Document Outline

• Introducing Matrox RT.X2
  • 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
  • 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 Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Displaying information for clips in Windows Explorer
    • Thumbnails preview
    • Additional file details in Windows XP
  • Creating Matrox EZ-MXF files 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
• Working with .mxf, .mp4, and .avi Files
• Defining Your Adobe Premiere Pro Settings
  • A note about running other programs with Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Setting your system’s volume levels
    • For Windows Vista
    • For Windows XP
  • Loading project presets
  • Setting up your scratch disks
  • Displaying warnings in Adobe Premiere Pro’s Events panel
  • Mixing interlaced and progressive clips in a project
  • Mixing SD and HD clips in a project
  • Defining your General settings
    • Selecting options for accelerated Premiere Pro effects
    • Specifying your video output settings
    • Selecting your DV-1394 output settings
  • Defining your Video Rendering settings
  • Defining your Capture settings
    • Specifying your video capture settings
    • Specifying your audio capture settings
    • Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files
  • Capturing HDV material on Matrox RT.X2 SD
  • Exporting to a Matrox .avi file
  • Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings
  • Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings
  • 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
• Setting Up Realtime Effects withAdobePremiere Pro
  • Available effects
  • How to apply a Matrox video effect in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • How to apply a Matrox video transition in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Transforming your clip
    • Using the transform controls
    • 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
    • Using Split View
    • Working with Split View in the Program Monitor
    • Using RGB curves
    • Adjusting tonal range
    • Using the color balance graph
    • Performing an auto balance
    • Matching colors between two clips
    • Using the luma mapping graph
  • Creating a secondary color correction
    • Using the selective key graph
    • Creating a color pass effect
  • Creating a 3D DVE effect
  • Creating a 4-corner pin effect
  • Creating a blur/soft focus effect
  • Overview of the chroma key effects
  • Creating a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect
    • Using the chroma key graph to modify key colors and perform an auto key
  • Creating a cube effect
  • Creating a crystallize effect
  • Creating a garbage matte effect
  • Creating an impressionist effect
  • Creating a lens flare effect
  • Overview of the luma key effect
  • Creating a luma key effect
    • Using the luma key graph
  • Creating a mask effect
  • Creating a mask blur effect
  • Creating a mask mosaic effect
  • Creating a move & scale effect
  • Creating an old movie effect
  • Creating a page curl effect
  • Creating a pan & scan effect
  • Creating a ripple effect
  • Creating a shadow effect
  • Creating a shine effect
  • Creating a sphere effect
  • Creating a surface finish effect
  • Creating a track matte effect
  • Creating a twirl effect
  • Creating a wipe transition
  • Using the Matrox chroma clamper effect
  • Selecting your speed control method
  • About Adobe Premiere Pro’s fixed effects
  • Matrox RT.X2 realtime guidelines
    • Supported graphics formats
    • Limitations
• Using Matrox RT.X2 with Video for Windows Programs
  • Overview
  • Using VFW programs without the RT.X2 hardware
  • Before you start rendering
    • Selecting color space conversion options
  • Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file
    • Configuring the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs
• Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins
  • Overview
  • Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel
  • Required steps to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins
    • Adobe After Effects
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Autodesk 3ds Max
    • Autodesk Combustion
    • eyeon Fusion
    • NewTek LightWave 3D
• Monitoring Your Matrox RT.X2 System
  • Using X.info to display RT.X2 information
    • Monitoring your Adobe Premiere Pro memory usage
    • Displaying system information
    • Displaying hardware information
    • Monitoring your RT.X2 card’s operating temperatures
    • Enabling and disabling the Matrox hardware- accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro
    • Error notification
• Understanding Standard and Advanced Pulldown
  • Overview
  • Standard 2:3 pulldown
    • Matrox RT.X2 implementation of standard reverse pulldown
  • Advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown
    • Matrox RT.X2 implementation of advanced reverse pulldown
• Matrox RT.X2 Workflows
  • Overview
  • Working with SD “24P” material
    • 486p @ 23.98 fps workflow example
  • Working with HD projects
    • 1440°1080i/p workflow example
    • 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
    • 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
• Matrox RT.X2 Customer Support
  • Getting the most support
    • Registration
    • Keep up to date with our web site
    • Contacting us
• Matrox RT.X2 Glossary
  • Glossary of terms
• Index