With the Matrox RT.X2 platforms, youll save time on every project so you can concentrate on creating your best work and building your business.

Key features of Matrox RT.X2:

Professional realtime HD and SD editing

– Realtime, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
– Realtime Matrox Flex CPU and Flex GPU effects
– Extensive camera support
– 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
– Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
– Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline
– Accelerated export to DVD and all multimedia formats
– WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Bridge, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
– Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
– Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output

Specifications:

Capture/editing formats:

HDV 1080i
HDV 1080p
HDV 720p
P2 MXF 720p and SD
DV, DVCPRO, DVCAM
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD 10-25 mbps
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD at 1440 horizontal resolution 50-100 mbps
Compressed HD for offline editing only
Playback of legacy RT series AVI files

Realtime video effects:

Three-way primary and secondary color correction
Super smooth field- or frame-blended slow motion
Advanced 3D DVE
Chroma/luma keying
Dissolve, wipes
Surface finish
Blur/glow/soft focus
Shadow
Transitions
Page curls
Mask, mask mosaic, mask blur
Pan & Scan
Four-corner pin
Track matte
Native Adobe transitions and effects
Accelerated shine
Crystallize
Old movie
Lens flare
Move & scale
Accelerated cube
Ripple
Twirl
Impressionist
Adobe garbage mask
Sphere
Timecode

Audio:

RCA audio: 2-in/2-out
16-bit, 48 kHz

Video editing:

Ultra high performance editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
Realtime mixed-format timelines
EDL import and export
AAF export for interoperability with other systems
Waveform and vectorscope monitors
User customizable keyboard
Multiple nestable timelines
Accelerated export to DVD and all multimedia formats
WYSIWYG for compositing and graphics applications
Realtime mixed-format multi-cam

Audio editing:

Support for multi-channel 5.1 surround sound mixing
and monitoring
Sub-frame audio editing
Audio sweetening with VST plug-in support
Voiceover recording in the timeline
VU meters on capture

Video inputs and outputs:

Realtime high quality downscaling from HD to SD
DVI-D preview output

SD:
1394
Composite
Y/C
Analog component

HD:
1394
Analog YPbPr component

Supported editing resolutions:

720p @ 23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94
HDV 1080i (1440 x 1080) @ 25, 29.97
HDV 1080p (1440 x 1080) @ 23.98, 25, 29.97
NTSC
PAL
486p @ 23.98, 29.97
576p @ 25