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Matrox RT2000 Installation & User Manual (298 pages)

Brand: Matrox | Category: Media Converter | Size: 10.24 MB

Table of Contents
7
Introducing Matrox RT2000
17
Welcome
18
Matrox RT2000 Features
18
Hardware Supplied
19
Software Supplied
19
System Requirements
20
About this Manual
21
Style Conventions
21
Other Documentation
22
Installation Overview
23
Preparing Your System
25
Upgrading an Existing RT2000 System
26
Upgrading to Windows 2000 or Windows Me
26
Installing RT2000 for the First Time
26
Check Our Web Site for Recommendations
26
New Installation Overview
27
If You Have a New Computer with no Display Card
27
If You're Using a Computer with an Existing Display Card
27
For New Systems with no Existing Display Card
28
Install Your Millennium Flex 3D Edition Card
29
Plan Your Storage Configuration and Install Your Devices
32
General Storage Considerations
32
EIDE Storage Considerations
34
Install Windows 2000 or Windows Me
36
About Computers with Multiple Operating Systems
36
Set Your AGP Aperture Size
37
Configure Your DMA Settings
37
Methods of Enabling DMA
37
Enabling DMA Bus-Mastering
38
Disable "Write-Back Caching" on Your Drives
41
Install Adobe Premiere
43
Do Not Install Inscriber Titleexpress from the Adobe Premiere CD
43
Remove Your Existing Display Card's Device Listing
43
Are You Ready
46
Installing Your RT2000 Card Set
47
Getting Started
48
Remove Your Display Card
48
Connect the Ribbon Cable
49
Install the Card Set
50
Connect the CD Audio Cable
52
Connecting Your Devices
55
Connecting Your Computer Monitor
56
Connecting Your RT2000 Breakout Box
56
RT2000 Breakout Box Overview
57
Available S-Video and Composite Video Connections
58
Composite Input/Output Connections
59
S-Video Input/Output Connections
61
DV Video Device (1394 Connection)
63
Hot-Plugging
63
Typical RT2000 Connections
64
DV-1394 Connections
64
S-Video Connections Using same Device for Capture and Print-To-Tape
65
Composite Connections Using Separate Source and Record Devices
66
Installing Your Software and Testing Your Hard Drives
67
Installation Choices
68
Installing Matrox Video Tools on a Computer with Windows 2000
68
Installing Matrox Video Tools on a Computer with a New Copy of Windows Me
72
Upgrading from a Previous Version of Matrox Video Tools on a Computer with Windows Me
74
Uninstall Previous Version of Matrox Video Tools
74
Testing the Performance of Your Hard Drives
76
Installing the Matrox DVD Player
78
Installing Inscriber Titleexpress
79
Installing Ulead Cool 3D
79
Installing Sonic Foundry ACID Music
79
Installing Sonic Solutions Dvdit! LE
80
Installing the Matrox VFW Software Codecs on a Computer Without the RT2000 Hardware
80
Removing and Re-Installing Matrox Video Tools
81
Configuring Your System for Use with Matrox RT2000
83
Monitor Setup
84
Disabling Energy Saving Mode
84
Display Setup
86
Accessing the Matrox Powerdesk Property Sheets
86
Audio Setup
87
Using Windows Volume Control with the Matrox RT Mixer
89
Notes on Your Millenium Flex 3D Edition Card
92
Display Driver Updates
92
Do Not Overclock
92
Available Display Resolutions
92
Defining Your Adobe Premiere Settings
93
Important-Do Not Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete While Running Premiere on Windows 2000
94
A Note about Running Other Programs with Adobe Premiere
94
Loading Project Presets
94
Setting up Your Scratch Disks
95
Defining Your General Settings
96
Selecting Your NTSC Setup Level for Analog Video
99
Selecting Your Editing Aspect Ratio
100
Selecting Your Realtime Adobe Premiere Transitions
100
Selecting Your AVI File Creation Method for Large Clips in Windows 2000
102
Defining Your Video Settings
103
Defining Your Audio Settings
105
Defining Your Capture Settings
106
Defining Your Export Movie Settings
110
Selecting Your MPEG-2 I-Frame Video Quality
113
Selecting Your MPEG-2 IBP Options
114
Setting up DV-1394 Device Control
116
Exporting Your Adobe Premiere Timeline to DV Tape
117
Preparing Your Tapes for Recording
117
Preparing Your Timeline for Recording
117
Exporting to DV Tape with Device Control
118
Things You Need to Know about Using DV-1394 Devices
119
About Matrox Infinite Capture and Creating Video Clips Greater than 2 GB
121
Creating a Production in 16:9 Format
122
Setting up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere
123
Available Effects
124
How to Place Your Effects for Optimal Results
125
How to Apply a Matrox Transition
126
How to Apply a Matrox Video Effect
127
Using Common Controls in the Plug-In
128
Previewing Your Effects
130
Using Text Boxes and Sliders
131
Selecting Colors
132
Creating a 2D/3D DVE
133
Creating a 3D Tile
135
Creating a Distortion Effect
137
Creating a Page Curl
138
Creating a Particle Effect
139
Creating an Organic Wipe
141
Adding Your Own Organic Wipe Patterns
142
Creating a Colorization Effect
144
Using the Custom Colorization Settings
145
Transforming Your Clip
147
Using the Transform Controls
148
Using the Transform Menu
149
Transforming a Clip Using the Preview Window
150
Cropping Your Effect
151
Using the Crop Controls
152
Using the Crop Menu
152
Cropping an Effect Using the Preview Window
153
Working with Keyframes
154
Using the Effect Controls for Keyframes
154
Creating New Keyframes
156
Modifying Keyframes
156
Resetting a Track to Default Settings
156
Selecting Keyframes
156
Copying and Moving Keyframes
157
Pasting Attributes of a Keyframe ("Selective Paste")
157
Deleting Keyframes
159
Saving and Loading Keyframe Files
159
Interpolating between Keyframes
160
Keyboard Shortcuts
163
Setting up Realtime Graphics Overlays
164
Setting up Realtime Speed Changes
166
When You'll Need to Render Your Effects
167
Rendering Matrox Video for Windows AVI Files
169
Overview
170
Using VFW Programs Without the RT2000 Hardware
170
Before You Start Rendering
171
Selecting Color Space Conversion Options
172
Rendering Material to a Matrox VFW .Avi File
173
Using Matrox Mediatools
175
About Matrox Mediatools
176
Preparing Your Tapes for Use with Mediatools
176
Starting Matrox Mediatools
177
Using the Matrox Mediatools Interface
178
Using the Mediatools Pop-Up Menu
180
Navigating through Clips with the Transport Controls
181
Using the Time Code Fields
182
Defining Your Capture Settings
185
Selecting Your Video and Audio Drives
186
How Mediatools Assigns Clip Names
187
Scanning and Capturing Clips
187
Capturing Individual Clips
188
Creating a Batch Capture List
189
Scanning Clips
189
Adding Clips to a Batch Capture List
190
Capturing Clips from a Batch Capture List
191
Editing Clips
191
Updating and Recapturing Clips
191
Changing a Clip's in and out Icons
192
Working with the Clip List
192
Adding Clips
192
Saving and Loading a Clip List
193
Copying Clips
193
Moving Clips
193
Deleting Clips
194
Detaching and Resizing the Clip List
195
Grabbing a Single-Frame Image
196
Exporting Your Clip List to an Adobe Premiere Project
197
Keyboard Shortcuts
198
Using the Matrox File Converter
199
About the Matrox File Converter
200
Converting Your Files
201
Commands for Working with Conversion Lists
202
Notes
203
Using Inscriber Titleexpress
205
Overview
206
Creating a Simple Title
207
Remarks
209
Using Ulead Cool 3D
211
Overview
212
Required Settings to Create a Title for Use with Adobe Premiere
213
Tips on Creating Titles
215
Using Sonic Foundry ACID Music
217
Overview
218
Getting Started in ACID Music
219
Saving Your Project for Use in Adobe Premiere
219
Using Sonic Solutions Dvdit! LE and the Matrox DVD Player
221
Overview
222
Exporting Material for Your DVD Project
223
Creating a DVD Volume
226
Playing Your DVD Volume Using the Matrox DVD Player
229
RT2000 Troubleshooting
231
Problems, Possible Causes, and Solutions
232
Up-To-Date Information
232
Possible Solutions
232
Multiple Solutions
232
Appendix
255
Creating an RT2000 Hardware Profile
255
Creating a Specific RT2000 Hardware Profile
256
Appendix
259
Data Rates and A/V Disk Space Requirements
259
DV/MPEG-2 Qualities and Required Disk Space
260
Audio Sampling and Required Disk Space
260
Recommended MPEG Data Rates for Distribution on DVD-R or CD-R
261
Appendix
263
Using Additional Millennium Flex 3D Display Resolutions
263
Available Display Resolutions
264
Appendix
269
RT2000 Specifications
269
Matrox RT2000 Codec Card Specifications
270
Video
270
Audio
270
Environmental Specifications
270
Millennium Flex 3D Edition Specifications
271
Features
271
Video Specifications
271
Environmental Specifications
271
Appendix
273
RT2000 Glossary
273
Glossary of Terms
274
Appendix
285
RT2000 Customer Support
285
Getting the most Support
286
Register Your RT2000
286
Keep up to Date with Our Web Site
286
Contacting Us
287
Worldwide Headquarters
290
Europe, Middle East, Africa
290
France
290
Germany
290
Asia Pacific
290
Index
291

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