When DJI initially revealed its Ronin 4D, which is a 4-axis electronic camera gimbal developed for cinematographers making videos on the ground (instead of in the air, through drone), among its most-touted and highly-anticipated functions was that the Zenmuse X9 gimbal electronic camera– offered in either 8K or 6K variations– would can internally taping Apple ProRes and Apple ProRes RAW.
That Ronin 4D statement was back in October 2021 However when it in fact started delivering a couple of months later on in February 2022, lots of prospective consumers were extremely dissatisfied. That’s due to the fact that it delivered without ProRes RAW abilities, as was very first guaranteed.
DJI did provide an alleviation reward; it dropped the initially-advertised price from $7,199 to $6,799. However in spite of the expense savings, it was mainly a blow to folks looking for to shoot 8K ProRes RAW. Internal ProRes Raw was a big reason lots of people desired the Ronin 4D. Online remarks reveal individuals cancelling previously-made orders.
However this month, DJI lastly fixed the Apple ProRes RAW issue. In addition to the launch of its brand-new DJI Ronin Flex, DJI likewise revealed that Apple ProRes RAW video recording is lastly offered on Ronin 4D (note that you do not require the Flex to trigger RAW; the 2 statements were simply made at the same time).
Now you can acquire an activation license secret for the Apple ProRes RAW codec on Ronin 4D at the DJI Shop. That’s fantastic news for filmmakers looking for to incorporate Ronin 4D video footage into movie theater productions.
However obviously, there’s constantly problem to accompany fortunately; the Apple ProRes RAW license for Ronin 4D costs $979. That’s far higher than the $400 discount rate DJI provided as its alleviation reward in 2015. Maybe the over-2x rate boost is Ronin’s variation of inflation.
What is Apple ProRes and Apple ProRes RAW?
Apple ProRes is a video compression format established by Apple for usage in post-production that supports video resolution as much as 8K. In 2018, Apple ProRes RAW showed up on the scene, broadening upon the ProRes codecs with a concentrate on raw information originating from the sensing unit. Its worth remains in using much better color recreation, offered how it postpones the debayering procedure to the post-production phase, and it’s perfect for high-dynamic-range (HDR) material development.
With ProRes RAW, you can import, modify, and grade video with RAW information directly from your electronic camera sensing unit– in theory accelerating edits. Mac users can likewise render and export much faster with ProRes RAW than you can with other raw formats considered that ProRes RAW is enhanced for macOS and the current Mac computer systems.
Now, the Zenmuse X7 and Ronin 4D are Apple ProRes RAW licensed items. (The DJI CineLight, Inspire 2, Ronin 4D and Mavic 3 Cine had actually been Apple ProRes licensed items currently.)
Today, there are still reasonably couple of Apple Pro Res RAW-authorized items. Aside from DJI, other Apple Pro Res RAW-authorized items consist of Adobe After Impacts, Adobe Media Best Pro, Avid Media Author, FilmLight’s Baselight and Daytime, the MTI Movie Cortex and the Nikon Z9, to name a few.
The list of ProRes items (not RAW) is far longer, and consists of other DJI items consisting of DJI CineLight, Inspire 2 and Mavic 3 Cine
What to understand about Apple ProRes RAW for Ronin 4D
When you have actually bought the $979 DJI Ronin 4D RAW License, you’ll have the ability to tape-record Apple ProRes RAW video on your Ronin 4D, whether you likewise have the Ronin 4D Flex It’s not a membership however rather a one-time purchase, so it stands forever for as long as you utilize the Ronin 4D. The license works with DJI Ronin 4D and Zenmuse X9-6K
It’s not completely clear why the Ronin 4D only simply now supports Apple ProRes RAW– and it’s likewise unclear why the preliminary pledge failed at launch, however lots of presumed it pertained to patent concerns.
Though prior to now, Apple ProRes 4444 XQ had actually been offered to all buyers through a firmware upgrade, and Apple ProRes HQ 422 was (and still is) likewise offered. However the ProRex 4444 XQ codec was far less enticing, because it used an even worse quality to file-size ratio than the more recent ProRes RAW.
For what it deserves, the Mavic 3 Cine was a game-changer in the drone world when it launched to news that it would use far richer video processing than simply the Mavic 3 by itself by method of assistance for Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422, and Apple ProRes 422 LT encoding. Possibly ProRes RAW for drones is next.
How to acquire and trigger your license secret for the Apple ProRes RAW codec on Ronin 4D
As Soon As you have your license, it’s quite basic and needs simply 4 actions:
- Just link your Ronin 4D to a computer system utilizing the consisted of cable television, and power on the Ronin 4D.
- Introduce DJI Assistant 2 for the Ronin Series with the very same logged-in DJI account you bought the activation secret with.
- Click the icon for Ronin 4D, browse to the criterion settings page, and click “License.”
- Go into the confirmation code that was sent out to you (either through email/phone) at purchase, then click through to ‘verify’ and ‘continue activation’ till you get an ‘activation effective’ message.