Specifying Your General Settings - Matrox MXO2 Installation And User Manual

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Specifying your general settings

You can specify general settings for working with Matrox MXO2. These settings
are applied to both the MXO2 video input and output.
From the Apple menu, click System Preferences , and then click the
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Matrox MXO2
Click General .
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Under Luminance Levels , select Allow super white to allow the highest
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luminance level of your video to exceed the standard maximum white level.
Select Allow super black to allow the lowest luminance level of your video
to fall below the standard black level.
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your final video production for broadcast.
Under Setup Level , select the pedestal setting that you want for your NTSC
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analog video from the Analog NTSC pedestal menu:
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can switch the pedestal setting as needed before capturing or recording to tape.
Chapter 4, Installing Your MXO2 Software and Configuring Your System
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Super white and super black should not be allowed when producing
Applies the standard NTSC pedestal of 7.5 IRE.
7.5 IRE
0 IRE Applies a pedestal of 0 IRE. You should select this option when
working with a commercial DV device that uses the Japanese analog
NTSC pedestal of 0 IRE. For example, if the video appears too bright
when you play back DV clips on your NTSC monitor, you can change the
pedestal to 0 IRE to output your DV clips at the correct brightness.
If your device has a different NTSC pedestal for input and output, you