In 2009 the company acquired the American based Da Vinci Systems, best known for its color-correction and color-grading products.

In 2006 the company released Blackmagic On-Air television production software.

In 2005 the company released several products, including the Multibridge family of PCIe bi-directional converters and the FrameLink family of DPX-based software.

The company later released newer versions of the product and added color-correction capabilities, support for Windows, and full support for Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft DirectShow. The company was founded in 2001 by Grant Petty and produced its first product, a capture card for macOS called DeckLink that was the first to offer uncompressed 10-bit video, in 2002. It designs and manufactures broadcast and cinema hardware, most notably high-end digital-movie cameras, and also develops video editing software, such as the DaVinci Resolve and Blackmagic Fusion applications. is an Australian digital cinema company and hardware manufacturer based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Blackmagic color correction