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- Page 1 SD User Manual Mac OSX SD| Greed SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime Tuesday, August 28, 2007...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents ..................................2 Limited Warranty ................................4 Support Contact Details..............................5 Introduction ..................................6 SD| Greed ..................................6 SD| Fidelity & SD| Focus ............................7 SD| Prime ..................................8 Feature Comparison ..............................9 Hardware ................................9 Embedded Audio Support ...........................10 Software ..................................11 Feature Control ..............................11 Final Cut Pro Studio 2 ............................12 Final Cut Pro 6 ..............................12 Features: .................................12 Final Cut Studio support ..........................12... - Page 3 Signal Routing to Analog Audio ..........................50 3rd Party Software ...............................51 Final Cut Pro ................................51 Setting up Final Cut Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware ..................51 Creating your own presets in Final Cut Pro ......................53 Final Cut Pro settings ............................53 Adobe After Effects ..............................55 Setting up After Effects with your Bluefish444 hardware.
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Page 4: Limited Warranty
Bluefish444 parts or supplies, or d) to service a product that has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such a modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the product. -
Page 5: Support Contact Details
Support Contact Details. If you have any questions please contact support at support@bluefish444.com. Email Support is free for the life of the warranty. For phone support you must register your product at http://www.bluefish444.com/support/techsupport. In order to speed the resolution of your problem, please ensure that you provide the following information when contacting support. -
Page 6: Introduction
SD| Greed SD| Greed is the latest PCI 32 bit, dedicated SD digital and analog video and audio card from Bluefish444. SD| Greed brings the highest quality SD video and audio to Windows, Apple and Linux platforms. SD| Greed is a combination of all our SD products and the needs of the professional studios all rolled in to one PCI card. -
Page 7: Sd| Fidelity & Sd| Focus
SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus is the latest Single link PCI Express 1 lane video card dedicated to SD digital and analog video and audio from Bluefish444. SD| Fidelity and SD| Focus brings the highest quality SD video and audio to the Window platforms. -
Page 8: Sd| Prime
SD| Prime SD| Prime is the latest PCI express1 lane card, dedicated to SD SDI digital and audio I/O. SD| Prime brings the highest quality SD video and audio to Windows, Apple and Linux platforms. SD| Single Link Pro supports a range of memory formats such as 10 and 8 bit RGB/YUV uncompressed video and Apple QuickTime v210. -
Page 9: Feature Comparison
Feature Comparison Hardware SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime SD| Greed Video Modes PAL 720 x 576 (4:3 and 16:9) NTSC 720 x 486 (4:3 and 16:9) Digital Video I/O Signal Formats ... -
Page 10: Embedded Audio Support
Hardware Features 2 x General Purpose I/O ports LTC I/O ports Internal RS 422 Serial Ports 1 port 1 port 1 port 4 ports External RS 422 Serial Ports 1 port 1 port 1 port 1 port ... -
Page 11: Software
This Tab panel applies to all Bluefish444 Products installed on the Apple Mac OS X The Feature Control is the control interface that runs independently to the applications using the Video card. It provides access the lower level functions of the Bluefish444 hardware that are not directly controlled by supported 3rd party applications. -
Page 12: Final Cut Pro Studio 2
Final Cut Pro Studio 2 Bluefish444 provides support for the Apple Final Cut Studio 2 consisting of; Final Cut Pro 6 Motion 3 Sound Track Pro 2 Final Cut Pro 6 Features: Support for NTSC and PAL ... -
Page 13: Motion 3
Motion 3 Motion offers true film-quality output, GPU accelerated performance, and an astounding toolset. Now you can create advanced motion graphics with drag-and-drop ease, startling clarity, and unprecedented color fidelity — all in real time. Soundtrack Pro 2 Apple‟s revolutionary audio editing and sound design application lets you express your sonic vision quickly and economically. -
Page 14: Adobe After Effects 8.0
Adobe After Effects 8.0 (Application Software not included) Animate your ideas. Adobe® After Effects® 8.0 software helps you create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with efficiency, precision, and infinite variety. Take advantage of unmatched integration with other Adobe software, flexible 2D and 3D compositing, and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to bring a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia®... -
Page 15: Photoshop Cs3
Photoshop CS3 (Application Software not included) Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave. Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. Unprecedented adaptability lets you custom-fit Photoshop to the way you work. -
Page 16: What"S In The Box
What’s in the Box SD| Greed SD| Fidelity SD| Focus 32 bit PCI Card. PCI e 1 lane Card. PCI e 1 lane Card. CDROM Software and documentation including, Feature Application control panel, Adobe Production studio plug-ins, After Effects, Photoshop and Apple Final Cut Pro Support. -
Page 17: Sd| Prime
SD| Prime PCI e 1 lane card Digital Audio S/P DIF I/O 1 x HD 15 pin with 8 BNC consisting of 4 pairs Labeled „DIG AUDIO IN‟, DIG AUDIO OUT‟, „1/2‟, „3/4‟, „5/6‟, „7/8‟ 1 x HD Sub 15 pin with 3 male & 3 female paired XLR Labeled „DIG AUDIO IN‟, Digital Audio AES/EBU I/O „DIG AUDIO OUT‟, „1/2‟, „3/4‟, „5/6 Deck Control... -
Page 18: System Requirements
System Requirements System Configuration Minimum requirements Card SD| Greed SD| Focus SD| Fidelity SD| Prime Slot Type 32 bit PCI Card. PCI e 1 lane Card. Item Minimum Macintosh Operating System Apple Mac OSX 10.4.10 QuickTime QuickTime 7.2 Editing/Production Software Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 Suite Adobe Photoshop CS 3 Import/Export plug-in‟s... -
Page 19: Slot Installation Requirements
Slot Installation Requirements PCI 32 bit Slots ATTO SCSI card SD| Greed SD| Single Link Pro PCI e Mac Pro Quad ATTO UL5D SCSI PCI e 1 lane Slot 2... -
Page 20: Storage Requirements
The SD product range is primarily an uncompressed capture and playback card providing an unprecedented level of quality on the Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS X systems. Bluefish444 recommends that your storage system be able to provide and sustain a data rate up to 45 MB per sec for single stream applications and at least up to 90 MB for dual stream and above for multiple stream solutions. -
Page 21: Cable Connection
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Page 22: Sd| Greed
SD| Greed SD| Fidelity SD| Focus RS 422 Deck Control Analog Audio (1) Analog Audio (2) Analog Video RCA 2 Ch XLR 2 Ch Digital Audio (1) Digital Audio (2) 8 Ch S/P DIF (BNC) 6 Ch AES/EBU (XLR) Digital Video & Genlock... -
Page 23: Sd| Prime
SD| Prime RS 422 Deck Control SDI A OUT SDI A IN Digital Audio (1) Digital Audio (2) 8 Ch S/P DIF (BNC) 6 Ch AES/EBU PCI Exp 16 lane Genlock... -
Page 24: Cable Types
Cable Types Digital Video I/O & Genlock (DVID 1) SDI „A‟ OUT (DVID 2) SDI ‟B‟ OUT (DVID 3) SDI „A‟ IN (DVID 4) SDI „B‟ IN Mini Din male 9 pin (DVID 5) SDI „X‟ OUT GENLOCK SD| Greed Supports two SD SDI inputs and two SDI outputs. -
Page 25: Analog Video I/O
Analog Video I/O (AVID 1) Y/G/CVBS Output (AVID 2) U/B/Y Output (AVID 3) V/R/C Output (AVID 4) Y/G/CVBS I/O Mini Din male 9 pin (AVID 5) U/B/Y I/O (AVID 6) V/R/C I/O The analog video cable can support a range of input and output combinations. Combined with the SDI I/O cables the SD| Greed and other cards provide effective broadcast quality conversion between digital to analog and analog to digital. -
Page 26: Digital Audio Option 1 - S/P Dif Bnc 8 Channels I/O, Unbalanced
Digital Audio Option 1 - S/P DIF BNC 8 Channels I/O, Unbalanced DIG AUDIO IN 1/2 DIG AUDIO IN 3/4 DIG AUDIO IN 5/6 DIG AUDIO IN 7/8 DIG AUDIO OUT 1/2 DIG AUDIO OUT 3/4 DIG AUDIO OUT 5/6 DIG AUDIO OUT 7/8 ALL CARDS support 8 BNC connectors. -
Page 27: Digital Audio Option 2 - Aes/Ebu Xlr 6 Channels I/O, Balanced
Digital Audio Option 2 - AES/EBU XLR 6 Channels I/O, Balanced DIG AUDIO OUT 1/2 DIG AUDIO OUT 3/4 DIG AUDIO OUT 5/6 DIG AUDIO IN 1/2 DIG AUDIO IN 3/4 DIG AUDIO IN 5/6 The SD product range provides 6 XLR connectors, supporting AES/EBU balanced digital audio. 3 female XLR pairs providing 6 channels of input and 3 male XLR pairs provides 6 channels of output. -
Page 28: Analog Audio Option 1 - Rca Dual Channel, Unbalanced
Analog Audio Option 1 - RCA Dual channel, Unbalanced AN AUDIO IN LEFT AN AUDIO IN RIGHT AN AUDIO OUT LEFT AN AUDIO OUT RIGHT SD| Greed provides 2 RCA, unbalanced analog input and 2 RCA unbalanced analog output connectors, one for each channel. -
Page 29: Analog Audio Option 2 - Xlr Dual Channel, Balanced
Analog Audio Option 2 - XLR Dual channel, Balanced AN AUDIO OUT LEFT AN AUDIO OUT RIGHT AN AUDIO IN LEFT AN AUDIO IN RIGHT SD| Greed provides 2 balanced analog input and 2 balanced analog output connectors, one for each channel. The connectors are XLR male for input and female for output. -
Page 30: Deck Control
Deck Control A Male DB8 connector provides connection between the SD| Greed card and decks, DDRS, cameras and other supported devices using RS422 SMPTE (Sony) protocol. -
Page 31: Installation
It is recommended to pre install supported applications before running the Bluefish444 installer. If 3 party applications are installed after running the Bluefish444 Max OS X installer. You will be required to re install. This will install plug ins and presets for the 3 party applications Install QuickTime version 7.2 or above... -
Page 32: Card Installation
Remove your systems protective case. Make sure you are earthed and discharge any static build up before handling the Bluefish444. With your hand, touch the metal frame of the PC case to discharge any static electricity you may have built up. -
Page 33: Connecting To The Outside World
Connecting to the outside world The Bluefish SD product range is an extremely versatile Video/Audio I/O card that can connect to a range of devices. The range of connection workflows that cannot be covered by this manual instead we will focus on two typical connection work flows commonly used in the professional broadcast industry. -
Page 34: Typical Connection Workflow 1
Typical Connection Workflow 1 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if your source is SDI but you have analog monitoring for video and audio and two channels of audio are required. SDI video I/O Digital XLR audio I/O 4 Channels of Audio ... -
Page 35: Typical Connection Workflow 2
Typical Connection Workflow 2 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to edit and monitor with 6 channels of audio for surround sound 5.1 editing and ingest Digital Video via SDI and Audio via AES XLR ... -
Page 36: Typical Connection Workflow 3
Typical Connection Workflow 3 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to ingest Analog Audio and Video and master the SDI video and audio without the use of external 3 party converters. SDI video Output with 8 channels of embedded audio ... -
Page 37: Typical Connection Workflow 4
Typical Connection Workflow 4 The following example is a typical workflow you might use if you wish to ingest Digital Audio and Video SDI video Input and Output with 8 channels of embedded audio Genlock Cable Connection Guide SDI Monitor SDI Source and Master Video and Audio... -
Page 38: Driver Installation
Driver Installation Driver installation is very much straight forward. At this point you should have a Bluefish444 card installed in the relevant slot, in a system that meets the requirements as outline in the previous sections. You should also have QuickTime and relevant 3 party application pre installed. -
Page 39: Feature Application
I/O card supports both dual link SDI I/O as well as Analog I/O. When the feature application is launched you will be presented with two section tabs, the main feature app section and an extra Analog BNC property tab Bluefish444 Feature... -
Page 40: Letter Box
Letter box blanks the top and the bottom of your viewing area is much like what you see with widescreen 16:9 movies displayed on your 4:3 monitor. Video Output Timing This section allows you to introduce timing delays relative to the Genlock signal received by the Bluefish444 cards. Horizontal Adjusts the horizontal timing delay. -
Page 41: Video Output
This allows you to select the video mode of the second desktop. Bluefish444 Device Provides crucial information on current driver and firmware currently used by your Bluefish444 hardware. Safe Area Enables and disables safe area region on the video output. -
Page 42: Analog Features
Analog Features The Analog Features tab panel will only be present when you have Analog/SDI capable card such as the SD| Greed, SD|Fidelity and SD|Focus card installed. Saving Presets. You can save your properties and configurations by selecting Save As from the file menu. This provides you the ability to save custom presets for different projects saving time re adjusting and provides the ability to share presets. -
Page 43: Output Analog Properties
Output Analog Properties The Bluefish444 SDI/Analog cards feature the highest quality 12 bit processing allowing adjustment of the output signal. By using the vertical slider bars on this tab you can adjust various parameters for the output and save them as the default load up values. -
Page 44: Input Analog Properties
Input Analog Properties This section allows you to adjust the Analog input properties. NOTE; the Input setting are preserved independently for each analog signal type e.g. component, composite and S-Video Remove NTSC Pedestal Removes pedestal (setup) feature for NTSC analog decks. This is used to control the black levels for output. -
Page 45: Signal Routing
Signal Routing Bluefish444 analog cards supports flexible signal routing of the SDI or analog signals to a range of SDI and Analog, component ,composite, S-Video and RGB outputs. Input is selectable between SDI or Analog. Output can be a combination of SDI and multiple analog outputs. - Page 46 Input = Composite Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video Input = S-Video Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video...
- Page 47 Input = SDI Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video + Component...
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Page 48: Analog Configuration Guide
Analog Configuration Guide The SD| Greed, SD|Fidelity and SD|Focus support an array of configurations that can be selected by using the “Analog output signal type” selector and the “Input signal type” selector. Numerous combinations are available. In general any of the analog video connectors that are not used as inputs can be used as outputs. -
Page 49: Audio
Audio Depending on the type of Bluefish444 card installed, a range of audio options can be achieved. Fo example the SD|Greed and SD|Fidelity support both digital (AES + SDI) and analog audio, where the SD Single link pro supports only Digital Audio ( AES + SDI)support analog audio output only. -
Page 50: Signal Routing To Analog Audio
Signal Routing to Analog Audio You can monitor and range of audio channels with the analog audio outputs. For example of you wish to monitor to digital outputs 1 & 2 and wish to route them to the analog pairs for monitoring you simple select AES channels 1 and 2 to route to analog left and right pairs. -
Page 51: 3Rd Party Software
Final Cut Pro Bluefish444 video I/O cards supports the latest version of Final Cut Pro ™. The best approach to setup your Bluefish444 video I/O card with Final Cut Pro ™ is to select the Easy setup presets available. Setting up Final Cut Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware 1. - Page 52 5. After you have selected the drop down list you will be presented with a range of options to select from. 6. Select Setup, Final Cut Pro will load the relevant settings and place the Bluefish444 card in the mode you have selected.
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Page 53: Creating Your Own Presets In Final Cut Pro
Audio/Video Settings... manually (according to the diagrams below). You can then create your own Easy Setup by choosing the Create Easy Setup button. There are dozen of examples, we display a couple as a guide Bluefish444 PAL 4:2:2 8 Bit Uncompressed... - Page 54 Bluefish444 NTSC 4:2:2 10 Bit Uncompressed...
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Page 55: Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects Bluefish444 supports Adobe After Effects on Windows and the Mac OS X. Bluefish444 supports real time video output of After Effects composite window. Real-time playback of layers and effects can be achieved via the RAM preview playback. - Page 56 6. You will be presented with a range of 8 and 10 bit output options that are selectable, select the desired RGB output for your project.
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Page 57: Combustion 4
Combustion 4 Bluefish444 supports Autodesk Combustion for video preview output for both Windows and Mac OS X. The difference between the two versions is that Mac OS X version supports the QuickTime component API where the Windows uses the Combustion API. -
Page 58: Motion 3
Bluefish444 supports SD video preview output for Motion 3 Setting up Motion 3 with your Bluefish444 hardware. 1. With Motion launched, select Motion in the menu Tab 2. Select Preferences 3. Select Output preferences 4. In the Video Output, select the Bluefish444 video output you require. -
Page 59: Soundtrack Pro 2
Soundtrack Pro 2 Bluefish444 hardware can also utilize the Video and Audio outputs to monitor Video and Audio tracks from Sound Track Pro This is simply selected by selecting the Video mode you are working with. Setting up Soundtrack Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware. -
Page 60: Support
Support. Bluefish444 provide unlimited email and phone support to all registered customers for the life of the product warranty. World Wide Support Europe Bluefish 444 Europe Ltd s upport@bluefish444.com Joel Street Farm, Joel Street, Pinner, Middlesex, Australasia / APAC HA5 2PD. -
Page 61: Contact
Contact Australia China BlueFish444 (Head Office) UBS Consulting 17b Market Street, South Melbourne 601, Block 4, Wanda Square. 93 Jianguo Road Victoria, Australia 3205 100022 Beijing P.R China Telephone:+61 (3) 9682 9477 Telephone: +86 (10) 5820 6929, +86 1350 1287 726...
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