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Main Copyright 2008 Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All rights reserved. Trademarks Contents Introducing Matrox RT.X2 Working with .mxf, .mp4, and .avi Files Defining Your Adobe Premiere Pro Settings ii Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere Pro iii iv Using Matrox RT.X2 with Video for Windows Programs Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins v Monitoring Your Matrox RT.X2 System Understanding Standard and Advanced Pulldown Matrox RT.X2 Workflows vi Page Welcome to Matrox RT.X2 Matrox RT.X2 SD key features Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE key features About this manual Style conventions How video formats are expressed Other documentation Page Working with native .mxf files in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects Steps for using .mxf files in your projects Working with native XDCAM EX (.mp4) files in Displaying information for clips in Windows Explorer Thumbnails preview Additional file details in Windows XP Creating Matr ox EZ-MXF file s for playback with VFW applications Panasonic P2 folder structure Creating Matrox EZ-HDV AVI files for playback of large HDV clips with VFW applications Converting a 32-bit .tga sequence to an .avi file with alpha Page Page Page A note about running other programs with Setting your systems volume levels For Windows Vista For Windows XP Loading project presets Setting up your scratch disks Displaying warnings in Adobe Premiere Pros Events panel Mixing interlaced and progressive clips in a project Mixing SD and HD clips in a project Defining your General settings Page Page Selecting options for accelerated Premiere Pro effects Specifying your video output settings Page Selecting your DV-1394 output settings Defining your Video Rendering settings Defining your Capture settings Specifying your video capture settings Page Page Specifying your audio capture settings Page Page Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files Capturing HDV material on Matrox RT.X2 SD Exporting to a Matrox .avi file Page Page Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings Page Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings Page Exporting using Matrox Media Encoder Exporting using Matrox Clip Notes Setting up Matrox DV/HDV device control Exporting your sequence to tape Preparing your tapes for recording Avoiding missing frames when exporting to DV tape Exporting to DV tape using DV-1394 device control Creating an SD project in 16:9 format Page Page Available effects How to apply a Matrox video effect in Adobe Premiere Pro How to apply a Matrox video transition in Transforming your clip Using the transform controls Y X Z Y Z X Transforming a clip in the Program Monitor Cropping your clip Using Select Crop Applying a mask to your effect Using Select Mask Creating a primary color correction Page Using Split View Working with Split View in the Program Monitor Page Using RGB curves 0 1 Page Adjusting tonal range 0 1 2 0 Shadows 1 Midtones 2 Using the color balance graph Page Page Performing an auto balance Matching colors between two clips Page Using the luma mapping graph 0 4 1 2 3 0 4 1 2 3 Creating a secondary color correction Page Page Page Page Using the selective key graph 0 Hue 1 Aperture 2 0 Low Clip 1 Low Gain 2 High Gain 3 Page Page Creating a color pass effect Creating a 3D DVE effect Page Page Creating a 4-corner pin effect Page Creating a blur/soft focus effect Overview of the chroma key effects + = Creating a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect Page Page Using the chroma key graph to modify key colors and perform an auto key 2 1 3 Aperture 4 0 Hue 1 Saturation 2 3 Aperture 4 Page Creating a cube effect Page Page Creating a crystallize effect Page Creating a garbage matte effect Page Creating an impressionist effect Page Page Creating a lens flare effect Page Overview of the luma key effect + = Creating a luma key e ffect Using the luma key graph Page Creating a mask effect Page Creating a mask blur effect Page Creating a mask mosaic effect Page Creating a move & sc ale effect Page Creating an old movie effect Page Page Page Creating a page curl effect Page Creating a pan & scan effect Page Creating a ripple effect Page Creating a shadow effect Page Creating a shine effect Page Page Page Creating a sphere effect Page Creating a surface finish effect Page Page Creating a track matte effect Page Creating a tw irl effect Creating a wipe transition Page Using the Matrox chroma clamper effect Selecting your speed control method About Adobe Premiere Pros fixed effects Matrox RT.X2 realtime guidelines Supported graphics formats Limitations Page Using VFW programs without the RT.X2 hardware Before you start rendering Selecting color space conversion options Page Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file Configuring the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs Page Chapter Using the Matrox WYSI WYG Plug-ins Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel Page Required steps to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins Adobe After Effects Adobe Photoshop Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk Combustion NewTek LightWave 3D Page Page Using X.info to display RT.X2 information Monitoring your Adobe Premiere Pro memory usage Displaying system information Page Displaying hardware information Monitoring your RT.X2 cards operating temperatures Enabling and disabling the Matrox hardware- accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro Error notification Page A Standard 2:3 pulldown ABCD a1 a2 b1 b2 b3 d2d1c2c1 d3 Matrox RT.X2 implementation of standard reverse pulldown Advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown Matrox RT.X2 implementation of advanced reverse pulldown ABCD a1 a2 b1 b2 b3 d1c3c2c1 d2 Page Working with SD 24P material 486p @ 23.98 fps workflow example Working with HD projects 14401080i/p work flow example Appendix B, Matrox RT.X2 Workflows 720p workflow example Capturing HDV and SD material to edit in SD on Matrox RT.X2 Capturing HDV and SD material on Matrox RT.X2 SD Using the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec workflow example for offline editing Appendix B, Matrox RT.X2 Workflows This workflow scenario is represented in the following diagram: MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec workflow example for online editing Using Matrox RT.X2 to edit Matrox Axio offline HD projects Supported video compression formats Supported master output formats Page Getting the most support Registration Keep up to date with our web site Contacting us Page Glossary of terms Numerics A B C D E F G H I J K L M anywhere in 2D space while adding soft edges N O P R S T V W X Y Page Index Numerics A B C D E F G H I K L M Page N O P R S T V W X