Blackmagic Ultimatte 12

• Advanced Real-Time Keying: Delivers exceptional real-time keying for live broadcasts and post-production, handling complex edges, fine details, and translucent objects with precision.
• 4K UHD Support: Supports SD, HD, and Ultra HD 4K formats, ensuring high-quality compositing for modern production standards.
• New Image Processing Algorithms: Utilizes advanced algorithms for improved edge handling, color fidelity, and background separation, resulting in cleaner, more natural composites.
• Automatic Color Balance: Automatically adjusts colors in real-time to match the background, ensuring that subjects blend seamlessly into virtual environments.
• Foreground Color Correction: Includes powerful tools for adjusting the colors of foreground subjects to better match the background, enhancing the realism of composites.
• Advanced Spill Suppression: Reduces unwanted color spill from green or blue screens, delivering clean, accurate keys without color contamination.
• Integrated HDR Processing: Supports High Dynamic Range (HDR) video for enhanced color and brightness levels, making it suitable for HDR broadcast workflows.
• 4x 12G-SDI Inputs: Offers four 12G-SDI inputs for keying, fill, and background sources, providing flexibility for complex multi-source productions.
• 4x 12G-SDI Outputs: Includes four 12G-SDI outputs for program output, preview, and loop-through connections, ensuring seamless integration with other broadcast equipment.
• Comprehensive Control Options: Can be controlled via software, hardware panels, or third-party systems, offering flexible and customizable operation.
• Ethernet Connectivity: Features Ethernet for remote control and integration with networked broadcast environments, allowing for centralized management.
• Internal Keying and Compositing: Includes built-in keyers and compositing tools, reducing the need for additional external processing equipment.
• Compact 1RU Design: Housed in a durable, 1RU rack-mountable chassis, making it easy to integrate into broadcast racks and mobile production units.

The Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 is a high-performance real-time compositing processor engineered to meet the demands of modern broadcast and live production environments. Known for its industry-leading keying technology, Ultimatte 12 is capable of producing flawless composites, even in challenging conditions, making it an essential tool for any production involving virtual sets, green screen, or augmented reality (AR) elements.

Advanced Real-Time Keying: At the core of the Ultimatte 12 is its advanced real-time keying capability. The system is designed to handle even the most complex compositing scenarios, including fine hair details, translucent objects, and challenging edge conditions. This makes it an ideal solution for live broadcasts, where real-time performance is critical, as well as for post-production environments where high-quality keying is essential.

4K UHD Support: The Ultimatte 12 supports a wide range of video formats, including SD, HD, and Ultra HD 4K, ensuring compatibility with the latest broadcast and production standards. Whether you're working in standard definition or pushing the limits of 4K resolution, the Ultimatte 12 delivers consistent, high-quality results.

New Image Processing Algorithms: One of the key advancements in the Ultimatte 12 is its new image processing algorithms. These algorithms significantly improve the system's ability to handle difficult edges, complex backgrounds, and fine details, resulting in cleaner, more natural-looking composites. The enhanced color separation ensures that subjects are accurately keyed, with no unwanted artifacts or color shifts.

Automatic Color Balance: To further enhance the realism of your composites, the Ultimatte 12 features automatic color balance functionality. This allows the system to automatically adjust the colors of the foreground subject to match the background, ensuring that the final composite looks seamless and natural. This feature is particularly useful in live production environments, where lighting conditions can change rapidly.

Foreground Color Correction: The Ultimatte 12 includes powerful foreground color correction tools that allow you to fine-tune the colors of the foreground subject. This is essential for ensuring that the subject integrates perfectly with the background, especially in situations where the lighting or color temperature differs between the two.

Advanced Spill Suppression: Color spill, where the green or blue from the screen reflects onto the subject, can be a significant challenge in keying. The Ultimatte 12's advanced spill suppression technology effectively removes unwanted color spill, ensuring that the keyed subject maintains its natural color and appearance without contamination from the background.

Integrated HDR Processing: As HDR content becomes more prevalent, the ability to handle HDR video is increasingly important. The Ultimatte 12 includes integrated HDR processing, allowing you to work with high dynamic range video that features enhanced brightness, contrast, and color. This makes it a future-proof solution for broadcast and production environments that are transitioning to HDR workflows.

4x 12G-SDI Inputs and Outputs: The Ultimatte 12 is equipped with four 12G-SDI inputs, allowing you to connect multiple sources, such as key, fill, and background video feeds. The 12G-SDI outputs provide program output, preview, and loop-through capabilities, making it easy to integrate the Ultimatte 12 into existing broadcast setups. The 12G-SDI connections support resolutions up to 4K at 60fps, ensuring high-quality signal processing.

Comprehensive Control Options: Flexibility in control is a key feature of the Ultimatte 12. The system can be controlled via software, hardware panels, or third-party control systems, allowing operators to choose the method that best fits their workflow. Whether you're working in a live broadcast environment or a post-production studio, the Ultimatte 12 provides the control options you need to operate efficiently and effectively.

Ethernet Connectivity: The Ultimatte 12 includes Ethernet connectivity, enabling remote control and integration with networked broadcast environments. This allows for centralized management of multiple Ultimatte units, making it easier to handle complex productions with multiple compositing requirements.

Internal Keying and Compositing: The Ultimatte 12 features built-in keying and compositing tools, which reduce the need for external processing equipment. This all-in-one solution streamlines the production process, saving time and simplifying setup in both live and studio environments.

Compact 1RU Design: Despite its advanced capabilities, the Ultimatte 12 is housed in a compact 1RU rack-mountable chassis. This design allows it to be easily integrated into standard broadcast racks or mobile production units, making it a versatile tool for a wide range of production environments.

Type:

• Advanced Real-Time Compositing Processor (Chroma Keyer)

Video Standards:

• HD: 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60
• Ultra HD: 2160p23.98, 2160p24, 2160p25, 2160p29.97, 2160p30, 2160p50, 2160p59.94, 2160p60
• 4K: DCI 4K at 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60

Video Inputs:

• 4 x 12G-SDI inputs (Fill, Key, Background, and External Matte inputs)
• Supports up to 2160p60 video formats
• Auto-switching between SD, HD, and Ultra HD formats

Video Outputs:

• 4 x 12G-SDI outputs (Program, Clean, Aux, and Preview)

Alpha Channel Outputs:

• 1 x 12G-SDI (Alpha output for downstream keying or compositing)

Keying Features:

• Advanced real-time chroma keying for SD, HD, Ultra HD, and 4K
• High-quality edge handling for smooth keying with fine details like hair and semi-transparent objects
• Automatic scene analysis and color correction to generate accurate keys
• Spill suppression to remove unwanted background colors from keyed subjects
• Matte control for fine-tuning foreground isolation and background blending
• Separate controls for different color channels (RGB) to enhance compositing quality

Foreground Processing:

• Automatic color balance and correction for foreground elements
• Foreground matte controls for refining edges, shadows, and detail
• Light wrap for realistic background integration, blending the foreground subject with the background lighting
• Realistic reflections and refractions in composited scenes
• High-quality blending for shadows and semi-transparent objects

Background Processing:

• Background color correction to match the chroma key background with the scene
• Automatic spill suppression to eliminate background color spill on the subject

Augmented Reality and Virtual Set Features:

• Real-time compositing with augmented reality elements
• Support for multiple layers of video for virtual sets and live augmented reality applications

Internal Frame Store:

• Up to 8 still frames stored internally for keying or background usage

Control Interfaces:

• Ethernet port for remote control via Ultimatte Software Control on macOS and Windows
• Supports Blackmagic Design hardware control panels for dedicated control

Multiview Monitoring:

• Outputs preview, program, and clean feed via SDI for live monitoring of composites
• Customizable layouts for multiviewing of input and output signals

Control Software:

• Ultimatte Control Software for macOS and Windows
• Full remote control over Ethernet for adjusting key parameters, chroma, and matte control
• Presets for saving and recalling custom keying setups

Power Supply:

• Dual redundant power supplies for increased reliability in live production environments
• Input voltage: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz

Power Consumption:

• 100W typical

Dimensions:

• Height: 1.73 inches (44mm) – standard 1U rackmount height
• Width: 19 inches (482mm)
• Depth: 8.54 inches (217mm)

Weight:

• 8.5 lbs (3.86kg)

Chassis:

• Rugged rackmountable metal chassis, designed for professional live production use

Features:

• Real-time chroma keying and compositing for SD, HD, Ultra HD, and 4K video formats
• Advanced spill suppression for improved color fidelity and cleaner keys
• Foreground color correction and edge control for accurate compositing with fine details like hair and transparent objects
• High-quality light wrapping, shadow, and reflection handling for natural scene integration
• Built-in still store for keying against stored backgrounds or graphic elements
• Dual redundant power supplies for mission-critical live broadcast applications
• Supports Ultimatte Software Control and third-party hardware control panels via Ethernet

Included Accessories:

• Power cables
• Rackmount screws

Applications:

• Broadcast television, virtual sets, and augmented reality production
• Ideal for weather reports, newsrooms, live events, and studio productions requiring high-quality chroma keying and advanced compositing