anyone to have access to the highest quality video.
Previously high end television and post production required investment in millions of dollars of hardware,
however with Blackmagic video hardware, even 10 bit uncompressed is now easily affordable. We hope
you get years of use from your new UltraStudio, DeckLink, Multibridge or Intensity and have fun working
with some of the world’s hottest television and design software!
This instruction manual should contain all the information you’ll need on installing your Blackmagic video
hardware. If you're installing a PCI Express card, it’s always a good idea to ask a technical assistant for
help if you have not installed hardware cards into computers before. As Blackmagic video hardware uses
uncompressed video and the data rates are quite high, you’ll need fast disk storage and a high-end
computer.
We think it should take you approximately 10 minutes to complete installation. Before you install Blackmagic
video hardware, please check our website at www.blackmagic-design.com and click the support page to
download the latest updates to this manual and Desktop Video driver software. Lastly, please register your
Blackmagic video hardware when downloading software updates. We would love to keep you updated
on new software updates and new features. Perhaps you can even send us your latest show reel of work
completed on your Blackmagic video hardware and any suggestions for improvements to the software. We
are constantly working on new features and improvements, so we would love to hear from you!
Grant Petty
CEO Blackmagic Design