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Upgrade your real-time compositing for keying live action video with the Ultimatte 12 Keyer Advanced Compositing Processor from Blackmagic Design. This latest version of the Ultimatte 12 adds 12G-SDI connectivity to advanced algorithms, improved spill suppression, color science and separation, and excellent color fidelity to help create truly photorealistic composites.
Upgrade your real-time compositing for keying live action video with the Ultimatte 12 Keyer Advanced Compositing Processor from Blackmagic Design. This latest version of the Ultimatte 12 adds 12G-SDI connectivity to advanced algorithms, improved spill suppression, color science and separation, and excellent color fidelity to help create truly photorealistic composites.
The Ultimatte 12 works in Ultra HD & HD with sub-pixel processing for an improved image. Designed for news, sports, and other types of production, this versatile unit offers realistic augmented reality layers and one-touch auto-keying. This 1 rack unit processor does not include the required Ultimatte Smart Remote 4.
Advanced Real-Time Compositing
Uses new algorithms and color science, improved edge handling, color separation, color fidelity, and spill suppression to create photorealistic composites in UHD 4K and HD, all in real time. Designed for news, sports, narrative film and television, and entertainment productions using fixed cameras, static backgrounds, or virtual set systems. The ability to layer augmented reality objects enables talent to pre-visualize virtual sets when using a green screen.
Multicamera Use
New technology enables the Ultimatte 12 to add accurate keying parameters to multiple cameras, accounting for slight variations between the camera positions
Realistic Augmented Reality Layer
A new "realistic" layer compositing mode enables you to add translucent or tinted objects on top of the foreground.
One-Touch Keying and Advanced Image Processing
One-touch keying dramatically lessens the time it takes to pull a key, using the auto key to set over 100 parameters once your set is well lit and white balanced. Advanced image processing algorithms and an immense color space are used to generate internal mattes, so different parts of the image can be processed separately based on the colors in each area. This processing produces fine detail on hair and smooths color and object transitions with both HD and UHD 4K video.
Highest Color Fidelity
Refined flare, edge, and transition processing enables you to remove the background without affecting the colors you want to retain, faithfully reproducing colors that are impossible on other keyers, such as a bright yellow dress in front of a green screen.
Shadows and Transparencies
Improved flare algorithms can remove green tinting and spill from almost anything, creating true, realistic looking virtual environments, even when using shadows or transparent objects with reflections.
High-Quality Interfaces
High-quality connections include an Ethernet port, a GPI tally trigger, 12G-SDI BNC ports that support up to UHD 4K video, and Program video outputs.
Dedicated Compositing Inputs
Dedicated connectors with loop outputs that are used for compositing include:
I set up a small, green screen video studio for a friend of mine. We started with a Rodecaster switcher, but needed more “power” for multiple cameras, so we upgraded to the ATEM Mini Extreme ISO G2 switcher. As nice as this switcher is, I was still unhappy with the chromakey results - probably due to our not-so-ideal lighting set-up. I still fought with grainy output, outlines around the talent, and so forth.
Someone in a Reddit forum suggested these Ultimatte devices. I balked a bit because we needed one for each camera to make it work. Nevertheless, the price per unit is not bad, and the power…. Well…! Let’s just say, the result is well worth the investment. These things do more than I expected But the best part is, once I set up the shots very carefully, and saved the set, all I do now is power up the system, and all the shots are ready to go - very professional looking; clean, no lines, no fuzz, no goofy hair outlines, etc.
These items seem to be hot sellers; I had a difficult time finding 3 of these from the same source. B&H was the only source that could fill the order AND ship to us - quickly.
Giant Step-up From Atem Mini Extreme Keyer
By S Hasan
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2024-08-08
During Covid19 shutdown we turned to Remote Work. However Camlink type External Camera Capture USB devices were nowhere to be found. We were able to get our hands on Atem Mini models and start using those as USB capture devices. Later on, we learn how to use Green Screen on Zoom Calls using our Atem Mini models and for us, that was a game changer. Recently we got our hands on Ultimatte 12 HD Mini Keyer. And what a difference! We thought Atem Mini Keyers are the best. And they are. However Ultimatte 12 units are at a different level, even with mediocre Green Screen setups like we do.
One More Thing:
Atem Mini models have Frame converter built-in and these units will negotiate any source you plugin into them. We used Laptops, GoPros, Camcorders and even VCRs with Atem without any issue. However Ultimatte units do not have Frame Rate converters built in. So you must make sure all inputs into Ultimatte have precisely set frame rate. We are using 1080p / 59.94.
We bought some MD-HX Decimators to convert our inputs to match precisely what is needed for Ultimatte.
We saw some reviewers' bad ratings on the B&H website. Which we believe could be because of User-Error, not the units.
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Can this be used as a live keyer for a virtual ...
Can this be used as a live keyer for a virtual set with dynamically moving cameras? The promo materials seem to only mention fixed cameras.
Asked by: Terry
The Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 4K Keyer Advanced Compositing Processor can be used in virtual sets, but the handling of foreground and background would be done with external processing.
Answered by: Chris H
Date published: 2024-10-30
For 3 keys cameras do I have to buy 3 Blackmagic ...
For 3 keys
cameras do I have to buy 3 Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 4K Keyers for each camera?
Asked by: Rene
The Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 4K Keyer Advanced Compositing Processor is used with a single camera, and if you have multiple cameras in your production that need keying, you will need multiple Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 4K Keyer Advanced Compositing Processor.
Answered by: Richard
Date published: 2023-05-18
Is there a difference between the keying ...
Is there a difference between the keying capabilities between the HD version VS the HD Mini version?
Asked by: Michael
The Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 HD Mini Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor has the same keying capabilities as the Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 HD Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor, the only difference would be the I/O ports available on each model.
Answered by: Paige K
Date published: 2024-01-11
How different is this keyer than say the Atem HD8 ...
How different is this keyer than say the Atem HD8 keyer or the Atem mini pro keyer?
Asked by: Ken
The Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 HD Mini Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor is much more advanced than the keyer built into the ATEM Switchers. With the Ultimatte model, you will have many more options to clean up the key.
Answered by: Chris H
Date published: 2024-08-07
Do I retain camera control capabilities (ISO, ...
Do I retain camera control capabilities (ISO, shutter, focus) if I use the HDMI Ultimatte 12 with my BMPCC and ATEM Mini setup?
Asked by: Martin
Yes it does. Just make sure to send the return feed from the ATEM Mini to the Ultimatte 12.
Answered by: Joe P
Date published: 2022-10-24
Can the Ultimatte 12 Mini output Program HDMI and ...
Can the Ultimatte 12 Mini output Program HDMI and SDI simultaneously? (For example to a Switcher and a PC at the same time)?
Asked by: Alain
Yes, the Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 HD Mini Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor can output both from the SDI and HDMI simultaneously.
Answered by: Jonathan S
Date published: 2024-11-10
Can the 8K handle keying multiple 4k camera ...
Can the 8K handle keying multiple 4k camera inputs, or is it only capable of keying one input regardless of the resolution?
Asked by: Daniel
With the Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 8K Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor each camera will have the option of its own separate key.
Answered by: John W
Date published: 2024-11-28
Can the Ultimatte 12HD work through an ATEM ...
Can the Ultimatte 12HD work through an ATEM Extreme ISO that also has a Ultimatte 4k?
Asked by: Tony
The Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 HD Keyer/Advanced Compositing Processor could work with Blackmagic 4K switchers in HD resolutions.
