Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit rt.x2 du fabricant Matrox Electronic Systems
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Pr ofessional r ealtime HD and SD editing platforms for Adobe CS3 Pr oduction Pr emium Product Guide / Release 3.5 / April 2008.
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Overview If you're a pr ofessional video editor concer ned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Pr emiere Pro CS3 and Adobe CS3 Production Pr emium, have a look at the Matrox RT .X2 pr oduct line – the ideal solutions for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers.
Key features of Matr ox RT .X2 and Matr ox RT .X2 LE Professional r ealtime HD and SD editing · Realtime, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital s.
Scalable system design Y our particular workflow requirements and budget will determine the specific components you should choose when designing your Matrox RT .
Realtime multi-layer workflows Matrox RT .X2 and RT .X2 LE are designed primarily for r ealtime native HDV , DV , and Panasonic P2 720p and SD editing, but also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame codec so you can captur e other HD and SD formats over the analog inputs, and mix all types of footage on an HD or SD timeline in real time.
Monitor Matrox RT .X2 provides full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via its independent DVI output. Y ou won’t need to buy expensive HD monitoring equipment or the video-to-DVI converter r equired for monitoring with some I/O cards.
When the need arises, HDV clips can also be placed on your SD timeline. The RT .X2 cards will downscale them so you can mix 1080i at 29.97 fps material into an NTSC timeline or 1080i at 25 fps material into a P AL timeline in real time. W ith Matrox RT .
Realtime Matrox Flex CPU ef fects The Matrox RT .X2 platforms rely on the power of your CPU to perform a variety of r ealtime and accelerated effects. The Matrox Flex CPU ef fects are also available in Adobe After Effects.
Re al ti me c ol or m at ch a nd c ol or b al an ce — C ol or s ca n be c or rect ed u si ng n in e pa ra me te rs re la te d to t he b la ck ( sh ado w) , mi dt on e, a nd w hi te ( hig hl ig ht ) le ve ls o f yo ur c li ps .
Realtime RGB curves control — RGB curves control offers a fast, natural way to fine-tune the colors in your video. If, for example, you want to remove a blue tint fr om your video, you simply drag the blue curve down. W ith RGB curves you can also achieve wild color effects and other looks that ar e otherwise impossible.
The realtime luma keyer gives you low clip, low gain, high clip, high gain, and transpar ency controls. · Realtime speed changes — Y ou can use speed changes to emphasize special moments, extend the duration of shots to match voiceover timing, or enhance the feeling of dramatic shots.
· Realtime SD clip upscaling in an HD timeline — This effect is enabled by right-clicking on an SD clip in an HD timeline and selecting “scale to frame size”. It provides r ealtime playback of SD clips upscaled to HD to let you mix NTSC material into a 1080i at 29.
Realtime Matrox Flex GPU ef fects Using the power of your system GPU, the Matrox RT .X2 platforms let you create a wide variety br oadcast-quality 2D and 3D digital video effects.
· Realtime page curl — Page curls are true 3D with full-motion video on the r everse side and realistic highlights. Page curls on graphics let you create gr eat looking text effects. Y ou control the position, rotation, scaling, and zooming of page curls in 3D space.
· Realtime mask blur — The realtime mask blur ef fect lets you create a “region of interest” by adding a mask and applying blurring to it. Y ou can either create your own custom made mask, or select one of the many pre-cr eated masks included with the effect.
· Realtime crystallize — The crystallize effect lets you choose fr om many different patterns to make your image or text appear as if it is made of crystals. · Realtime lens flare — The lens flar e effect lets you simulate the light r efractions caused by shining a bright light into the lens of a camera when taking a photo.
· Realtime twirl — The twirl effect lets you cr eate patter ns that twist and rotate your video and graphics clips into spirals, coils, or whirlpools. · Realtime impressionist ef fect — The impressionist effect lets you choose from many different patterns that give your image the look of an Impressionist painting.
· Accelerated cube — The cube effect lets you map thr ee differ ent video, graphics, or solid colors to the faces of 3D cubes and slabs, then rotate them in 3D space (r equires GPU with 512 MB). · Native Adobe Premier e Pro transitions — Most Adobe Premiere Pr o native transition effects can be used in real time on the Matrox RT .
Productivity featur es The Matrox RT .X2 platforms offer tight integration with Adobe Pr emiere Pr o CS3 and a variety of productivity featur es that help you get your work done quickly and efficiently . Downscaling HD projects for SD delivery (does not apply to R T .
VU meters on capture VU meters on audio/video capture ar e a unique feature of the Matrox RT .X2 platforms. They let you see if your audio input is active and also let you monitor and adjust audio levels in order to obtain the optimal signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range.
Flexible A VI and WA V file formats The Matrox RT .X2 platforms capture video in Windows-standard A VI and WA V files for complete compatibility with other multimedia applications. Interleaved audio is the industry standard and allows for maximum compatibility with applications that expect the audio to be contained within the A VI file.
Matrox EZ-HDV utility The Matrox EZ-HDV utility lets you playback HDV -AVI files of any length in Video for Windows applications, overcoming the usual 2 GB A VI file size limitation. It does this by creating a very small refer ence AVI file almost instantaneously without modifying the contents of your original HDV -A VI file.
Axio LE Axio HD Axio SD RT .X2 R T .X2 LE RT .X2 SD Capture/editing formats HDV 1080i X XXXX capture only HDV 1080p X XXXX capture only HDV 720p X XXXX — DVCPRO HD X X X ——— DV , DVCPRO, DVCAM.
www .matrox.com/video Matrox reserves the right to change the product specifications without notice. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Matrox is a registered trademark and Matrox RT.X2 and Matrox RT.X2 SD are trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.
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