About This Manual; Style Conventions; How Video Formats Are Expressed; Last-Minute Information - Matrox MXO2 Installation And User Manual

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About this manual

This manual provides you with information about installing and using your
Matrox MXO2 hardware and software, including how to configure your Matrox
MXO2 for use with supported programs, such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe After
Effects.

Style conventions

The following style conventions are used in this manual:
• The names of files, folders, and manuals appear in italics. For example:
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• Menus and commands that you need to choose are displayed in the form
Menu > Command
menu bar, then click Save in the menu that appears.

How video formats are expressed

With the exception of NTSC and PAL, all SD and HD video formats are
expressed in the Matrox MXO2 documentation as follows:
VRp or i or PsF at n fps
Where:
• VR is the vertical resolution. For 1440×1080 video, however, both the
horizontal and vertical resolutions are specified.
• p or i or PsF represents either progressive, interlaced, or progressive
segmented frame video.
• n fps is the frame rate in frames per second.
Here are some examples:
• 486p at 23.98 fps Represents 720×486 progressive video at 23.98 frames
per second.
• 720p at 59.94 fps Represents 1280×720 progressive video at 59.94 frames
per second.
• 1440x1080i at 29.97 fps Represents 1440 ×1080 interlaced video at 29.97
frames per second. This format is used for HDV 1080i material.
• 1080i at 29.97 fps Represents full-size 1920×1080 interlaced video at
29.97 frames per second.

Last-minute information

Any important information that wasn't available for inclusion in this manual by
publication time is provided to you in the Matrox MXO2 Release Notes.
Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox MXO2
The data is stored in the Sample Movie file.
The file is located in the Clips folder.
Please refer to your Final Cut Pro User's Manual.
. For example, File > Save means click File in the