S. Melbourne, Australia, September 5, 2016

Bluefish444 continue to develop and enhance support for AVID Media Composerediting software enabling advanced SDI/HDMI video input/output with Epoch | 4K Neutron Turbo, the Epoch | 4K Neutron range, and Epoch | 4K Supernova/S+ range of video cards:

Bluefish444 Open IO support for Avid Media Composer 8.6 includes:

• 4K/2K/HD/SD Video Modes
• 3G/1.5G/SD SDI Input and Output
•  4K/2K/HD/SD HDMI Preview with Epoch | 4K Neutron
• High Frame Rate 50/59/60fps support at 4K/2K/HD
• 48fps support at 4K/2K

The continued partnership with Avid allows Bluefish444 to bring the finest quality SDI/HDMI video IO hardware to the industry standard Avid Media Composer 8.6 video editing platform, now with 4K UHD and 2K video modes. Bluefish444 support continues to innovate real time video workflows, by providing full featured native video IO within Avid Media Composer as well as providing ingeSTore multi-channel and live production capture software, compatible with AVID Media Composer.

“We continue to work closely with AVID, bringing the quality and reliability of Bluefish444 SDI/HDMI hardware to AVID’s video and audio editing software via the Avid Open IO program,” comments Tom Lithgow Product Manager Bluefish444. “Many Avid Media Composer customers already rely on Bluefish444 hardware for high quality and stable SDI/HDMI IO and will continue to do so with version 8.6 onward. Our customers are now taking advantage of the Bluefish444 ingeSTore and AVID live production and multi-channel capture workflows.”

Bluefish444 4K SDI/HDMI support for Windows and MAC OSX Avid Media Composer 8.6 is available now and will be enhanced with feature and performance updates after IBC 2016.

About Bluefish444: Bluefish444 is the manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD video cards for the Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Its video cards are used in broadcast, feature film and post-production markets for editing, animation, compositing, color correction, restoration, digital intermediate, 3D and IPTV applications. Bluefish444 cards have been used on award-winning feature films, commercials, music videos and sports events worldwide. Bluefish444’s range of video cards are incorporated in video servers, encoders, decoders and character generator solutions by numerous 3rd party OEM manufacturers, in addition to other niche & mainstream applications. Founded in 1998, Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Bluefish Technologies Pty Ltd., which is based in S. Melbourne, Australia. Its products are distributed via an extensive sales channel of OEMs, dealers, and system integrators globally. For further information, visit www.bluefish444.com

From RedSharkNews

Bluefish444 has announced a new product range of I/O cards that point to the future of video over IP.

It’s easy enough to get a file off a computer. You don’t need any special technology to do this. If it’s a big file, it will take longer, but a file is a file, whether it’s a spreadsheet or a 4K master of a feature film.

The same isn’t true if you need to get a moving image from a computer onto a display device or any sort of real-time studio equipment. For this, you need an interface that will take the data from the computer and output it as a video signal.

Cards that do this have been around for decades, but as the quality and resolution of video improves, so must the computer interfaces that deal with the signals.

Time for KRONOS

Bluefish444 is well known for making video input and output cards that work at the highest quality. And now the company announced its latest generation of cards that support a wide range of extremely high resolutions, bit depths and frame rates. The new range is called KRONOS and it builds on the abilities of the existing Epoch range, which supports 4K up to 60 frames per second. KRONOS adds workflow support for resolutions up to 8K, frame rates up to 120 frames per second, HDR and Video over IP…[continue reading]

The answer to these salient questions can be found in understanding the Bluefish444 advantage.

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => MAINTAINING ACQUISITION QUALITY

Bluefish444 best maintains acquisition quality from a digital cinema or broadcast camera’s sensor and lens when captured to file via SDI regardless of bit depth or video resolution. 8 bit, 10 bit and 12 bit 4K/2K/HD/SD video files are acquired and replayed by Bluefish444 hardware with equal precision.

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => UNPARALLELED DRIVER STABILITY FOR CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE

THE BLUEFISH444 ADVANTAGE => HARDWARE RELIABILITY

Bluefish444’s unlimited warranty and extremely low RMA rates are achieved by an industrial manufacturing process that meets the same exacting standards demanded by the US military for IT hardware manufacturing. The assembly process is regularly verified under audit by government bodies and has ISO 9001 accreditation.

This system is tried and tested with many customers demanding Bluefish444 hardware to ensure that “ON-AIR” systems can be relied upon when it matters.

Whatever the answer, the SDI video card is typically < 5% of the total workflow cost. For such an inexpensive component of the workflow, the SDI video card has the most influence on end to end workflow quality.

Without Bluefish444 SDI I/O quality the original workflow investment in acquisition, monitoring and mastering is degraded down to the equivalent quality of the SDI I/O board deployed.

Bluefish444 SDI I/O is insurance, costing < 5% of the workflow, to protect and maintain the SDI quality throughout.

Don’t let the video card become the weakest link in your SDI equipped professional video workflow! Choose the Bluefish444 Advantage to best maintain your SDI acquisition, preview and mastering quality.