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- Page 1 User Manual Mac OS X SD|Fidelity SD|Focus SD|Prime Monday, April 21, 2008...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Prepare your system............................29 Install 3rd party applications..........................29 Install QuickTime version 7.4.5 or above ......................29 Installing the Bluefish444 Hardware ........................30 Card Installation ..............................30 Connecting to the outside world ..........................31 Typical Connection Workflow 1 ...........................32... - Page 3 Signal Routing to Analog Audio ..........................48 3rd Party Software ...............................49 Final Cut Pro ................................49 Setting up Final Cut Pro with your Bluefish444 hardware ..................49 Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio playback ......................51 Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio capture ......................54 ...
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Page 4: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty Bluefish444 warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) years for category A products and two (2) years for category B products from the date of purchase. This warranty is provided only to customers who register the Bluefish444 serial number at the place nominated on the Bluefish444 homepage. -
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| 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 7: 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 8: Feature Comparison
Feature Comparison Hardware SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime 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 8/10 bit SD SDI I/O Dual link 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4 (RGB) I/O Dual link 4:4:4, 4:4:4:4 (YUV) I/O 4:2:2:4 Video and Key (YUV) I/O Single link 4:2:2 (YUV) Input... - Page 9 SD| Fidelity SD| Focus SD| Prime Hardware Features 2 x General Purpose I/O ports LTC I/O ports Internal RS 422 Serial Ports 1 port 1 port 1 port External RS 422 Serial Ports 1 port 1 port 1 port Audio sample rate converters Real-time hardware color space conversion Real time hardware overlay for internal keying Built-in safe area, safe title and letterbox...
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Page 10: Software
This Tab panel applies to all Bluefish444 Products installed on the Apple MacOS 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 11: Final Cut Pro Studio
• User presets for Final Cut Studio • Mirroring on desktop for Final Cut Studio • Bluefish444 feature control application for safe picture, safe title (letterbox on supported cards) • Driver support for key channel available on supported hardware • Adobe After Effects RAM Real Time RAM preview •... -
Page 12: Motion 2
Motion 2 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 Apple’s revolutionary audio editing and sound design application lets you express your sonic vision quickly and economically. -
Page 13: Adobe After Effects Cs3
Adobe After Effects CS3 (Application Software not included) Animate your ideas. Adobe® After Effects® 7.0 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 14: Photoshop Cs3
Photoshop CS3 (Application Software not included) Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 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 15: What's In The Box
What’s in the Box SD| Fidelity SD| Focus PCI e 1 lane Card. PCI e 1 lane Card. • CDROM Software and documentation including Symmetry application, Feature Application control panel, Adobe Production studio plug- ins for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and Audition, QuickTime 10 bit YUV V210 Codec. •... -
Page 16: 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’ Digital Audio AES/EBU I/O 1 x HD Sub 15 pin with 3 male & 3 female paired XLR Labeled ‘DIG AUDIO IN’, ‘DIG AUDIO OUT’, ‘1/2’, ‘3/4’, ‘5/6 Deck Control Mini Din 8 pin RS 422 to 232 deck control cable for RS 422 ports. -
Page 17: System Requirements
System Requirements System Configuration Minimum requirements Card SD| Focus SD| Fidelity SD| Prime Slot Type PCI e 1 lane Card. Item Minimum System Support Macintosh Operating System Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 QuickTime QuickTime 7.4.5 Editing/Production Software Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 Suite Adobe Photoshop CS 3 Import/Export plug-in’s After Effects CS3, Sound Booth, Motion 2... -
Page 18: Slot Installation 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 19: Cable Connection
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Page 20: Sd| Fidelity
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 21: 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 (XLPCI Genlock... -
Page 22: 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 23: 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 provides effective broadcast quality conversion between digital to analog and analog to digital. -
Page 24: 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 SD| Greed and Single Link Pro supports 8 BNC connectors. -
Page 25: 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 provides 6 channels of input and 3 male XLR pairs provides 6 channels of output. -
Page 26: 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 27: 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 28: Deck Control
Deck Control A Male DB8 connector provides connection between the Bluefish444 card and decks, DDRS, cameras and other supported devices using RS422 SMPTE (Sony) protocol. -
Page 29: Installation
It is recommended to pre install supported applications before running the Bluefish444 installer. IF you install 3 party applications after running the Bluefish444 Max OS installer. You will be required to re install . This will install plug ins and presets for the 3 party applications Install QuickTime version 7.4.5 or above... -
Page 30: Installing The Bluefish444 Hardware
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 31: 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 can not be covered by this manual instead we will focus on two typical connection work flows commonly used in the professional broadcast industry. -
Page 32: 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 33: 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 34: 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 35: 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 36: 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 37: 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 38: 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. Reference Timing This section allows you to introduce timing delays to the selected Genlock source received by the Bluefish444 cards. Vertical (lines): Adjusts the vertical timing delay in lines. -
Page 39: Video Input
Video Input Play Through The video is passed through the video card for monitoring of SDI and analog output. This is very useful when altering analog properties without having to load a 3 party application. NOTE; Make sure you switch ‘play through’ off before using any video capture applications. Preview Opens up a small preview windows to the right for desktop monitoring of the input signal. - Page 40 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. Safe Title Enables and disables safe title region on the video output.
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Page 41: Analog Features
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 42: Input Analog Properties
• V Gain • • Black level • Sharpness NOTE; the output setting are preserved independently for each analog signal type e.g. component, composite, S- Video and RGB Unity This button centers each slider bar to the default values of 0.0 gain Zero This buttons returns the values to zero value Lock U and V Gain... -
Page 43: 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 44 Input = Composite Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video Input = S-Video Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video...
- Page 45 Input = SDI Output = SDI + Composite + S-Video + Component...
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Page 46: Analog Configuration Guide
Analog Configuration Guide The SD| Greed supports 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 47: Audio
Audio Depending on the type of Bluefish444 card installed, a range of audio options can be achieved. The tables outlines the connectively for the audio. SD|Fidelity, SD|Focus Type Connection Connect Type Channels Digital Audio External 8 Channels Digital Audio 16 Channels... -
Page 48: Signal Routing To Analog Audio
Signal Routing to Analog Audio With the SD| Greed 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 49: 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 50 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...
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Page 51: Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio Playback
7. You can configure your 3rd party device control settings in the Audio/Video settings menu item of the Final Cut Pro HD menu 8. Final Cut Pro is now Bluefish444 ready. 9. For further information on capture and editing in side FCP ™ please refer to the manuals and documentation supplied by Apple™. - Page 52 3. Click the Outputs combo box 4. Select 24 outputs 5. On the timeline at the foot of the display, for audio channel A1, control-click the Audio Select icon (the icon to the right of the padlock). Select Audio Outputs -> 11 & 12...
- Page 53 6. On the timeline at the foot of the display, for audio channel A2, control-click the Audio Select icon (the icon to the right of the padlock). Select Audio Outputs -> 11 & 12...
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Page 54: Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio Capture
Final Cut Pro Embedded Audio capture Configure Final Cut Pro to capture embedded audio 1. From the Final Cut Pro menu select Audio/Video Settings 2. On the Audio/Video Settings dialog, pick the appropriate format capture preset... - Page 55 3. Click Edit 4. In QuickTime Audio Settings, click the Input combo box...
- Page 56 5. From here you can select either Analog, SDI or AES/EBU audio from the combo box 6. Once the QuickTime audio input is selected, Specify the audio channels you wish to capture within the Final Cut Pro interface.
- Page 57 7. Open the Log & Capture window and in Clip Settings, enable the appropriate number of embedded audio channels (11-24). Screen shot shows 4 selected channels for embedded audio: 11,12,13,14. 8. To prevent capturing silence from the AES channels, disable channels 1 & 2 To capture AES (referring to Picture 7 when AES is set in the Audio/Video Setting capture preset) re-enable 1 &...
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Page 58: Fcp Audio Channel Support
FCP Audio Channel Support SD| Fidelity Input Output AES EBU External Analog 9-10 9-10 11-26 11-26 Note; Final Cut can only supports 24 Channels of audio SD| Focus Input Output AES EBU External Analog Not Supported 9-10 9-24 11-26 Note; Final Cut can only supports 24 Channels of audio SD| Prime Input Output... -
Page 59: 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 60 Bluefish444 NTSC 4:2:2 10 Bit Uncompressed...
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Page 61: 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 62 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 63: Combustion 4
Combustion 4 Bluefish444 supports Autodesk Combustion for video preview output for both Windows and Mac OSX. 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 64: Motion 2
Bluefish444 supports SD video preview output for Motion and Motion 2 Setting up Motion 2 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 65: Soundtrack Pro
Soundtrack Pro 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.
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