Blackmagic Design - Ultimatte 12 8K

Ultimatte 12 8K is not just a powerful keyer, but the world's most advanced real-time image compositer, complete with live video, next-generation broadcast graphics, virtual sets, etc. It offers advanced color science and algorithms, edge processing and precision color separation for stunning color fidelity. The Ultimatte 12 8K, like all the models in the same series, contains the same formidable image processing algorithms and an immense color space, guaranteeing compositions of the same quality. Mattes are automatically generated internally to distinctly process different parts of the image based on colors. The new sub-pixel processing offers unparalleled quality and sharpness.

Thanks to its advanced low-cost technology, you can now add a processor of this series to each camera and use it for that specific angle, loading a frame for the background without the need for external equipment.

The Ultimatte 12 8K offers single-touch composing technology that analyzes the scene and automatically sets more than 100 parameters, so you can achieve perfect keys effortlessly. It adopts a revolutionary composition mode that inserts colored objects onto the foreground image, bringing to life next-generation broadcast graphics with never-before-seen transparency effects. It offers advanced processing for halo effects, edges and transitions, and for eliminating the background without affecting other colors. It is so advanced that it isolates and treats distinct areas of the image separately, while at the same time ensuring smooth transitions between them. Automatically samples colors, creates accurate masks for walls, floors and other parts of the image, and applies the necessary correction.

In terms of video connections, Ultimatte 12 8K has 7 separate inputs to compose the different elements coming from various sources for a total of 32 SDI video inputs and includes free Ultimatte Software Control for Mac and Windows, whose main page hosts the menus of functions divided into sections. From the computer on which the software is used, the frame archives of the Ultimatte 12 8K are also loaded and saved on the flash memory so as to be preserved even when the device is turned off. Plus, this model includes 10G Ethernet for even faster uploads!

The Ultimatte Smart Remote 4 is available as an option, a remote control device with touch screen to control up to 8 Ultimatte 12 8K via Ethernet.

Technical characteristics

Connections

• SDI video inputs: 32
• SDI video outputs: 20
• SDI video loop outputs: 20 reclocked SD, HD, Ultra HD, 8K for corresponding inputs
• SDI rates: 270 Mb, 1.5G, 3G, 6G, 12G
• Video input re-sync: on all inputs
• Reference connections: 1 x BNC IN, 1 x BNC OUT, Tri-Sync or Black Burst
• GPIO: DE15
• Ethernet: up to 10 Gb/s for device control and loading stills into Media Pool
• Computer Interface: 1 x USB-C 3.0 for device configuration and software updates

Standards

• SD video standards: 525i 59.94 NTSC, 625i 50 PAL
• HD video standards: 720p 50, 720p 59.94, 720p 60, 1080i 50, 1080i 59.94, 1080i 60, 1080p 23.98, 1080p 24, 1080p 25, 1080p 29.97, 1080p 30, 1080p 50, 1080p 59.94, 1080p 60, 1080PsF 23.98, 1080PsF 24, 1080PsF 25, 1080PsF 29.97, 1080PsF 30
• Ultra HD video standards: 2160p 23.98, 2160p 24, 2160p 25, 2160p 29.97, 2160p 30, 2160p 50, 2160p 59.94, 2160p60
• 8K video standards: 4320p 23.98, 4320p 24, 4320p 25, 4320p 29.97, 4320p 30, 4320p 50, 4320p 59.94, 4320p 60
• SDI compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 424M, SMPTE 425M level A and B, SMPTE 2081-1, SMPTE 2081-10, SMPTE 2082-1, SMPTE 2082-10, SMPTE 2081-12, SMPTE 2082-11 and SMPTE 2082-12
• Video sampling: 4:2:2
• Color precision: 10-bit
• Color space: REC 601, REC 709, REC 2020
• Multiple rate support: auto detection of SD, HD, 6G‑SDI, 12G-SDI, 2SI Quad Link 12G‑SDI, 2SI Dual Link 12G‑SDI and 2SI Quad Link 6G‑SDI

Composite sources

• Foreground: 4 x 12G-SDI IN with loop out
• Background: 4 x 12G-SDI IN with loop out, still from Media Pool
• Background matte: 4 x 12G-SDI IN with loop out, internal window, still from Media Pool
• Garbage matte: 4 x 12G-SDI IN, internal window, still from Media Pool
• Holdout matte: 4 x 12G-SDI IN, internal window, still from Media Pool
• Layer: 4 x 12G-SDI IN with loop out, still from Media Pool
• Layer matte: 4 x 12G-SDI IN with loop out, internal window, still from Media Pool

Composite outputs

• Fill: 4 x 12G-SDI
• Matte: 4 x 12G-SDI
• Program: 4 x 12G-SDI
• Talent: 4 x 12G-SDI

Monitor

• Monitor IN: 4 x 12G-SDI for monitor cascade
• Monitor OUT: 4 x 12G-SDI for monitoring Program, Foreground Input, Background Input, Combined Matte, Internal Matte, Fill Out, Layer Input, Background Matte Input, Garbage Matte Input, Holdout Matte Input, Layer Matte Input, Processed Layer Matte, Processed Holdout Matte, Processed Garbage Matte, Processed Background Matte, Screen Correction

Media Pool

• Background still image formats: TGA, TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG
• Background with alpha still image formats: TGA, TIFF, BMP
• Layer image still image formats: TGA, TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG
• Layer with alpha still image formats: TGA, TIFF, BMP
• Garbage matte still image formats: TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG
• Holdout matte still image formats: TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG
• Media Pool Memory: 6 GB non-volatile internal storage

Display

• Built in 5” color display for device name, video preview, audio meters and menus

Control

• Front panel: 5” color display with 3 menu buttons and spin knob
• Control connection: network or direct Ethernet connection to a computer running Ultimatte Software Control or Ultimatte Smart Remote 4
• Software control: Ultimatte Software Control supported on Mac or Windows computers
• Hardware control panel: Ultimatte Smart Remote 4
• Custom Control: Ethernet protocol and GPIO pin out included in the Ultimatte instruction manual.

Software

• Software updates: using USB‑C or Ethernet connection to Mac or Windows computers
• Configuration: Ultimatte IP address is set via the front panel or Ultimatte setup utility connected via USB

Operating systems

• Mac 11.0 Big Sur, Mac 12.0 Monterey or later, Windows 10, 64-bit, Windows 11

Power requirements

• Power supply: 2 x internal 100 - 240 V_AC 50/60 Hz
• Power usage: 218 W

Accessories

• Optional accessories: Ultimatte Smart Remote 4

Environmental specifications

• Operating temperature: 0 to 40 °C
• Storage temperature: -2° to 60 °C 
• Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non-condensing

Physical specifications

• Dimensions: 48.3 x 8.8 x 33.7 cm
• Weight: 8.7 kg

What's in the box

• Ultimatte 12 8K
• Welcome wallet with QR code for software download