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Matrox RT2500
 Key
Features
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True three-layer real time editing - two video layers
plus a graphics layer simultaneously
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Real time, broadcast-quality, keyframeable 3D digital
video effects powered by Matrox Flex 3D
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Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and MPEG-2 editing
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4:3 and 16:9 widescreen editing
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Turbo-charged multi-layer compositing engine
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Advanced productivity tools
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Analog and digital video input/output - Y/C (S-video),
composite, 1394 FireWire
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Accelerated MPEG output for DVD and CD authoring
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RealVideo, Windows Media, and QuickTime output for
web video streaming
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Complete content creation software bundle
Edit in real
time
Editing is more
productive and more enjoyable when your editing system lets you see
the results of your edit decisions immediately - without rendering.
With Matrox RT2500, you get over 1000 real time, broadcast-quality 2D
and 3D digital video effects and transitions including page curls, organic
wipes, particle effects, distortions, 3D tiles, and 2D and 3D DVEs with
customizable drop shadows, soft edges, and color borders.
Over 60 of Adobe
Premiere's native transitions can also be used in real time.
Using keyframes
One of the key
features of Matrox RT2500 is the keyframe effects. You have maximum
creative control to easily design exactly the look you want. You can
resize, position, and rotate your clip in real time, and view the results
instantly on your video monitor. The keyframeable effects you create
may be saved so you can readily duplicate your effect later in your
project or in new projects.
Accelerated
multi-layer compositing engine
In addition to
its impressive real time capabilities, Matrox RT2500 also provides a
hardware-accelerated multi-layer compositing engine. This lets you render
an unlimited number of video and graphics layers full of complex Matrox
effects in a single pass at an unprecedented speed. While some other
manufacturers offer software compositing solutions, Matrox RT2500 and
RT2000 are the only products at this price point that offer a hardware-accelerated
multi-layer compositing engine.
Productivity tools
Matrox MediaTools
automated scan and capture application lets you efficiently manage your
DV footage.
Matrox Infinite
Capture overcomes the 2GB AVI file size limit of video for Windows,
and the 4-GB file size limit of the FAT32 file system in Windows Me.
You can also create video clips of unlimited size using the NTFS file
system in Windows 2000.
Versatile Video-for-Windows
software codec lets you read and write RT-compatible AVI files without
having an RT2500 installed in your system. This means you can create
and manipulate RT AVI files on another computer using popular compositing
and 3D animation packages such as After Effects and 3D Studio MAX.
Matrox Video
Player is a convenient utility that lets you playback Matrox audio/video
files directly on your computer display and video monitor at full frame
rate. You can playback all video files created with Matrox RT2500, regardless
of the file size. Standard media players do not support the playback
of files larger than 2GB.
Matrox DVD
Player lets you playback DVD projects that you create and build
to your hard disk using DVDit LE or other DVD authoring software. You
would do this to verify your project before doing the final burn to
DVD-R or CD-R. You can also use the Matrox DVD Player to play standard
DVD movies on a PC equipped with a DVD-ROM drive.
Matrox File
Converter application lets you convert your MPEG-2 or DV video files
and associated audio files to various formats.
Bundled Software
Adobe Premiere 6
Matrox RT2500
is fully optimized for real-time editing with Adobe Premiere 6. The
Matrox real-time plug-in for Premiere lets you take full advantage of
the powerful RT2500 hardware and easily access and control all the real-time
2D and 3D filters and transitions.
Over 60 of Adobe
Premiere 6's native transition effects can also be used in your video
projects in real time. You simply drag-and-drop all video effects directly
onto clips and edit them with a single click. You get instant feedback
- the Matrox plug-in provides responsive scrubbing and rea-time preview
and playback on your video monitor and desktop display.
Premiere's audio
mixer is also completely supported. This professional, multi-channel
audio mixer can be used to control audio levels as your watch your synchronized
video.
Inscriber
TitleExpress
Inscriber TitleExpress is a plug-in for Adobe Premiere
that lets you quickly and easily create televison-quality video titles.
You can choose from almost 200 pre-designed titling templates, then
simply type in the text that you want. You also have the freedom to
design your own title pages.
Ligos LSX-MPEG LE
The Ligos plug-in lets you output directly from Adobe
Premiere to high-quality MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files that are fully compliant
with the Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) specifications. A
number of presets are available so that you can choose the encoding
profile that will give you the best video quality for your particular
type of project.
Pixélan SpiceRack Lite
Pixélan Video SpiceRack Lite gives you over 150 realtime
organic transitions that are accessible from the Matrox real-time plug-in
for Adobe Premiere.
Sonic Foundry ACID Music
ACID Music is a loop-based music creation tool by Sonic
Foundry. In loop-based music production, you select short, pre-recorded
segments of music and combine them to form musical compositions. Combining
virtually any number of audio loops is a painless process with ACID
Music, because the pitch and tempo of the various elements can be modified
so that they work together seamlessly. Adobe Premiere allows you to
easily import your audio compositions into the Timeline, so you can
have rich soundtracks in minutes.
Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE With Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE, authoring a DVD is a simple,
drag-and-drop process. MPEG-2 clips you created in Adobe Premiere can
be imported into the DVDit! interface and linked to buttons that start
the playback of the video clips. You can preview the result of your
work on your computer or video monitor at any time.
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