Broadcasters such as Channel 4, which have been pushing for post-production to be done at DigiBeta quality, will welcome a cheap-to-buy Mac card that allows producers to do uncompressed editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. The Blackmagic Design DeckLink card, designed to connect directly to digital broadcast tape decks, allows editors to capture and output fully uncompressed 10bit quality footage via a Mac. Blackmagic Design DeckLink is available from dealers, including Digital Safari, for around£650
Broadcasters such as Channel 4, which have been pushing for post-production to be done at DigiBeta quality, will welcome a cheap-to-buy Mac card that allows producers to do uncompressed editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. The Blackmagic Design DeckLink card, designed to connect directly to digital broadcast tape decks, allows editors to capture and output fully uncompressed 10bit quality footage via a Mac. Blackmagic Design DeckLink is available from dealers, including Digital Safari, for around £650.