PC

Matrox RT technology for Adobe Premiere Pro

The Matrox MXO2 Mini goes far beyond the capabilities of systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and a simple I/O card. The additional benefits you get include:

• Matrox RT technology that enhances the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine to provide full-resolution, full-frame-rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing and advanced realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects
• Convenient form factors for use with laptops and desktops in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans
• 10-bit HDMI input, output and monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
• Capture to HD and SD video to 8- and 10-bit uncompressed AVI files
• Capture to HD and SD video to the highly-efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec at bit rates from 50 to 300 mbps
• Playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha
• Matrox A/V Tools application for fast capture/playback of audio, video, and still frames

The Matrox MXO2 Mini features Matrox RT technology that enhances the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine to provide full-resolution, full-frame-rate, multi-layer, realtime video editing.

Matrox RT technology is designed for use with or without the presence of GPU acceleration. It provides many of the benefits of GPU acceleration but works with any system, even laptops. It optimizes your system to output to professional monitors at full-resolution and full-frame-rate.

In addition, Matrox RT provides advanced realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects such as primary and secondary color correction, smooth speed changes, and many more; along with a high-quality, highly-efficient MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec that streamlines working with CPU-taxing footage such as AVCHD and XDCAM.

Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects with Adobe Premiere Pro

The Matrox MXO2 Mini works in conjunction with the power of your CPU to perform a variety of advanced realtime effects including:

Realtime primary color correction

Realtime secondary color correction

Realtime chroma and luma keying

Realtime speed changes

Realtime transitions

Native Adobe Premiere Pro effects and transitions

Realtime timecode

Realtime primary color correction

Primary color correction is a critically important effect for all productions, whether to achieve continuity when cutting between shots, ensure broadcast safe levels, or establish and emphasize a "look". The primary color corrector provides basic proc amp control; three-way color correction complete with master, shadows, midtones and highlights control; input/output level control; and RGB curves control.

Realtime proc amp controls

The Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you easily adjust four proc amp controls - hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast. Hue adjusts the tint of the colors in the image, saturation adjusts the vividness, contrast adjusts the difference in luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of the image, and brightness adjusts the level of black. You can also use these controls to create special effects, such as black and white, in real time.

Realtime color match and color balance

Colors can be corrected using nine parameters related to the black (shadow), midtone, and white (highlight) levels of your clips. You can easily match colors or balance blacks, whites, and grays against a reference shot in one simple step.

Reference

Match

Corrected

Realtime input/output level control

Using the histogram display and level controls, luminance levels can be remapped to maximize the dynamic range of a clip. For example, bright areas can be made brighter and dark areas can be made darker. Five parameters are available - black, white, and gamma levels on the input; and black and white levels on the output. Auto white and auto black controls are also provided.

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 from your video, you simply drag the blue curve down. With RGB curves you can also achieve wild color effects and other looks that are otherwise impossible.

Realtime secondary color correction

The secondary color corrector is an advanced tool used for fine-tuning or dramatic effects creation. It offers all the controls found in the primary color correction filter with the added capability of limiting the effect to a specific range of pixels. Pixel selection can be done using color and/or brightness. Using the simple garbage matte tool, you can also limit the effect to a specific region. The pixel selection can also be inverted.

The secondary color corrector lets you achieve effects such as color pass and color replace. It can be used, for example, to change the color of a dress, deepen the background sky color, or to achieve an effect similar to the film Schindler's List where only one object or person remains in color while the rest of the image becomes black and white.

Realtime chroma and luma keying

The Matrox MXO2 Mini provides one of the finest realtime chroma keyers in the industry. Clean blue- and green-screen keys are easy to achieve, even with HDV and AVCHD material shot in less than optimal lighting conditions. Your video is upsampled to 4:4:4:4 resolution and advanced noise reduction algorithms are used to ensure superior results. The auto key button intelligently adjusts the key with soft edges, spill removal, and shadow preservation. If needed, you can further refine the key with manual controls. You can key on any color, not just blue and green. You can also invert the selection and display the matte being generated to fine tune the key.

The realtime luma keyer gives you low clip, low gain, high clip, high gain, and transparency controls.

Realtime speed changes

You can use speed changes to emphasize special moments, extend the duration of shots to match voiceover timing, or enhance the feeling of dramatic shots. You can apply smooth slow and fast motion with field or frame blending.

Realtime transitions

The Matrox MXO2 Mini supports standard dissolves, SMPTE wipes, and organic wipes with soft edges and color borders.

Native Adobe Premiere Pro effects and transitions

Some of Adobe Premiere Pro's most popular native effects and transitions such as Opacity, Crop, Dip to Black, Black and White, Dissolve, and Additive Dissolve can be used in real time in SD. The Matrox MXO2 Mini accelerates these effects and transitions in HD.

Realtime timecode

The MXO2 Mini overwrites the Adobe Premiere Pro timecode filter so that it becomes realtime. The realtime time code effect lets you generate and overlay a time code counter on a video production. You can use it to make a dub of source tapes with time code "burn-in" then use these tapes to log scenes, create edit decision lists, or get client feedback on your finished production.

Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec with Adobe Premiere Pro

The Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec is a high-quality, highly-efficient 8-bit 4:2:2 video codec used mainly as a less processor-intensive way of working with long-GOP footage such as HDV, AVCHD, and XDCAM HD. The bit rate of the codec can be set between 50 and 300 Mbps, giving you the flexibly on each clip to make your own tradeoffs between video quality and storage considerations.

It can be used with Adobe Premiere Pro in four ways:

1. as a full-raster capture codec when capturing from SDI or analog;
2. as an intermediate editing format when working with CPU-taxing formats such as AVCHD to maximize quality as well as editability;
3. as a rendering codec to ensure that "flattened" files maintain high quality when exporting or printing to tape; and
4. as an effective archiving codec for material that may be used in future projects.

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Extensive application support

The Matrox MXO2 Mini amplifies your productivity with editing, content creation, and H.264 encoding/authoring applications on the PC.

Editing applications

You benefit from the full range of Matrox MXO2 Mini features with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Matrox MXO2 Mini provides a cost-effective HD monitoring solution for Avid editing systems.

Content creation applications

The Matrox MXO2 Mini provides WYSIWYG support for applications such as Adobe Encore, Photoshop, and After Effects as well as Eye on Fusion and NewTek LightWave 3D.

Streaming applications

The Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you stream from any camera, anywhere there is an internet connection using Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder. News, sports, concerts, educational seminars, religious services, and corporate meetings are just a few of the many types of live events where an MXO2 Mini will come in handy for creating your internet broadcasts. You can also stream material that was previously recorded.

DirectShow Filter

The Matrox MXO2 DirectShow source filter lets developers create DirectShowbased applications to access the high quality digital and analog audio and video inputs of the MXO2 Mini as well as the onboard scaler.

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Matrox A/V Tools application for fast capture/playback of audio, video, and still frames

Matrox A/V Tools is a stand-alone application for fast capture and playback of your audio/video assets. It's very useful with Adobe applications such as Encore, Media Encoder, and After Effects, as well as other Video for Windows compatible applications because video sources can be digitized without the need to capture through Adobe Premiere Pro.

Matrox A/V Tools lets you capture HD and SD analog, SDI, or HDMI video from your camera or VTR into AVI files on your computer. You can choose to capture to the uncompressed 8- or 10-bit codecs for the highest quality or to the highly efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec at up to 300 Mb/s. When your acquisition format is XDCAM or AVCHD, using the Matrox MPEG- 2 I-frame codec as an intermediate format for editing greatly improves productivity.

Matrox A/V Tools provides on-screen transport controls to let you navigate quickly and easily through clips on disk. You can create playlists and change the order of clips by simply dragging and dropping them. You can also grab single-frame images and save them as TGA files to create photo montages.

Mac

Hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO HD

When you are working with Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments or the HDV and DVCPRO HD formats, the Matrox MXO2 Mini's 10-bit hardware scaler takes some of the burden off your CPU, saving processing power for other Final Cut Pro operations, so you get better realtime performance.

In Dynamic RT editing mode, Final Cut Pro automatically reduces frame size to let you preview non-realtime segments of your project at a better frame rate. With the Matrox MXO2 Mini's hardware scaler, these segments are accelerated to their original frame size.

The Matrox MXO2 Mini accelerates HDV and DVCPRO HD to full resolution during playback.

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Matrox Vetura Capture - Stand-alone application for quick and easy capture to a variety of QuickTime codecs

The Matrox Vetura Capture application works with your CPU to let you quickly and easily capture to many of the QuickTime codecs that are installed on your system, without opening a complete NLE.

Avid Media Composer users can use Matrox Vetura Capture and the Matrox MXO2 Mini to capture to Avid DNxHD or other popular Avid-supported codecs.

Adobe Premiere Pro users can use Matrox Vetura Capture and the Matrox MXO2 Mini to capture to the Matrox MPEG2 I-frame full raster HD codec at up to 300 Mb/s or to other popular Adobe-supported codecs.

Apple Final Cut Pro users can use Matrox Vetura Capture and the Matrox MXO2 Mini to capture to Apple ProRes 422 HQ and other popular codecs such as XDCAM HD and many others.

Matrox Vetura Capture - supported frame sizes and frame rates

• NTSC 4:3/16:9
• PAL 4:3/16:9
• 960720p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, and 59.94 fps
• 1280720p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, and 59.94 fps
• 12801080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 12801080i at 25 and 29.97 fps
• 14401080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 14401080i at 25 and 29.97 fps
• 19201080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 19201080i at 25 and 29.97 fps

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Matrox Vetura stand-alone application for convenient playback of your H.264 and .mov audio/video assets

The Matrox Vetura Playback application was designed to give users of Matrox MAX H.264 encoding technology a convenient way to view their H.264 .mov files on external monitors and to play them out to air, because Final Cut Pro cannot play back H.264 files in real time and QuickTime Player cannot output through I/O devices.

In fact, Matrox Vetura Playback lets you play out any 1080, 720, PAL, NTSC or smaller .mov file, including those captured with an iPhone, through your MXO2 Mini as long as you have the applicable codec installed on your system.

This application is ideal for checking your encodes before sending them off for client approval or to their final destination. It also enables a state-of-the art HD workflow for quick news delivery.

HD video clips that contain closed captioning information created using the Matrox 4VANC method can be played out of your MXO2 device via SDI using Matrox Vetura Playback. Your Matrox MXO2 device will also let you downscale your HD video clips so you can see your closed captions on an SD monitor which is ideal when HD equipment is unavailable.

Matrox Vetura Playback can be controlled through the GUI (graphical user interface) or keyboard short-cuts. Using the Mark In and Mark Out controls, you can specify a certain portion of the loaded video to be played out of your MXO2 Mini.

The Frame Grab feature provides a very quick way of creating still images for your productions. You simply open a video file, seek to a specific frame, grab that frame, and save it as a TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, or JPEG 2000 graphics file.

Matrox Vetura Playback - supported formats, frame sizes, and frame rates

• All formats smaller than SD
• NTSC 4:3/16:9
• PAL 4:3/16:9
• 960x720p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, and 59.94 fps
• 1280x720p at 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, and 59.94 fps
• 1280x1080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 1280x1080i at 25 and 29.97 fps
• 1440x1080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 1440x1080i at 25 and 29.97 fps
• 1920x1080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps
• 1920x1080i at 25 and 29.97 fps

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Extensive application support

The Matrox MXO2 Mini amplifies your productivity with a wide variety of editing, content creation, H.264 encoding/authoring, live production, broadcast, and streaming applications on the Mac.

Editing applications

Final Cut Pro

Avid Media Composer

Adobe Premiere Pro

Media 100

Content creation applications

Apple Color

SoundTrack Pro

Motion

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Streaming applications

Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder

Telestream Wirecast

QuickTime Broadcaster

Final Cut Pro

The Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you get the most from Final Cut Pro. You benefit from:

• Convenient form factors for use in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans with MacBook Pros and Mac Pros
• Broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output
• Flexible support for leading codecs, file formats, cameras, and workflows
• Inexpensive HDMI monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
• Hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO

Avid Media Composer

Inexpensive HD monitoring with Matrox MXO2 Mini

• Turns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• Ideal for file-based workflows
• Small, lightweight, external box for use in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans
• Cross-platform support - Mac and PC; laptops, desktops, and workstations
• HDMI, analog component, S-Video, and composite output
• Stereo RCA and up to 8 channels of HDMI audio output
• Matrox Vetura Capture application for quick and easy capture to Avid DNxHD or other popular Avid-supported codecs

If you buy a Matrox MXO2 Mini (without the MAX option), you can still benefit from Matrox MAX technology by adding a Matrox CompressHD PCIe card to your MacPro.

Adobe Premiere Pro

The Matrox MXO2 Mini let you get the most from Adobe Premiere Pro on the Mac. You benefit from:

• Convenient form factors for use in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans with MacBook Pros and Mac Pros
• Broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output
• Inexpensive HDMI monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
• Matrox Vetura Capture application for easy capture to Adobe system codecs or Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame full-raster (1920x1080) HD codec

Media 100

The Matrox MXO2 Mini is the perfect addition to your Media 100 Suite to meet all your input, output, and monitoring needs. You benefit from:

• Convenient form factor for use in studio, on set, in the field, and in OB vans with MacBook Pros and Mac Pros
• Broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output
• Flexible support for leading codecs, file formats, cameras, and workflows
• Inexpensive HDMI monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output

Apple Color

The Matrox MXO2 Mini gives Color users maximum flexibility. You can view your work simultaneously in both HD and SD from a single timeline on broadcast monitors or take advantage of the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility that turns an inexpensive HDMI display into a monitor you can trust while color grading.

SoundTrack Pro

Every project requires some sort of audio sweetening to enhance the final production. With the Matrox MXO2 Mini and SoundTrack Pro, audio can be monitored directly. You can not only hear your audio mix as you work, but also use the MXO2 Mini 's video output capabilities to view your video at the same time.

Motion

While you are creating eye-catching 2D or 3D graphics or special effects sequences in Motion, you can rely on the Matrox MXO2 Mini to view your work in all its glory, exactly as it will look to your audience, in HD or SD.

Adobe After Effects

The Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you experience your 2D and 3D motion graphics as you create them in After Effects, at full quality, full frame size, and full frame rate, with RAM preview, on a wide range of monitors. You see your work as your client will, with accurate color representation and 1:1 pixel mapping. You can judge your work in a brand new way.

Adobe Photoshop

When working on those special graphics for your video productions, you can use the WYSIWYG feature of your Matrox MXO2 Mini to preview your images on an external monitor. You can see how your graphics will be seen by your client.

Streaming Applications

The Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you stream from any camera, anywhere there is an internet connection using industry-leading streaming apps via QuickTime for Mac OS. Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, Telestream Wirecast, and QuickTime Broadcaster are all supported. News, sports, concerts, educational seminars, religious services, and corporate meetings are just a few of the many types of live events where an MXO2 Mini will come in handy for creating your internet broadcasts. You can also stream material that was previously recorded.

Avid Support

Avid has partnered with Matrox to support the Matrox MXO2 Mini and Matrox MX02 Mini (MAX) as a very inexpensive solution for HD program monitoring only. This cost-effective solution provides customers of software-only versions of Avid Media Composer v5.5.1 (Windows and Mac) and Avid NewsCutter v9.5.1 (Windows) with the external monitoring solution they have been looking for.

Key Benefits with Avid Media Composer Software

The Matrox MXO2 Mini turns an HDMI monitor into a true-color video display that customers can trust, even for color grading. Customers can adjust and control the HDMI monitor exactly like they would a broadcast HD/SD monitor. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only are provided.

The Matrox MXO2 Mini provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI monitors that support this feature. Customers can get accurate monitoring on their HDMI display in the following resolutions:

• 720 x 486 (NTSC)
• 720 x 576 (PAL)
• 1920 x 1080
• 1280 x 720

The Matrox MXO2 Mini's real-time 10-bit hardware downscaling feature lets Avid customers view HD projects on an SD monitor with aspect ratio conversions to anamorphic and letterbox. On the Mac, center-cut, SD to HD up-scaling, and cross-conversions are also supported.

Capture
On the Mac, Matrox offers a stand-alone application, Matrox Vetura Capture, for quick and easy capture to Avid DNxHD or other popular Avid-supported codecs.

Format Support (Media Composer v5.5.1 and NewsCutter v9.5.1)

• 30i NTSC
• 23.976 NTSC
• 25P PAL
• 25i PAL
• 720P 25
• 720P 29.97
• 720P 50
• 720P 59.94
• 720P 23.976
• 1080P 24
• 1080P 23.976
• 1080P 29.97
• 1080P 25
• 1080i 50
• 1080i 59/94

MAC

• Small, lightweight, external box that's easily connected to your cameras and monitors
• Works with Intel-based MacBook Pros, Mac Pros, and Apple Xserve systems
• Broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output

– Capture high definition video via HDMI and analog component

– Capture NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite

– Playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component

– Playback NTSC and PAL via HDMI and analog component or HDMI,

   S-Video, and composite

– Output HD and SD video simultaneously

– Stereo RCA and up to 8 channels of HDMI audio input and output

– 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring on the HDMI output

• Flexible support for leading codecs, file formats, cameras, and workflows
• Extensive application support including Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, and many more
• Cost-effective HD monitoring for Avid Media Composer 5 and Avid NewsCutter 9 with Matrox MXO2 Mini
• 10-bit HDMI input, output and monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
• Hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO HD
• Matrox Vetura stand-alone application for convenient playback of your H.264 and .mov files
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support