Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K Mini Capture/Playback Box

Product Overview Blackmagic's UltraStudio range is the ideal companion for anyone needing both monitor and capture capabilities in their workflow, whether on a DIT cart on set or in the office, surrounded by your dearest kit. Replacing the regular UltraStudio 4K, the 4K Mini takes a similar form to Teranex and other Blackmagic Design boxes that can be rackmounted or simply placed on the desk.

The UltraStudio is an all in one, hardware encoder/decoder and recorder, so you can bring in footage straight onto it or use it in the same capacity as Blackmagic's DeckLink capture cards.

The UltraStudio 4K Mini features Thunderbolt 3, SDI and HDMI in, along with outputs respectively. This not only allows it to support studio or cinema level cameras, but consumer or prosumer level too, plus, with the 12G connection and HDMI 2.0 I/O, you'll find support for up to 2160p60 in 8 and 10-bit high dynamic range capture or 30fps in 12-bit.

With HDR being a major component in all grading processes now, it's incredibly handy to have access to 10-bit or above footage, which the UltraStudio 4K Mini will let you view via any HDR enabled monitor so you can get an accurate grade via HDMI, even on a consumer grade TV!

When working with 10-bit video, the UltraStudio won't compress the footage, giving you the pure confidence to work with keying, compositions and colour correction.

The Thunderbolt 3 ports allow you to daisy chain the box into your workflow, alleviating you from losing a precious port and if you're on a laptop, you'll find a trickle-charge via the 45W power supply via the cable.

With an XLR port available, you'll be able to bring in direct audio from whatever you're capturing and the dedicated headphone jack allows you to monitor audio on the fly.

Comes with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Blackmagic's premiere non-linear-video editor (NLE), combining the Fusion VFX suite, Hollywood level colour correction, Fairlight audio and a host of new features, including the brand new slim-line Cut Page.

With the UltraStudio 4K Mini, you'll be able to use the full capabailities of Resolve Studio, including ingesting media straight into your software via the SD Card on the front, taking advantage of Resolve Live and viewing your content in full uncompressed 10-bit, for accurate grading or keying.

Resolve Live

Resolve Live can be used with the UltraStudio 4K Mini, which is live grading directly from the camera on location. Feeding out via SDI or HDMI, you can acquire the live feed into Resolve and place correction nodes during filming. These can then be saved for later, allowing you to link it up to your imported media for a quicker turn around.

Blackmagic Media Express

If you don't really require the full suite of tools provided by Blackmagic and just need a simple management of media, whether it's capturing or saving to an external location, Blackmagic Media Express provides a limited amount of tools to ensure the job's done right without any of the frills of utilising the whole of Resolve or other software you might be invested in. Choose how you want it to be saved, start capture and then save it to where it needs to go.

It's also compatible with RS-422 serial cables for logging, batch capture and over HD-SDI, 3D images too.

Compatible with…

The UltraStudio 4K Mini is not only ideal for using with DaVinci Resolve, but Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X and Avid. You can even utilise it with Photoshop CC to get that same crisp and accurate image out of video for your photography.

Like other capture devices, the UltraStudio can be used via Open Broadcaster Studio, Xsplit Broadcaster, Wirecast and vMix Live, to produce incredible high quality live streams that can then integrate with other Blackmagic solutions for either a dedicated capture box or using the SDI ports for key and fill for graphics in an RGB space. Photoshop can also be included via a plug in for the software to be utilised in this workflow.

Presentations, Archiving, Audio Post

Because the UltraStudio can take in a variety of inputs via HDMI or SDI and external converters, the box is the perfect addition to archival projects. Similar the HyperDeck Extreme's angle of being a dedicated box that takes in footage via capture, the same can be done with the 4K Mini.

If you're hosting a presentation, the 4K output from the UltraStudio can utilised to produce magnificent images on the big screen.

For those in audio, the included 8 (HDMI) or 16 (SDI) channels of audio make for an incredibly flexible box when it comes with post-production, giving you the tools to work with and zero compromises, just like you'd expect out of your video. Combine it with your AVID Pro Tools setup or other audio editor to avoid drops in audio at crucial moments in the creative process.
Features • Thunderbolt 3 interface for 40 Gb/s capture and playback.
• 3 models available with both portable and rack mount options.
• Ideal for edit monitoring, live graphics, archive and streaming.
• 12G-SDI, HDMI 2.0, YUV/NTSC/PAL video and balanced audio.
• Supports 45W trickle charging to connected computer.
• Supports all SD, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 2160p and 4K DCI formats.
• Front panel with LCD, mic input, headphone and SD card slot.
• Compatible with DaVinci Resolve for editing, color, VFX and audio.
• Supports DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Avid and more.
• Includes support for Mac, Windows and Linux.