Video Assist
iPad / Photo et vidéo
Use your iPad as an external monitor and recording device with compatible USB Capture Cards. Easily record videos or capture frame grabs from any HDMI or SDI Video Source.
Verified HDMI Capture Cards:
Elgato HD60 X
Elgato HD60 S+
Elgato CamLink 4K
EVGA XR1 Lite
AverMedia Live Gamer Mini
AverMedia ExtremeCap UV (BU110)
Roland UVC-01
UGREEN Video Capture Dongle
Simplecom DA315
Verified SDI Capture Cards:
AJA U-Tap SDI
AVMATRIX UC2018***
Review captured video with our suite of in-built playback tools. Set multiple in/out points for a video to quickly get an idea of how it will feel in an edit. Our Playback Controls allow you to scrub to any point in time and navigate frame by frame when required. Playback will loop between different in/out points for takes with multiple actions. The Playback Browser makes finding and sharing specific video clips a breeze, you can even assign each clip a rating to keep track of preferred takes.
Clean Video Output is supported for both live video and playback. Simply connect an external monitor to your iPad with a USB-C to HDMI/DisplayPort Adaptor or via AirPlay. You’ll then be able to control Video Assist from your iPad while providing a clean video feed to another monitor. When using USB Video Output in tandem with a USB Capture Card you will need to use a USB Hub.
Professional Tools such as Color Correction, Video Transform, Grid Lines, Center Marks, Aspect Ratio Masks, Anamorphic Desqueeze, RGB/Luminance Histograms and Audio Meters are built-in. Apply video effects in real-time to a Live Video Feed or while in Playback Mode for a previously captured clip.
Automatic Record Trigger is supported for all ARRI Alexa, Sony Venice, RED and Blackmagic Cameras via a custom built computer vision model. Record Trigger requires status info on your camera output, it will not work on a clean video feed. If we don’t support Record Trigger for a camera you own please get in touch, we’d love to bring that functionality to Video Assist.
All Videos and Frame Grabs are stored on your iPad and can be accessed from the ‘Files’ App. Create Projects for better organisation when using Video Assist on different jobs or for breaking things down episode to episode on longer projects.
By default Videos and Frame Grabs are saved to ‘Files → iCloud Drive → Video Assist → Projects → Default’. This can be changed to save ‘On My iPad’ via the iPad ‘Settings’ App. This is recommended if you don’t want your recorded videos automatically uploading to iCloud.
A pre-release demo of ‘Video Assist’ can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxTDOyLeWQ
Compatible iPad Models*:
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd Generation and Later)
iPad Pro 11-inch (1st Generation and Later)
iPad (10th Generation)
iPad Air (4th Generation and Later)
iPad Mini (6th Generation and Later)
As a general rule, if your iPad has a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3/4 Port then it will be compatible.
Untested SDI Capture Cards**:
Magewell USB Capture SDI Plus
Inogeni SDI2USB3
Not Working SDI Capture Cards:
Blackmagic UltraStudio Recorder 3G
Blackmagic UltraStudio 4K Mini
*iPadOS 17 is required.
**USB Capture Cards must be UVC Compliant to work with Video Assist.
***AVMatrix UC2018 is Locked to 60 FPS. Does Not Allow for Other Frame Rates.
Terms of Use:
https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/video-assist-public/terms-of-use.pdf
Privacy Policy:
https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/video-assist-public/privacy-policy.pdf
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
What’s New:
• Projects can be recorded to an External SSD.
• Projects can be recorded to iCloud Drive which allows you to easily share footage with collaborators.
• Manage Projects by copying, moving or deleting videos and frame grabs from On My iPad, iCloud Drive and External Storage.
• Color Correction has been updated with controls for Red, Green and Blue for precise White Balance tweaks.
• Mask Overlays have been updated to support X and Y Offsets.
• Transform has been updated with Quadrant Presets, this allows you to quickly zoom in to full screen when using a Quad Split to display 4 Camera Feeds.
• Histogram has been updated to allow for selection of a target area. By default the histogram will analyze the entire image, this includes the status info which can impact the accuracy of the histogram read out. Best practice is to use the new target area feature to target only the actual image region of the video feed. Both RGB and Luma Histograms support this functionality.
• The computer vision model that powers RED Record Trigger has been updated, it is now trained on 3x as many images which provides more accurate detection of rolling / not rolling on a wide array of RED Cameras.
• Video Assist will correctly recognize the M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air and the iPad Mini (A17 Pro).
• Remaining Record Time is now more accurate.
• Fixed issue where the current shot details would disappear when renaming a project.
• Fixed issue where it would be difficult to tap an existing value for Episode, Scene or Shot.
• Fixed issue where the sort order of Existing Episodes, Scenes or Shots would not sort correctly for numeric values.
• Fixed issue where the duration of existing clips would not show if you transfer Video Assist to a new iPad via an iPad Backup.
• Fixed issue where an Error Alert would not dismiss when tapping the OK Button.
• Various UI Tweaks to ensure compatibility with iOS 18.
• Various other bug fixes and performance improvements.
