DeckLink is the world's most popular video card because it can be used for almost any job. Check out some of the great tasks you can use a DeckLink for in your facility.

Non Linear Editing

DeckLink cards are the perfect companion for editing software such as Final Cut Pro™ on Mac OS X™ and Premiere Pro® on Windows™ or Mac OS X™. Blackmagic Design works closely to support all the special features in these software applications, so you get a seamless editing experience. When used with Final Cut Pro™, DeckLink supports multi-stream effects, 10 bit YUV rendering and multi-channel audio and more. DeckLink used with Premiere Pro supports 5.1 surround sound audio, built-in deck control and much more. DeckLink SD on Windows™ supports a full 8 channels of SD-SDI audio (using our ASIO audio driver). For fast setup of editing software, "settings" are included so you can start editing immediately.

Design and Effects

High quality effects and design work has never been easier. DeckLink SD cards are fully compatible with the standard software tools for broadcast designers, such as After Effects®, Shake™, Motion™, Combustion™ and Photoshop®. For a complete solution for inputting and outputting media, Blackmagic Deck Control is included free and allows time code accurate remote capture and output to broadcast decks. DeckLink SD also includes an RGB QuickTime™ preview output for After Effects and Combustion™. And, you can always preview on the DeckLink video-out interactively as you work, and then play pre-renders using real time ram preview. When rendering your work, processing quality using the Blackmagic codec is full 16 bit, so you always get the advantage of 10 bit SDI video.

Broadcast Paint and Graphics

Broadcast graphics work demands absolute quality and seamless integration with software for speed. Adobe Photoshop has become the tool of choice for broadcast designers worldwide because of its industry standard interface and powerful tool set. DeckLink cards include Photoshop plug-ins so you can capture still frames from the video input, and output graphics to the video output with a simple menu click. Photoshop documents can use 16 bit rendering to 10 bit SDI for the highest quality video. Blackmagic Deck Control can also be used to control your broadcast deck remotely. And, when used in live environments, DeckLink can even key graphics with an alpha channel over live input video.

Streaming

DeckLink cards are ideal for streaming as you get a clean uncompressed video source for your streaming files. Uncompressed source video also means you don’t waste CPU time decompressing video, so you get faster rendering of your streaming files. DeckLink is compatible with popular streaming software on both Mac OS X™ and Windows™.

DVD Authoring

With DVD’s replacing VHS tapes as the most popular consumer format, creating DVDs from your work has become important. DVDs from uncompressed media are much higher quality, and as all media files used on DeckLink are QuickTime™ or AVI, you get full compatibility with DVD authoring software. Use DVD Studio Pro™ or even iDVD™ on Mac OS X™ or Encore DVD® software on Windows™ for powerful DVD creation.

Great for Monitoring

DeckLink cards make a great combination for monitoring in your edit suite. Even if you don’t have a deck or camera connected to your computer, DeckLink makes a great high quality way to monitor your edit as you work. Equipment such as DV cameras generally have poor quality video monitoring limited to an NTSC/PAL output. With DeckLink cards on Mac OS X™ you can monitor high quality edits even in DV. DeckLink cards play back DV and JPEG media as well as taking advantage of RT Extreme based Final Cut Pro™ effects. You can connect an inexpensive YUV component video monitor for quality monitoring, and without annoying FireWire latency when using only DV files.

Live Broadcast Graphics Presentation

Use the built-in keyer for overlaying graphics live over the video input. Even if you're only adding station indents, internal keying makes it easy. Use the Blackmagic LiveKey application for controlling key levels, and even adjusting the opacity of keys. Blackmagic LiveKey will also automatically fade graphics on and off for specific times.

DeckLink SD cards work with all available QuickTime™ software tools. DeckLink gives you the highest quality standard definition and high definition video available, combined with an affordable low price.

That’s great when you want to keep saving for that future HD upgrade!