HISTORY OF BLACK MAGIC CAMERAS
The company was founded in 1984 by Grant Petty. On November 2002, the company introduced DeckLink, a QuickTime-based PCI capture card that was the first to offer uncompressed 10 bit video.[2] Version 2.4 for the device was available in February 4, 2003, and added full compatibility for 8 and 10 bit uncompressed Digital Voodoo format and color correction.[3] On February 18, the successor to the DeckLink, DeckLink 2, was released.[4] Microsoft Windows support was added on March.[5] In April, two variants of the DeckLink, the SP and Pro, were announced.[6][7] Full support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft DirectShow was released in March 2, 2004 and the Extreme model was announced on March 19.[8] The DeckLink HD Plus,Workgroup Videohub and DeckLink Multibridge were jointly announced on September.[9][10][11] In April 2005, the company announced the Multibridge family of PCIe bi-directional converters and the FrameLink family of DPX-based software.[12][13] The PCIe variant of the DeckLi...
