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โReading Blackmagic RAW Files
SynthEyes can read Blackmagic Designโs BRAW files. BRAW files can be produced not only by Blackmagic Designโs cameras, but also devices such as Canon EOS 300 Mark II and the Panasonic EVA1.
Warning : Blackmagic Design periodically updates their cameras and software with new features and data formats. New cameras may require sufficiently new SDKs. You can see SynthEyesโs current BRAW SDK version in the Library Versions section of this manual.
Thereโs a preference in the BLACKMAGIC RAW section that controls whether or not the image aspect ratio value from the .braw file is used, or the aspect ratio is computed assuming 1:1 pixels. Empirically, the value in the file seems not to be necessarily correct. In any case, you should always make sure the image aspect ratio is correct on SynthEyesโs Shot Settings panel, taking any anamorphic lens into account.
BRAW files can have an associated sidecar file (literally .sidecar) that contains additional information created by separate color management applications; that file can be used to change the look of shots.
FUN RANT : SynthEyes is not a color management application! It doesnโt have to be. In fact, SynthEyesโs tracking output should be exactly the same, no matter what horrible thing we do to the colorโฆ the camera still went on exactly the same path. We do like to look at prettier pictures, so a little color management is a good thing, even though for tracking we may choose to mangle them to accentuate whatever weโre tracking at the moment.
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