Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 HD Mini

Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 HD Mini

Blackmagic Design's new Ultimatte 12 models are not just digital cromakeyers, but cutting-edge processors designed for state-of-the-art graphics, allowing images to be combined in real time. The innovative algorithms and colorimetry of these devices make it possible to achieve compositions with a truly realistic appearance. In addition, they offer exceptional quality edge processing, improved color separation with amazing fidelity, and outstanding edge suppression, even in shadowed areas or through transparent objects such as windows. Imagine presenting weather reports, sports programs, newsletters, and entertainment industry updates with real-time, cinema-quality overlays.

A keyer for each camera

When working live with multiple cameras, with shots from different angles, it's common for green backgrounds to have some variation. The compositing tools offered by mixers use the same parameters for all inputs, which compromises the quality of the compositions, as there is a slight difference in the way each camera captures the color green. The new Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 eliminates these problems, because it offers unrivalled technology at an affordable price, so that it is possible to combine each camera with a keyer, and thus display the signal from each camera on a different screen. This, in turn, makes it easier to create more professional compositions, which are not limited by the design of the set, in order to create completely new environments.

 
Generating Virtual Environments for Live Streams

Whether working on news bulletins, sporting events, film productions or entertainment programs, the Ultimatte 12 models offer ideal quality for generating incredibly authentic composite images, and placing the presenter in any environment. These devices also offer the ability to save content to the internal memory, so you don't need to have live feeds for all inputs. At the same time, they allow you to add augmented reality elements to any scene, with such extraordinary transparency that you can even glimpse a person through them. These models are ideal for film productions, as they offer actors and directors the advantage of being able to watch the scene being shot in the recording studio.

Realistic Virtual Studios with Fixed Cameras

It is now possible to create a large studio, even in small apartments or in a basement, since the internal memory of this line of equipment offers the opportunity to pre-load still images rendered from a modeled three-dimensional virtual studio. This is truly revolutionary in the field of live production, as virtual sets can be used even without the physical space to set up a studio and without requiring external equipment. Simply combine each camera with a Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 unit and upload background images. Since they're already rendered, this method can be more realistic than a conventional virtual set, particularly if the cameras remain static. At the same time, thanks to the low price of the device, more cameras can be used.

 
Ultimatte 12 HD Mini

This model includes HDMI connections, making it the most advanced keyer compatible with consumer cameras. At the same time, it offers exceptional processing quality and internal memory to create virtual sets.

 
New algorithms and increased color space

Every device in the Ultimatte lineup, including the Ultimatte 12 HD Mini, offers the same cutting-edge algorithms for image processing and a vast color space. Thanks to this, the quality of the compositions will not vary between the different units. These generate internal masks automatically, in order to process different parts of the image individually, according to the colors present in each of the areas, which is equivalent to using several composers simultaneously in the same overlay. At the same time, it is possible to adjust subtle details of the edges in the areas where it is most needed, for example, around the hair, as well as to attenuate the transition from one color to another in the objects present in the scene. The mathematical processing of each subpixel allows for unparalleled quality and clarity.

Automatic scene analysis for instant overlays

Live productions require agility. The technology in the Ultimatte 12 offers the ability to analyze a scene and automatically set more than 100 parameters to achieve extraordinary compositions in an instant. The first step is to check that the environment is well lit and that the white balance of the cameras is adequate. Then, simply turn on the auto-compose feature and the device does all the work. In addition, all models have a correction function to compensate for green or blue backgrounds that do not have uniform illumination. This allows for quick overlays with minimal effort, giving cameramen the ability to pay more attention to the program.

 
Translucent Layers and Professional Graphics

With a traditional digital keyer, it is virtually impossible to add computer graphics or other translucent colored objects, since it is very difficult to extract the green or blue background from a semi-transparent element, without affecting its original chromaticity. However, the technology in the Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 models offers a revolutionary layered compositing mode, which allows objects to be overlaid on the background image. This makes it possible to incorporate objects such as translucent windows with a realistic appearance. Thus, when looking through the object or walking behind it, the colors are preserved and the scene looks much more authentic.

Faithful reproduction and recording of complex colors

The Ultimatte 12 models offer advanced processing of reflections, edges, and transitions between different hues, so you can remove the background without affecting the colors you want to preserve. In this way, they allow you to maintain and reproduce hues with a fidelity that other keyers are not able to achieve, for example, a deep yellow against a green background. This technology makes it possible to isolate colors and treat different areas of the image separately, while achieving subtle chromatic transitions that allow for a realistic appearance. Unlike other composers, the Ultimatte 12 offers vivid colors, true-to-life images, and unprecedented sharpness.