Rockets inaugurates virtual study with Blackmagic solutions

Osaka (Japan) is the basis of operations of Rockets, producer who has decided to bet on Blackmagic as a technological nucleus of the new Virtual Rocket Studio study of Tokyo.

Rockets provides services related to the issuance of live content online and the transmission of different events, making a total of more than 200 transmissions per year. It also offers Integral solutions which include event planning, personnel selection and devices, their operation and everything related to the requirements for the configuration of complex networks and the outdoor electricity supply. The producer has customers throughout Japan and carries out transmissions from exterior.

Pandemia caused the demand for transmissions through the Internet to multiply, which is why Rockets He decided to build an infrastructure that supported all this type of content. In the words of Kazuhiro Yoshitomi, representative of Rockets: "We wanted a virtual space with flexible options for the bottom and, in turn, offered us a guarantee of the future."

To this end, the company decided on a wide selection of solutions from Blackmagic: A mixer ATEM Constellation 8K; A unit ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel; A camera URSA Broadcast G2 with the Blackmagic Zoom Suend and Blackmagic Focus Demand accessories; Matrices Blackmagic Videohub 40×40 12G and Smart Videohub 20×20; A format processor Teranex of; monitors SmartScope Duo 4K y Multiview 16; Professional recorders Hyperdeck Studio HD Plus and HyperDeck Studio 4K Pro; a capture and reproduction device Ultrastudio 4K Mini; several converters Mini Converter; devices Ultimatte 12and Smart Remote 4.

"Having used BlackMagic products for so many years, we can carry out the transition to the newest models without inconvenience. The numerous inputs of the ATEM Constellation 8K mixer and the various composition channels offered by this facilitating the overlap of the images. Recently, we have not only received requests with respect to transmissions, but also other relative to different visual effects, and in such a sense the supersooting function is of great help," Yoshitomi remarks.

Managing the green screen with Blackmagic

The Rocket Studio is equipped with a Green background two -sided, which is digitally painted in this color. In addition, the computerized background image is transmitted through a virtual system. Through the use of cameras capable of providing information on the objectives, these data are sent to said virtual system, where they are combined with the background, real -time compositions and the material captured by the Ursa Broadcast G2 unit through an Ultimatte 12 device 12. The resulting composition is then transmitted to the mixer ATEM Constellation 8K to alternate it with other signals.

All this exemplifies the versatility of the ecosystem of Blackmagic, as explained Yoshitomi: “The videoHub 40 × 40 12G matrix receives all the sources and later distributes them. We also acquire the Smart videoHub 20 × 20 model, although we used another previous one, in order to have more tickets. This new version includes a rotating control with an electronic clutch that facilitates its use. On the other hand, the Teranex Av processor allows us Store content on SD cards, which is convenient when delivering recorded images to customers ”.

"Since we equipped a large part of the study with Blackmagic Design products, we were able to connect them through a network. In this way, we have the possibility of controlling them through an iPad device or any computer equipment, thus simplifying its use," says Yoshitomi to finish, transferring how Rockets not only bets on first level technology, but by the ease of use.