Capture footage from digital or analog sources directly into your NLE of choice with the UltraStudio Express HD from Blackmagic Design. SDI and analog component video inputs can import video from modern or legacy professional video equipment. Using the versatile Thunderbolt interface, the UltraStudio HD can send and receive SD and HD video up to 1080p60, with up to 16 channels of embedded audio, via a USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 connector.
Available outputs include dual SDI for fill and key and an HDMI output for driving a display. The unit also features dual analog audio inputs and a reference input. With the built-in RS-422 connection, the UltraStudio HD can also interface with professional broadcast decks.
- Color space conversion: Hardware-based real-time conversion
- HD down conversion: Real-time 10-bit hardware down conversion on SDI B output for HD video playback
- Selectable between letterbox, anamorphic 16:9, and center-cut 4:3 styles
- Final Cut Pro X internal effects
- Premiere Pro CC Mercury Playback Engine effects
- Avid Media Composer internal effects
- DaVinci Resolve
- Blackmagic Design: DaVinci Resolve, Fusion
- Apple: Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop
- Avid: Media Composer, Pro Tools
- Steinberg: Cubase, Nuendo
- And more—see the Blackmagic Design website for additional compatible software

