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Appendix
A
Understanding St
andard and Advanced
Pulldown
This appendix describes th e
most common pulldown
methods, and expl
ains how
and when these pulld own
methods are employ
ed by
Matrox RT.X2.
Contents
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Selecting options for accelerated Premiere Pro effects
Specifying your video output settings
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Selecting your DV-1394 output settings
Defining your Video Rendering settings
Defining your Capture settings
Specifying your video capture settings
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Specifying your audio capture settings
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Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files
Capturing HDV material on Matrox RT.X2 SD
Exporting to a Matrox .avi file
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Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings
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Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings
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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
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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
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Using Split View
Working with Split View in the Program Monitor
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Using RGB curves
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Adjusting tonal range
0 1 2
0 Shadows 1 Midtones 2
Using the color balance graph
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Performing an auto balance
Matching colors between two clips
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Using the luma mapping graph
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2
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Creating a secondary color correction
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Using the selective key graph
0 Hue 1 Aperture 2
0 Low Clip 1 Low Gain 2 High Gain 3
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Creating a color pass effect
Creating a 3D DVE effect
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Creating a 4-corner pin effect
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Creating a blur/soft focus effect
Overview of the chroma key effects
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Creating a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect
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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
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Creating a cube effect
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Creating a crystallize effect
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Creating a garbage matte effect
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Creating an impressionist effect
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Creating a lens flare effect
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Overview of the luma key effect
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Creating a luma key e ffect
Using the luma key graph
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Creating a mask effect
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Creating a mask blur effect
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Creating a mask mosaic effect
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Creating a move & sc ale effect
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Creating an old movie effect
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Creating a page curl effect
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Creating a pan & scan effect
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Creating a ripple effect
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Creating a shadow effect
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Creating a shine effect
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Creating a sphere effect
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Creating a surface finish effect
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Creating a track matte effect
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Creating a tw irl effect
Creating a wipe transition
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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
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Using VFW programs without the RT.X2 hardware
Before you start rendering
Selecting color space conversion options
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Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file
Configuring the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs
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Chapter
Using the Matrox WYSI WYG Plug-ins
Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel
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Required steps to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Combustion
NewTek LightWave 3D
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Using X.info to display RT.X2 information
Monitoring your Adobe Premiere Pro memory usage
Displaying system information
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Displaying hardware information
Monitoring your RT.X2 cards operating temperatures
Enabling and disabling the Matrox hardware- accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro
Error notification
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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
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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
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Getting the most support
Registration
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Contacting us
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Glossary of terms
Numerics
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anywhere in 2D space while adding soft edges
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Index
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