General Description

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe CS4 Production Premium, have a look at the Matrox RT.X2 product line – the ideal solutions for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. If you’re delivering your work in SD, Matrox RT.X2 SD is right for you. If you need to edit HDV, XDCAM EX, or P2 MXF 720p and output HD, choose Matrox RT.X2 LE or Matrox RT.X2. If you want to use a DVI display for full resolution HD previews, you’ll need RT.X2.

Features

• Realtime, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects — color correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects — 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
• Extensive camera support including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony
• Realtime native HDV, XDCAM EX, P2 MXF 720p, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
• Realtime native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, Panasonic P2 MXF SD, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha in HD and SD
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
• Realtime high-quality downscaling for analog SD output from an HD timeline
• Realtime MPEG-2 IBP capture from analog and DV sources for DVD authoring
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Encore and Photoshop; Autodesk Combustion; and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions) with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
• Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
• Full-resolution HD monitoring with calibration control on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output on RT.X2
• Matrox RT.X2 and Matrox RT.X2 LE are available as a bundle with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or as hardware-only

Specifications

Matrox continuously validate computers, motherboards, display cards, and storage subsystems and provide guidelines to enable you to make an informed choice as you choose the components for your own Matrox RT.X2 editing system or work with your Matrox RT.X2 dealer to specify a turnkey system. Please visit Matrox support for up-to-date Information.