DeckLink cards are compatible with virtually all video software, and included free with DeckLink, are even more software utilities. See how the extra software included with DeckLink will make your workflow easier!
Blackmagic QuickTime™
and DirectShow™ Driver
DeckLink cards can work with all video software because of DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ compatibility. What’s QuickTime™ and DirectShow™? They are file formats within Mac OS X™ and Windows™ operating systems that let application software capture and playback via hardware cards. Once a card is QuickTime™ or DirectShow™ compatible, then it’s also compatible with hundreds of software utilities, ranging from large editing software to small custom utilities. Unlike expensive pre-built systems, with QuickTime™ and DirectShow™ compatibility you have the freedom to configure your system exactly the way you want. To make things even easier, we include setups for editing software such as Final Cut Pro™ and Premiere Pro®. Simply click, and start editing!
Blackmagic Deck Control
Sometimes when you're only doing DVD authoring, streaming or visual effects, you don’t want the complexity of using editing software just to capture and master a few clips to tape. Our included Blackmagic Deck Control application lets you capture and play clips, taking care of communicating with decks via RS-422. Blackmagic Deck Control software is easy to use. Just enter IN and OUT timecode points and select Get Clip, or Put Clip, and your clip will be transferred between DeckLink and your broadcast deck. It’s all automatic, so it’s fast. Blackmagic Deck Control is compatible with both Mac OS X™ and Windows™ and you can even grab still frames from decks!
Adobe® Photoshop® Plug-ins
Adobe Photoshop is a great application for broadcast graphics and is the industry standard for designers. Grabbing and outputting graphics is easy using DeckLink’s Photoshop acquire and export plug-ins. You can even select 16 bit RGB images, then combine with 10 bit SDI video to give you the extra quality. Because we handle all SD and HD color space conversions to SDI (with unity gain), it’s impossible to generate graphics with illegal colors beyond the industry standard 100% RGB clip level.
Alpha Keying with LiveKey
DeckLink cards can also be switched into keyer cards so you can live-insert logos and other graphics in real time. The included LiveKey application allows you to turn on and control keying, and can also be used to output still images with alpha channels to key. LiveKey allows custom setting of key blending levels for live, up and down, fading of graphics. If you want to add a periodic overlay of a graphic, such as “not for copying or distribution” labels on dubs, then LiveKey has an automatic mode where graphics can be programmed to cycle up and down. You have full control of the 'on' and 'off' times, and fade up and down rates for total flexibility.
Disk Speed Test
Configuring a high speed disk array for high speed uncompressed high definition video is getting easier. Even SATA disks can be connected together for low cost arrays with amazing speed and capacity. Use Disk Speed Test (included free) to get a great real world indication of your disk array performance. Reported in a simple frames per second count, Disk Speed Test uses long sustained block transfers just like capturing and playing video, so it’s more accurate than generic disk test utilities.
Blackmagic Software Codec
Sometimes you might not have a DeckLink card installed, so with the Blackmagic Software Codec you can still access 10 bit uncompressed files, even with 16 bit rendering. It’s only takes a minute to download and get full media file access even without DeckLink hardware installed. You can read and render files on as many systems as you like. Even pass our codec to your clients and freelancers so they can move files to portable disks and work offline too! The Blackmagic Software Codec even reads and renders other uncompressed files on both Mac OS X™ and Windows™ for QuickTime™ and AVI for Windows™.
DeckLink cards include a more powerful driver than any other card, so it can keep up with your creativity. Check the third party products page to read how DeckLink can be used with third party applications to make exciting workflow solutions.
