Matrox RT.X2

Productivity Features

Matrox RT.X2 offers tight integration with Adobe Premiere Pro and a variety of productivity features that help you get your work done quickly and efficiently.

WYSIWYG for compositing and graphics applications

Matrox RT.X2 includes a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) video output plug-in for Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop that lets you see your work directly on your video monitor. The Adobe Dynamic Link feature is supported so you can work in After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro simultaneously and Alt+Tab between the applications. The video output will change to show the output of the active application.

The WYSIWYG plug-in also supports Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D. This feature lets you ensure proper 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio in NTSC or PAL, and check for exact color temperature, safe-title area, and any interlace artifacts that may be present in your images. You can also view the alpha channel of your output on the video monitor to check for defects.

Voiceover recording in the timeline

The voiceover feature of Premiere Pro is supported to let you record audio directly in the timeline. It is based on ASIO driver technology, which provides low latency. ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

Surround sound support

Matrox RT.X2 supports the multi-channel 5.1 surround sound mixing feature of Adobe Premiere Pro. Monitoring is done via your sound card.

VU meters on capture

VU meters on audio/video capture are a unique feature of Matrox RT.X2. They let you see if your audio input is active and also let you monitor and adjust audio levels in order to obtain the optimal signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range.

Video preview on capture

RT.X2 lets you see your video on your broadcast monitor while capturing, even in HDV.

Device control

Matrox RT.X2 supports the Adobe Premiere Pro standard RS-422 and FireWire device control protocols. There is no need to purchase third-party device control software.

Realtime mixed-format multi-cam

Matrox RT.X2 supports the multi-cam feature of Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and goes further to let you view four cameras simultaneously in real time even if the formats are mixed, provided your RT.X2 system has the proper storage and system speed. For example, in a multi-cam sequence you could use one HDV stream and multiple DV streams and switch among them in real time.

Legacy support for RT.X100 AVI files

Matrox RT.X2 supports playback of legacy RT.X100 AVI files within the editing environment, allowing you to reuse archived footage.

24 fps editing in SD

Matrox RT.X2 supports 24 fps editing in SD with pull down and reverse pull down.

Flexible AVI and WAV file formats

Matrox RT.X2 captures video in Windows-standard AVI and WAV files for complete compatibility with other multimedia applications. Interleaved audio is the industry standard and allows for maximum compatibility with applications that expect the audio to be contained within the AVI file. File management is simplified because there is only one file to keep track of. However, integration with audio workstations and DVD authoring is simplified by using separate WAV audio files.

Project compatibility with Matrox Axio

Matrox RT.X2 and Matrox Axio projects are compatible. Any RT.X2 timeline can be loaded onto an Axio system. Axio projects created using codecs and resolutions supported by RT.X2 can be loaded onto an RT.X2 system.

Accelerated export to DVD, all multimedia formats, and Adobe Clip Notes

Matrox RT.X2 significantly accelerates exports to all the formats included in Adobe Premiere Pro. Adobe Premiere Pro export formats include:

  • DVD
  • Windows Media for digital cinema, HD DVD, web, and multimedia
  • QuickTime
  • Real Media
  • MPEG-1 for VCD and multimedia.
  • MPEG-2 for S-VCD, DVD, and HD DVD
  • MPEG-4 for streaming
  • Flash video (FLV)
  • Adobe Clip Notes