ARRI Impression V filters

ARRI has introduced Impression V filters specifically designed for their Signature Zooms and Primes. These filters help to create a vintage or softer look in certain parts of the frame such as background highlights and skin tones. The set comprises four positive and four negative diopter filters, and they can be easily attached to the back of each lens via a magnetic filter holder. Cinematographers can use these filters to achieve the desired creative look in-camera instead of post-production. The filters are designed to be used at a T1.8 aperture, where the effect is most pronounced and can work on cameras such as the ALEXA 35, Alexa Mini LF, Alexa LF, and ALEXA 65.

DZOfilm Pictor 12-25mm T2.8

DZO Film has announced the release of a new ultra-wide 12-25mm T2.8 cine zoom, which is a new addition to their Pictor Zoom range. This lens is designed for Super 35 sensors, and it is parfocal, making it an ideal choice for cinematographers. The lens is lightweight, weighing only 1.6 kg, and features a 270-degree focus travel, providing ample room for pulling focus. The lens comes in either black or white and has minimal focus breathing, and the 16 blade iris should produce pleasing bokeh. It ships with a native PL mount, and DZO will include a swappable Canon EF mount as well.

Rode NT1 5th Gen

Rode has launched the 5th generation of its renowned NT1 studio condenser microphone. This version of the microphone features Dual Connect output, providing both traditional XLR and USB connectivity for direct computer recording. The microphone is ideal for recording professional-sounding podcasts or YouTube videos. The NT1 also features Rode’s Ultra-Low Noise, High-Gain Revolution PreAmp and advanced digital signal processing, making it a top choice for musicians and digital creatives. Additionally, the microphone has a 32-bit float digital output, allowing users to record everything from soft whispers to the loudest guitars without clipping or complicated gain settings.

The new ATOMOS Shogun CONNECT, which combines portable monitoring and professional RAW recording with support for integrated and cloud-based workflows, was deployed at fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s debut show in Southern California to facilitate a camera to cloud (C2C) collaborative workflow with Frame.io. Editors in Los Angeles and New York were able to work collaboratively on the media as soon as it was uploaded, to create reels for Instagram. The event, held on 13 October 2022 at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, was attended by Hollywood A-listers and social media influencers to celebrate the launch of Ralph Lauren’s Spring 2023 collection. The shoot involved nine Shogun units; eight were connected to the SDI outputs of eight Sony Venice cameras, with an additional unit used to record the Director’s line cut. Although the devices recorded high resolution footage for later use, the entire show was edited and posted to Instagram using the HD H.265 proxy files that were uploaded immediately and directly to the cloud. “As a Production Technologist, any new piece of technology integrated into a pre-existing workflow is, to say the least, nerve-wracking, with 109 client video deliverables,” said Dane Brehm, DIT for the show. “This was our first experience with Shogun CONNECT; they were intuitive, compact, and reliable for our live Ralph Lauren C2C workflow. They were mission critical to getting media into Frame.io and Premiere Pro for our LA and NY editors as fast as possible. We’re looking forward to incorporating the Shoguns in all our future live events.” Shogun CONNECT is the latest in a succession of ground-breaking Shogun products. Featuring the comprehensive monitoring tools and recording options of its predecessor, the Shogun CONNECT combines HDR monitoring and RAW recording with advanced network and cloud workflows.

Once a Shogun CONNECT is paired with a Frame.io project via ATOMOS Cloud Studio, customers can enjoy a complete, end-to-end C2C experience. Every recorded clip is immediately available to view directly in Frame.io, or for editing in Frame.io integrations with Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve. Combining ATOMOS connected devices with Frame.io allows any production to deploy a cloud-based workflow that saves time and money.

“The CONNECT line helps to close the gap between production and post, enabling huge time efficiencies by recording directly to the cloud or streaming live. This project is a great example of how high-quality content can be quickly and efficiently produced and shared, thanks to Shogun CONNECT, said Paul Scurrell, Senior VP of Product Development, ATOMOS.”

About ATOMOS

ATOMOS designs pioneering products that transform the way digital film and video content is made around the world. From our range of hardware devices for monitoring and recording, easy-to-use software tools, and intelligent cloud services, we engineer best-in-class technologies, and create products for the next generation of filmmakers. Through relentless innovation we simplify your workflow. Whether you record cinema quality footage, monitor a scene with crystal clear color accuracy, switch between multiple cameras, or stream a live event with a portable studio, ATOMOS empowers anyone to realize the best possible version of their creative potential. ATOMOS is based in Melbourne, Australia with a distributed worldwide team and offices in the USA, Japan, China, UK, and Germany and has a worldwide distribution partner network

Fremont, CA, USA – Thursday, October 20, 2022 – Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve for iPad, so creators can extend video workflows in new ways and new places. Optimized for MultiTouch technology and Apple Pencil, DaVinci Resolve for iPad features support for cut and color pages providing access to DaVinci’s award winning image technology, color finishing tools and latest HDR workflows. And Blackmagic Cloud support allows creators to collaborate with multiple users around the world. DaVinci Resolve for iPad will be available in Q4 2022 from the Apple App Store as a free download, with an upgrade to DaVinci Resolve Studio for iPad also available as an in-app purchase.

With optimized performance for Apple Silicon, DaVinci Resolve delivers 4x faster Ultra HD ProRes render performance on the new iPad Pro with M2. HDR is also supported for customers using an 12.9-inch iPad Pro with the M1 chip. Creators can send a clean feed grading monitor output to an Apple Studio Display, Pro Display XDR or an AirPlay compatible display. This lets customers use the external display to quickly create grades on set or color correct clips in post production directly from their iPad.

The new DaVinci Resolve for iPad will open and create standard DaVinci Resolve project files which are compatible with the desktop version of DaVinci Resolve 18. Supported file formats include H.264, H.265, Apple ProRes and Blackmagic RAW, with clips able to be imported from the iPad Pro internal storage and Photos library, or externally connected iCloud and USB-C media disks.

DaVinci Resolve for iPad will be available in Q4 2022 from the Apple App Store as a free download, with an upgrade to DaVinci Resolve Studio for iPad also available as an in-app purchase.

About DaVinci Resolve

High end professionals working on feature films and television shows use DaVinci Resolve more than any other solution! That’s because it’s known for incredible quality and creative tools that are light years beyond the competition. Customers get DaVinci’s Emmy™ award winning image technology with 32‑bit float processing, patented YRGB color science and a massive wide gamut color space for the latest HDR workflows. Customers also get the legendary quality of Fairlight audio processing for the best sound in the industry! With DaVinci Resolve, customers get the same tools professional colorists and editors use every day to finish blockbuster feature films and television programming!

DaVinci Resolve is the only solution that lets customers grow and build their own multi user post production studio! The newly redesigned project libraries are built for real time local and remote collaboration. While the new Blackmagic Cloud lets customers host and access their projects from anywhere in the world. Now customers can collaborate with editors, colorists, visual effects artists, and sound engineers all working together at the same time. Best of all, customers no longer have to import and export files, translate projects, lose work, or conform and manage changes. DaVinci Resolve is the only application in the world that lets everyone work together in parallel on the same project and at the same time!

The cut page is a revolution in editing and has many new innovations that make editing much faster than before. That’s critical when editing content for social media, fast turn music videos, television commercials and corporate videos. The cut page has also been co-designed to work with a hardware panel such as the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor, which is also supported on the DaVinci Resolve for iPad. This means you get an editing solution that’s not “dumbed down”, as it’s a true professional editor that’s focused on introducing new innovations in speed!

The DaVinci Resolve color page is Hollywood’s most advanced color corrector and has been used to color and finish more high end feature films and television shows than any other system! It’s also approachable with features designed to make it easier for new users to get great results while they continue to learn the advanced tools. For example, new primary control sliders will be familiar to anyone who’s used image editing software, making it easy to adjust contrast, temperature, midtone detail, saturation and more. The color page has an incredible range of primary and secondary color grading features including PowerWindows™, qualifiers, tracking, advanced HDR grading tools and more!

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“DaVinci Resolve for iPad is truly a revolution for post production, ” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. “Customers will have the power of Hollywood post production tools for editing and color correction literally in their hands, creating a whole new generation of creative editors and colorists. Compatibility with DaVinci Resolve 18 and Blackmagic Cloud, mean that customers can collaborate on the same timeline with other editors or colorists as well as audio engineers and VFX artists from literally anywhere in the world. I think it will be exciting to try out the new iPad version and I can’t wait to see how our customers use it, their creativity will be mind blowing.”

DaVinci Resolve for iPad Features

  • Cut page for editing and the color pages are optimized for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro display.
  • Up to 4x Ultra HD ProRes render performance improvement with the M2 chip.
  • Supports Apple Neural Engine features in DaVinci Resolve Studio for iPad.
  • Compatible with DaVinci Resolve 18 project files.
  • Supports multi-user collaboration via Blackmagic Cloud.
  • Supports H.264, H.265, ProRes and Blackmagic RAW media files.
  • Supports clips from iPad storage, Photos library and iCloud.
  • Import clips from external USB-C disks.
  • Works with Apple Pencil, Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio.
  • External monitoring via Apple Studio Display, Pro Display XDR or an AirPlay display.
  • Supports HDR display on 12.9-inch iPad Pro with the M1 chip.
  • Compatible with iPadOS 16 or newer.

Availability and Price

DaVinci Resolve for iPad will be available later in 2022 as a free download from the Apple App Store. Customers can upgrade to DaVinci Resolve Studio for iPad using an in-app purchase.

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About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984.

Fremont, CA, USA – Friday, October 14, 2022 – Blackmagic Design today announced that e‑Create Space, a Tokyo based streaming facility specializing in esports, is using a number of Blackmagic Design products, including ATEM 1 M/E Constellation HD live production switcher, HyperDeck Shuttle HD recorder/player, DeckLink capture and playback cards and Micro Converters, for its new full scale esports experience. The facility is part of a new division for the recruiting and temp staffing company that will allow it to train candidates on streaming, esports tournament and event streaming workflows.

e-Create Space is a streaming studio run by YU-CRE. The company is mainly engaged in recruiting and temp staffing for businesses specializing in the creative world, such as designers and editors.

“In the course of recruiting, there are cases where it is difficult for our registered creators to get a job unless they gain more experience. We thought it would be good if we created a place where they could gain such experience on site and a place where anyone can throw an event easily. We want this studio to be where many people from various background comes, and make a new approach to eSports productions,” said Yasunori Kinoshita, producer of the esports division of the company.

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TechnoBlood eSports Inc. supported the technical planning and building aspects of e-Create Space, including equipment selection and studio setup. The company was established in 2021 but was originally a spinoff from TechnoBlood Corporation’s esports division, and it has been involved in the esports business since 2004, long before the term “esports” became popular.

Atsushi Yoshinaga, deputy director at the Project Management Division of TechnoBlood eSports said, “The concept of the studio is to provide a full scale esports experience which can be used for professional esports competitions. It was also important that it would be easy for any customer to use, whether for streaming esports tournaments or business seminars. It needed to be easy to use yet be able to do complicated things at the same time. In our search for something like that, we chose Blackmagic Design products.”

Yoshinaga chose the ATEM 1 M/E Constellation HD and ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K for switching, HyperDeck Studio HD Mini and HyperDeck Shuttle HD for recording, several DeckLinks for capture and playback needs and Micro Converters. An ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K is used for switching outputs from cameras, a HyperDeck Shuttle HD and extra feeds from PCs that customers may bring. Its program output is then sent to two PCs for streaming and the ATEM 1 M/E Constellation HD

“The ATEM 1 M/E Constellation HD is used for switching the video source for the studio’s LED screen. The PCs used for streaming are equipped with DeckLink Quad 2’s, two on the main PC and one on the other, as streaming esports tournaments requires more than 10 input sources. The other production PCs have DeckLink Mini Recorder 4Ks” Yoshinaga said.

He continued: “I use the HyperDeck Shuttle HD for video playout and as a teleprompter. For gaming competitions, we show many replays, so HyperDecks are very handy. The compactness of the HyperDeck Shuttle HD and HyperDeck Studio HD Mini allow us to move them around as needed.”

“The ATEM switchers can also be controlled via the software as well as hardware. It is convenient that we can operate the switchers using the software. This way, we don’t need to move to where the switcher is to use the switcher, even if only one person is available for the operation,” Yoshinaga concluded.

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About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com

NAB 2022, Las Vegas, USA – Sunday, April 24, 2022 – Blackmagic Design today announced a new family of live production switchers that include powerful broadcast features, while including the latest electronics technology so they are extremely affordable. The new models are a 1 M/E model with 10 x 3G‑SDI inputs, 2 M/E model with 20 x 3G‑SDI inputs and a 4 M/E model with 40 x 3G‑SDI inputs. All models include full standards conversion on every SDI input, 4 ATEM advanced chroma keyers per M/E row, a DVE per M/E row, media players, larger media pool and much more. These new switchers are designed as a professional upgrade for ATEM Mini customers who need to expand, or for large broadcasters who want to upgrade their studios to get a modern switcher. ATEM Constellation HD switchers are available immediately from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide from US$995.

The ATEM Constellation HD switchers will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2022 booth N302.

ATEM Constellation HD switchers feature a compact rack mount design with a built in control panel. This allows operation of the switcher, critical during setup or for emergency use. Also included is a large LCD so customers can see program output and change switcher settings via on screen menus. The compact design is perfect for portable live production, with the rear of the switcher including the connections for 3G-SDI inputs, 3G-SDI aux outputs, balanced audio and Ethernet for control. The top 4 M/E model even includes RS-422 for serial control and MADI digital audio connections.

With a control panel built into the front panel, customers can simply walk up and operate the ATEM Constellation at any time. Plus the front panel control buttons are the same premium type used on full sized panels so they are extremely reliable. Customers can even control keyers, media and fade to black from the front panel. Plus the front panel LCD and menu buttons also allow almost every single operational feature of the switcher to be accessed.

The ATEM Constellation HD family features models that have up to 40 independent 3G-SDI inputs, with each input featuring its own dedicated up and cross converter. That means it’s possible to convert any 1080p input source to the video standard of the switcher. That means customers could have each switcher SDI input running a different television standard and all the inputs will just work.

The ATEM Constellation HD family have a massive number of fully independent 3G-SDI outputs. Even the small 1 M/E model has 6 x 3G-SDI outputs. Then the 2 M/E model has 12 x 3G-SDI outputs and the 4 M/E model has a massive 24 x 3G-SDI outputs. These SDI outputs are very powerful because customers can independently route any SDI input or any internal source to each SDI output. Or use the SDI outputs for ISO recorders, where each deck will get a resynchronized switcher input with matching timecode. All SDI outputs contain program audio, RP-188 timecode, SDI camera control, tally and talkback.

The built in multiview lets customers monitor multiple sources on a single monitor. The 1 M/E model includes 1 multiview, the 2 M/E model has 2 independent multiviews and the 4 M/E model has 4 independent multiviews. All external SDI inputs, plus all internal video sources can be routed to any view. All multiviews are fully customizable and can be independently set to 4, 7, 10, 13 or 16 simultaneous views. Customers can add the tally border plus source label and VU meters as an overlay on each view. Plus a red and green border will show tally on each view, so customers know what sources are on air.

ATEM Constellation HD includes a wide range of broadcast quality native transitions such as mix, dip, wipe, and more. All transitions can be customized in the system control menus with adjustments for border color, border width, position, direction and a lot more. The ATEM Constellation switcher includes a powerful digital video effects processor for DVE transitions, which can be used to squeeze the current picture off screen revealing a new video under it. The DVE can even be used to create graphic wipe transitions.

To keep crews working as a single creative team, ATEM Constellation features built in talkback. Talkback supports a 5 pin XLR headset connector, plus a rear mounted RJ12 connector for interfacing with industry standard talkback systems such as ClearCom or RTS. Customers get full talkback control including program and engineering loops, sidetone control for hearing the headset mic into the headphones and program mix. ATEM Constellation HD also supports SDI talkback that uses SDI channels 15 and 16 for 2-way communication with Blackmagic Design cameras. Customers can even use channels 13 and 14 for engineering talkback.

The built in media pool stores broadcast quality RGBA graphics and animations that can be played back instantly by the 2 or 4 media players. The built in media pool holds graphics for use with the media players and the 1 M/E model can hold 20 stills and 200 frame animations, the 2 M/E model can hold 40 stills and 400 frame animations and the 4 M/E model can hold 60 stills and 600 frame animations.

For news or virtual set work, ATEM Constellation HD is perfect as it features lots of ATEM advanced keyers for high quality chroma or luminance keying. The chroma keyer is incredibly powerful and features a color picker to sample background colors for automatic generation of the key parameters. Customers get precise controls for edge and flare, and there is even a foreground color corrector so customers can match the “look” of the foreground layer to the background layer making seamless compositions possible. The keyer can also be used for pattern and DVE keying. Customers get 4 ATEM Advanced Keyers on the 1 M/E model, 8 ATEM Advanced Keyers on the 2 M/E model and 16 ATEM Advanced Keyers on the 4 M/E model.

With 4 upstream chroma keyers per M/E row, customers get the perfect solution for building virtual sets. With so many ATEM advanced chroma keyers, customers can use a keyer per camera to create a seamless composition of the camera over the custom background. Even the 1 M/E model has enough keyers to generate a 4 camera virtual set. Customers can use external image processors for virtual sets, or customers can even build a fixed camera virtual set by loading pre rendered still image backgrounds from the media players and media pool. Customers can setup macros to change cameras and load the correct background into the media players. With so much flexibility, customers can experiment to try out different studio setups.

In addition to the DVEs in the M/E rows, the 2 M/E and 4 M/E models include powerful SuperSource multi layer processors with 4 extra DVE layers plus a background layer, that all appear to ATEM Constellation HD as an additional input source. Any switcher video input can be used for each SuperSource DVE, then it’s all layered together over a media pool custom background. SuperSource is just like having an extra multi-layer VFX switcher built in. SuperSource is perfect for doing picture in picture displays for interviews because customers can set up the effect while keeping the main DVEs free for other tasks. The ATEM 4 M/E Constellation even has 2 completely independent SuperSource processors.

The SDI inputs will also handle embedded audio and mix audio from all video inputs. Plus the program outputs include talkback, tally and camera control information. That means customers can connect any of the switcher SDI outputs back to the camera for program return, camera control, and talkback.

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With a built in Fairlight audio mixer, the ATEM Constellation makes it possible to do extremely complex live sound mixing. The internal mixer has up to 156 input channels, for the biggest audio mixer in a live production switcher. Audio is de-embedded from all the SDI video inputs and passed to the audio mixer. Then the 4 M/E model has extra audio mixer input channels for the MADI audio inputs. Each input channel features the highest quality 6 band parametric EQ and compressor, limiter, expander and noise gate as well as full panning. Customers get extra channels for the analog input, talkback microphone and media players. All this audio power can be controlled via the ATEM Software Control or a Mackie compatible panel.

The ATEM Software Control Panel gives customers total control over their switcher and is included free. The ATEM Software Control Panel features a beautifully designed interface with a visual switcher and parameter palettes for making quick adjustments. The ATEM Software Control also lets customers access camera control, audio mixing, media, macro programming and even control of HyperDeck disk recorders. Customers can even save the full state of the switcher as XML files, plus all media is backed up from the media pool.

All rows of M/E buttons include integrated LCDs for dynamic input button labeling. The 1 M/E model features a single M/E row with 10 input buttons. The 2 M/E model features 2 M/E rows with 20 input buttons. The massive 4 M/E model features 4 M/E rows with 40 input buttons per row and 4 independent system control LCD screens.

Unlike other switchers, all features are included in the purchase price. That means customers get all features fully enabled and always ready for use. There are no license fees to allow customers to use features and no ongoing monthly costs. This means users will never experience a license expiring 5 minutes before their program starts. Advanced features such as multiview, SuperSource, DVEs or the ATEM Advanced Keyers are always enabled and always ready to use.

“We are excited to introduce these new live production switchers, as many high end broadcasters don’t need Ultra HD, but they still need to upgrade their studios,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. “Plus a lot of our ATEM Mini customers have been growing and doing innovative work. They are now looking to upgrade and purchase more advanced switchers that can keep up with their work as their streaming channels grow. It’s a very exciting time!”

ATEM Constellation HD Switchers Features

  • Advanced design with built in front panel controls.
  • Up to 40 standards converted 3G-SDI inputs.
  • Up to 24 customizable 3G-SDI outputs.
  • Includes up to 4 independent multiviews with multiple layout options.
  • Includes DVE and stinger transitions.
  • Includes up to 4 DVEs.
  • Professional talkback compatible with ClearCom and RTS.
  • Internal media for stills and motion graphics.
  • Includes new ATEM Advanced Chroma Key.
  • 4 upstream ATEM Advanced Chroma keyers per M/E row for green/blue screen work.
  • Up to 4 independent DVEs.
  • Multi rate 3G-SDI for all HD television standards including 720p, 1080i and 1080p.
  • Built in 156 channel Fairlight audio mixer.
  • Includes free software control panel.
  • Compatible with all ATEM hardware control panels.
  • All features are included with no extra customer costs.

Availability and Price

ATEM Constellation HD switchers are available now from US$995, excluding local duties and taxes, from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide.

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Product photos of the ATEM Constellation HD switchers, as well as all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/images.

About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984.

Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.

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Get ready to add easy, portable switching to your multicamera shoot with the new AtomX CAST from Atomos. This sweet little device piggybacks onto your Ninja V or Ninja V+ 5″ onboard monitor to create a four-channel HDMI switcher/monitor combo. Perfect for events, corporate, and house-of-worship uses.

Atomos AtomX CAST for Ninja V & Ninja V+
Atomos AtomX CAST for Ninja V & Ninja V+

“Broad-CAST”-like features packed into this petite unit include Program and Preview views, touchscreen and physical push-button controls, quad multiview, PiP (picture-in-picture) effects, logo and graphics overlays, and user-assignable function buttons. You can even pair the AtomX CAST with an AtomX Connect unit for simultaneous recording, monitoring, and livestream switching via USB and your computer.

Atomos AtomX CAST

The AtomX CAST supports multiple video resolutions of up to 1080p60 and can accept mixed-resolution inputs, suiting it for real-world projects that use a variety of video sources. Physically, it acts as a dock for your Ninja V or V+ and incorporates a side handle so you can tote it around set easily.

So, whether you’re already an Atomos Ninja V/V+ user or not, the AtomX CAST looks like an exciting, valuable tool to add to your multi-camera shooting tool kit.

Engage us in the Comments, below, with your thoughts and questions about the AtomX Cast!

Bigger, better, faster, and stronger—the new YoloLiv YoloBox Pro Portable Multi-Cam Live Streaming Studio is built for professionals who want a simple-to-use, but robust, streaming switcher that can handle up to eight inputs. Although it’s only slightly larger than the YoloBox, the YoloBox Pro builds on the success and functionality of its predecessor with twice the processing power, more inputs and connectivity, and an 8″ touchscreen that will appeal to those needing a more powerful streaming solution. Along with the bigger screen, the YoloBox Pro also adds a third HDMI input, as well as a second USB type-C connector, enabling you to use two webcam-type sources, while using the dedicated USB Type-C input power port to charge your device. Stream to the YoloLIV platform and have your stream automatically feed three destinations, or you can log into your account on Facebook Live, YouTube, or Twitch and stream to them directly, since major streaming platforms are directly integrated with your YoloBox Pro.

The 8″ touchscreen on the YoloBox Pro is brighter than on the original 7″ YoloBox, and its three HDMI ports are HDCP compliant, allowing you to incorporate a wide variety of input sources into your stream. Take advantage of the increased processing power, additional inputs, and larger viewing screen to set up, control, and view your stream, or use the HDMI output to display your program on a local HDMI monitor. Built-in picture-in-picture templates give your stream a professional look, as do the built-in customizable lower thirds and scoreboard feature. You can add logos, watermarks, and rolling captions, and use the real-time comment overlay feature to engage with your viewers. As with the original, you can record to an SD card or stream via the built-in Ethernet connection, Wi-Fi, or cell service using an optional SIM card and data plan.

For those who are happy with what the YoloBox brings, not to worry, it isn’t going away, but the YoloBox Pro is a significant step up that is designed for the professional who can take advantage of its added capability.

Are you already fan of the YoloBox, or new to YoloLiv? Engage us in the Comments section, below, with your thoughts on the YoloBox and YoloBox Pro.