Realtime Native HDV 720p (JVC ProHD) Editing

Matrox Video Products Group today announced that release 2.0 software for the Matrox RT.X2 realtime HDV and DV editing platform will provide significant new features including realtime native editing of JVC‚s ProHD HDV 720p format. Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. It also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 I-frame codec so users can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2‚s analog inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time. Matrox RT.X2 will be demonstrated on the Matrox stand 7.128.
"Support for all the 720p formats used by JVC's popular ProHD series cameras will make RT.X2 even more attractive to corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities, and digital filmmakers," said Wayne Andrews, Matrox RT.X2 product manager. "The 720p format gives them an affordable way to get into HD production."

Other new features coming in release 2.0 include:

  • Support for Matrox HDV files and Matrox Flex CPU effects in AdobeAfter Effects
  • 4:2:2:4 (YUVA) MPEG-2 I-frame editing in HD and SD
  • Realtime playback and mixing of Adobe native HDV files ˆ .MPEG and.M2T
  • Improved color correction tools
  • WYSIWYG video output for Adobe Bridge and Windows MediaPlayer
  • Four new effects cube, impressionist, ripple, twirl
Key features of Matrox RT.X2
  • Realtime multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material fromanalog and digital sources
  • Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects ‘ˆ color correction, speed changes,chroma/luma keying and many more
  • Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects ˆ 2D/3D DVE,blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
  • Native HDV and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
  • Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
  • Realtime mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on any timeline
  • Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
  • Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HDtimeline
  • Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video,and Adobe Clip Notes
  • WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustionand 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D with dynamic Alt+Tabswitching
  • Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
  • Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel displayvia independent DVI output
  • Includes Adobe Premiere Pro
Price and availability,/b>
Priced at $1,995 US in North America including Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, Matrox RT.X2 is now available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. Release 2.0 is scheduled for November 2006.