Matrox Demonstrates RT.X2 3.0 at IBC 2007

Matrox has announced that software release 3.0 for the Matrox RT.X2 real-time editing platform will be demonstrated at IBC 2007.
The Matrox RT.X2 3.0 release provides support for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software as well as support for additional HD and SD cameras and editing resolutions including the Panasonic P2 MXF 720p format.
"The RT.X2 3.0 release brings extensive new camera support, giving users many more workflow options including real-time native editing of the popular Panasonic P2 MXF 720p format,” said Wayne Andrews, Matrox RT.X2 Product Manager.
"Combined with all the exciting new features of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, Matrox RT.X2 users now have all the tools they need to produce top-quality SD and HD productions – creatively, efficiently, and faster than ever – then easily deliver to tape, DVD, Blu-ray disc, the web, and mobile devices."
New features in the Matrox RT.X2 3.0 release include:

• Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium support;
• Native editing of Panasonic P2 MXF 720p and SD files;
• Panasonic VariCam 720p support;
• New progressive SD editing resolutions;
• Sony HDV 1080p support (HVR-V1 cameras;)
• Canon 24f and 30f mode support;
• Real-time colour correction using RGB curves;
• Real-time Adobe garbage masks;
• Real-time sphere effect;
• Real-time timecode filter;

Matrox RT.X2 is billed as ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers, extending the capabilities of the Adobe CS3 software with many benefits such as: real-time, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analogue and digital sources; real-time Matrox Flex CPU effects - colour correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying; real-time and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects - 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine.
The software has extensive camera support including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony. This includes native HDV 1080i, HDV 1080p, HDV 720p (JVC ProHD), Panasonic P2 MXF 720p, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing. Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, Panasonic P2 MXF SD, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing real-time playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha in HD and SD, real-time mixed-format multi-cam, real-time high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline, accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes.
For more information visit www.matrox.com/video or see Matrox at IBC on stand 7.228.
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