Intensity Extreme
Blackmagic

Description:

Intensity Extreme, the World’s first HD/SD editing solution to feature lightning fast Thunderbolt™ technology. Simply plug in Intensity Extreme to get incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite capture and playback for Thunderbolt™ based computers. The perfect solution for videographers, Intensity Extreme includes SD/HD capture and playback in compressed and uncompressed video quality. Better still, this revolutionary new device is compatible with Avid Media Composer 6™, Final Cut Pro™, Adobe Premiere Pro™, Adobe After Effects™, Nuke™, DaVinci Resolve and more.

Incredible quality HDMI capture and playback!
Intensity lets you capture and playback in the most incredible quality of HDMI and component analog video in both SD and HD. Smash the quality barrier for your video work because Intensity is not only the highest quality, but also affordable! There's three fantastic models of Intensity; Intensity Pro for PCI Express based computers, Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 computers and new Intensity Extreme with lightning-fast Thunderbolt™ technology!

Professional Performance
Go beyond the limits of your AVCHD or HDV camera! Simply plug using HDMI or analog and capture direct from your camera's CCD! You get incredible quality that completely bypasses the camera's video compression. Use Intensity for monitoring from your edit software for maximum real time effects! Intensity connects direct to your editing software's real time effects processing!

PCI Express, USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt™
There are three Intensity models available, depending on the computer you use. Intensity Pro works with Mac, Windows and Linux computers with PCI Express slots. PCI Express gives you incredible speed for maximum real time effects in a card based design that fits right inside your computer. Intensity Shuttle works on Windows computers with USB 3.0. It uses SuperSpeed USB 3.0, the USB connection standard for computers that's 10 times faster than regular USB. That's 4.8 Gb/s, which easily handles the highest quality 10 bit uncompressed 1080HD video on x58 or P55 series or better Windows computers. And then there’s new Intensity Extreme. It’s the first of the Intensity range to use Intel’s revolutionary Thunderbolt™ technology.

New Intensity Extreme with Thunderbolt™
Introducing Intensity Extreme, built with blazingly fast Thunderbolt™ technology. Machined from a solid piece of aluminum, Intensity Extreme gives you incredible quality HDMI, component video, s-video and composite 10 bit capture and playback. Better still, this super-sleek, high-speed data transfer system offers an incredible 10 Gb/s connection that’s up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0 and up to 11.5 times faster than FireWire 800.
Use Popular Video Software
Intensity works with the software you love to use! Use DirectShow™ and QuickTime™ software, or the world's most popular editing software such as Final Cut Pro™ and Premiere Pro™!
Highest Quality Analog Connections
The included break-out cable connects Intensity Pro to all types of analog video and audio equipment. This gives you full compatibility with analog component, NTSC, PAL, S-Video and analog audio.
True HDMI Digital Connections
Intensity features HDMI-in for connecting to cameras and digital set-top boxes for the highest quality capture. Get higher quality capture from HD cameras by capturing direct and bypassing HDV compression.

True HDMI Digital Connections
Intensity features the highest quality HDMI input and output connections. HDMI is the worldwide standard for connecting digital consumer video equipment like cameras, set-top boxes and disk recorders. Intensity's HDMI output is perfect for monitoring full HD, HDV and even DV editing projects on the latest big screen TVs and HD video projectors! HDMI includes your audio, so you can connect to your TV with a single cable!

Uncompressed or Compressed Video
HDV and DV use heavy compression. This increases the load on your computer's CPU as editing software decodes the video just to display each frame. Working with uncompressed video leaves the CPU free for real time effects and your system will feel snappy and fast to use. As uncompressed HD requires a fast disk array, Intensity also works with compressed video that's higher quality than HDV. You can also use popular editing software codecs like Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD.

Full HD Resolution
Intensity captures full HD images with 1920 x 1080 pixels for every video frame. HDV reduces the image size to 1440 pixels wide due to the limitations of camera storage and the data transfer speed of FireWire. Modern video cameras have built-in HDMI output and you can directly capture from the camera's image sensor. Now you can get professional quality images from low cost cameras and record the image sensor's full quality before any compression is applied

Professional Video Standards
Intensity will instantly switch between HD and SD video standards including HDTV 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, NTSC and PAL. Intensity can also capture and play back all professional file formats so you can deliver finished television programs, music videos and other work at broadcast standards. Add broadcast quality to your editing system and move to a new world of video editing where your images always stay absolutely perfect at full resolution HDTV!

Record your Game Play!
Connect Intensity to your gaming console for amazing live action game play recording. Intensity is based on high quality broadcast television electronics, so you'll get full quality and full motion without dropped frames. This means you get incredible quality, totally perfect and in full resolution!

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