Entering Metadata
Metadata is information saved inside your clip, such as take numbers, camera settings and
other identifying details. This is extremely useful when sorting and processing footage in post
production. For example, take, shot and scene numbers are essential organizational tools, while
lens information can be used to automatically remove distortion or better match VFX assets
to plates.
Your Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2 automatically saves some metadata to each clip,
such as camera settings, timecode, date and time. You can use your camera’s slate to add many
additional details.
Slate
Press the ‘menu’ button and use the arrow keys to navigate to the ‘slate’ menu.
The ‘slate’ menu is divided into ‘clips’, ‘project’ and ‘lens data’ sections. The ‘clip’ section
contains information that may vary clip by clip, while ‘project’ contains camera ID information
that stays common between clips. The ‘lens data’ section contains lens type and iris information
for the lens fitted to your camera.
TIP Metadata entered into the slate is viewable on your camera’s HDMI output when
‘display’ is set to ‘director’ in the ‘monitor’ menu. See the ‘monitor menu’ section of this
manual for more information.
Clip
In standby mode, when your camera is ready to record, clip metadata will be saved to the next
recorded clip. You can use the ‘good take last clip’ button to apply a ‘good take’ tag to the most
recently recorded clip.
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