Instruction manual

Contents
Desktop Video
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Getting Started
Introducing Desktop Video 04
Your Computer's System Requirements 04
How to Install your Blackmagic Video Hardware 05
Installing a Blackmagic PCIe card 05
Before connecting USB 3.0 hardware to your computer 06
Connecting to your Windows USB 3.0 computer 06
Connecting to your Mac computer with Thunderbolt
™
06
Install the Blackmagic Design Software 07
Installing Desktop Video Drivers on Mac OS X 07
Installing Desktop Video Drivers on Windows 7 08
Installing Desktop Video Drivers on Linux 09
Using Blackmagic System Preferences 11
Capturing and Playing back Video
Video Playback test using Blackmagic Media Express 18
Video Capture test using Blackmagic Media Express 18
Using your Favorite Editing Software
Adobe After Effects CS5 and CS5.5 19
Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS5.5 20
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and CS5.5 21
Apple Final Cut Pro 7 24
Apple Final Cut Pro X 26
Avid Media Composer 6 28
Blackmagic Media Express
What is Media Express? 32
Capturing Video and Audio files 34
Playing back Video and Audio files 40
Browsing Media 41
Editing Video and Audio files to Tape 45
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
Help
Developer Information
Blackmagic 2K Format 51
Connection Reference Guide
Warranty Information
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