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March 30, 2001

10652-201-0300

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Page 1 Matrox RT2000 Installation & User Guide March 30, 2001 10652-201-0300...
Page 2 Unauthorized recording or use of broadcast television programming, video tape, or other copyrighted material may violate copyright laws. Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. assumes no responsibility for the illegal duplication, use, or other acts that infringe on the rights of copyright owners.
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Page 5 This warranty applies only to the original end-user purchaser and is non-transferable. Conditions and limitations of Matrox’s warranty are stated below. 2 Matrox’s limited warranty covers only those defects that arise as a result of normal use of the hardware and does not apply to any: a improper or inadequate maintenance;...
Page 6 Matrox’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of any CD/Disks or documentation not meeting these warranties, which is returned to Matrox or an authorized dealer, together with a copy of your paid receipt. The above is the only warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use that is made by Matrox on this Licensed Software.
Page 7: Table Of Contents
Other documentation ..................6 Installation overview.................... 7 Chapter Preparing Your System Upgrading an existing RT2000 system .............. 10 Upgrading to Windows 2000 or Windows Me ..........10 Installing RT2000 for the first time..............10 Check our web site for recommendations ............10 New installation overview..................
Page 8 Install the card set....................34 Connect the CD audio cable ................36 Chapter Connecting Your Devices Connecting your computer monitor..............40 Connecting your RT2000 breakout box .............40 RT2000 breakout box overview................41 Available S-Video and composite video connections.........42 Composite input/output connections..............43 S-Video input/output connections..............45 DV video device (1394 connection) ..............47...
Page 9 Installing Sonic Foundry ACID Music ..............63 Installing Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE..............64 Installing the Matrox VFW software codecs on a computer without the RT2000 hardware ..........64 Removing and re-installing Matrox Video Tools ..........65 Chapter Configuring Your System for Use with Matrox RT2000 Monitor setup ....................
Page 10 Preparing your Timeline for recording.............101 Exporting to DV tape with device control............102 Things you need to know about using DV-1394 devices .........103 About Matrox Infinite Capture and creating video clips greater than 2 GB ................105 Creating a production in 16:9 format ..............106...
Page 11 Available effects....................108 How to place your effects for optimal results ..........109 How to apply a Matrox transition..............110 How to apply a Matrox video effect ..............111 Using common controls in the plug-in ............112 Previewing your effects .................. 114 Using text boxes and sliders ................
Page 12 When you’ll need to render your effects............151 Chapter Rendering Matrox Video for Windows AVI Files Overview ......................154 Using VFW programs without the RT2000 hardware ........154 Before you start rendering ................155 Selecting color space conversion options ............156 Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file ..........157...
Page 13 Exporting your clip list to an Adobe Premiere project........181 Keyboard shortcuts..................182 Chapter Using the Matrox File Converter About the Matrox File Converter ..............184 Converting your files ..................185 Commands for working with conversion lists ..........186 Notes......................187...
Page 14 Matrox DVD Player Overview ......................206 Exporting material for your DVD project ............207 Creating a DVD volume ...................210 Playing your DVD volume using the Matrox DVD Player ........213 Chapter RT2000 Troubleshooting Problems, possible causes, and solutions............216 Up-to-date information ..................216 Possible solutions....................216...
Page 15 Using Additional Millennium Flex 3D Display Resolutions Available display resolutions ................248 Appendix RT2000 Specifications Matrox RT2000 codec card specifications............254 Video......................254 Audio ......................254 Environmental specifications ................254 Millennium Flex 3D Edition specifications ............255 Features ......................255 Video specifications ..................
Page 16 Appendix Matrox Around the World Worldwide Headquarters ................274 Europe, Middle East, Africa................274 France ......................274 Germany ......................274 Asia Pacific .....................274 Index..................... 275 Contents...
Page 17: Introducing Matrox Rt2000
Introducing Matrox RT2000 This chapter outlines some of the features of your RT2000, lists the contents of your kit, and explains the organization of your RT2000 documentation.
Page 18: Welcome
Adobe Premiere. Hard disk benchmark utility ensures optimal system performance. ✃ Matrox Video Player lets you play back any of your Matrox video clips with ✃ audio. Matrox File Converter lets you convert your MPEG-2 or DV clips to various ✃...
Page 19: Hardware Supplied
Software supplied Matrox Video Tools Includes the necessary drivers for Matrox RT2000, ✃ the realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere, the Matrox Disk Benchmark program, the Matrox File Converter, Matrox MediaTools, and the Matrox Video Player. Adobe Premiere A nonlinear video editing program. Premiere includes ✃...
Page 20: System Requirements
All Matrox testing and validation of compatible motherboards and computer systems is carried out using Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1. The current generation of Intel Celeron processors cannot be used with RT2000 because they have a 66-MHz Front Side Bus whereas RT2000 requires at least a 100-MHz FSB.
Page 21: About This Manual
This manual explains how to install and use your Matrox RT2000 system and included software. Installation and configuration Chapters 1 to 6 explain how to install your RT2000 hardware and software, as well as how to configure your system for use with Matrox RT2000. Using your video editing software...
Page 22: Other Documentation
Other electronic documents The following electronic documents are also available: Online help installed on your hard drive. ✃ A PDF version of this manual, located in the \Docs directory on your Matrox ✃ RT2000 CD. Web site We update the Customer Support section of our web site on a regular basis. You can always find the most up-to-date information about your RT2000 there.
Page 23: Installation Overview
RT2000 system. °Important Please read the detailed instructions in each chapter before attempting the installation. 1 Prepare your system for the RT2000 installation. See Chapter 2, “Preparing Your System.” 2 Install your RT2000 hardware. See Chapter 3, “Installing Your RT2000 Card Set.”...
Page 24 Your notes Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox RT2000...
Page 25: Preparing Your System
Preparing Your System This chapter provides you with essential steps to prepare your computer system for a successful RT2000 installation.
Page 26: Upgrading An Existing Rt2000 System
Installing RT2000 for the first time The following sections assume you’re installing RT2000 hardware and software on a new computer or a computer that hasn’t been used before with RT2000. If you haven’t yet purchased your new computer, be sure to check our system recommendations, as detailed in the next section.
Page 27: New Installation Overview
If you have a new computer with no display card Many RT2000 users will purchase a new computer system without a display card because the RT2000 card set already comes with a card optimized for use in your RT2000 video editing system, the Matrox Millennium Flex 3D Edition card.
Page 28: For New Systems With No Existing Display Card
Make sure you first install and configure all your RT2000 hardware and software. For an up-to-date list of cards you can use as well as detailed instructions, see the RT2000 Customer Support section of our web site at www.matrox.com/videoweb/support.
Page 29: Install Your Millennium Flex 3D Edition Card
¯Note Do not connect the other end of the ribbon cable with the ferrite block to your RT2000 codec card until instructed to do so in the next chapter. For new systems with no existing display card...
Page 30 4 Insert your Flex 3D card. a Position your card over the AGP slot. b Push the card in firmly and evenly until it’s fully seated in the slot. 5 Using the fastening screw, secure the Flex 3D card bracket to the computer frame.
Page 31 °Important If you connect your monitor into connector #2 you won’t have any computer display! Connector #2 is used for your RT2000 breakout box. 7 Make sure the other end of the monitor cable is properly connected to your monitor.
Page 32: Plan Your Storage Configuration And Install Your Devices
EIDE and SCSI storage devices with Matrox RT2000. A separate Audio/Video (A/V) drive To use the Matrox RT2000, you must store your audio, video, and graphics files on an A/V drive reserved solely for this purpose. Windows frequently needs to access your system drive for various reasons, so attempting to store your audio/ video files on your system drive will provide unacceptable performance.
Page 33 This lets you determine if your drives are suitable for storing your video and audio clips, and for running your RT2000 software (Matrox Video Tools). At the end of the Matrox Video Tools installation, the disk benchmark program automatically starts.
Page 34: Eide Storage Considerations
ROM drive to the same controller as your A/V drive. Your system drive should still perform at an acceptable level for RT2000 if you must connect it on the same controller as a non-DMA CD-ROM drive, as in the case of having separate audio and video drives.
Page 35 Single Audio/Video drive with non-DMA CD-ROM drive Optimal system with separate audio and video drives and a DMA-capable CD-ROM drive Plan your storage configuration and install your devices...
Page 36: Install Windows 2000 Or Windows Me
2000 or Windows Me on your system, you can skip this section and proceed to the next section “Set your AGP aperture size.” 1 Make sure your RT2000 codec card is not installed in your computer when you install your Windows software. If it is, Windows will attempt to install software drivers for it.
Page 37: Set Your Agp Aperture Size
Set your AGP aperture size For optimal performance from your RT2000 system to work properly, you should set your AGP aperture size to 128 megabytes (MB) or greater in your system BIOS. ¬ To set your AGP aperture size: 1 Restart your computer.
Page 38: Enabling Dma Bus-Mastering
checkbox in the device’s property page may not be available. Consult your motherboard documentation for details. DMA enabling utilities Several motherboard manufacturers ship their product with a small software program you need to run in order to enable DMA. In this case, the checkbox or option in the device’s property page may not be available.
Page 39 ¬ To enable DMA in Windows Me: 1 Right-click , then Computer choose Properties 2 Click the Device tab. Manager 3 Click the plus sign next to CDROM 4 Select your CD- ROM drive from the list, then click Properties 5 Click the Settings tab, then select...
Page 40 7 Double-click Disk drives 8 Select the first drive from the list, then click Properties 9 Click the Settings tab, then select . Click 10 Windows displays a standard warning message about enabling DMA. Click 11 Repeat this procedure for all your drives.
Page 41: Disable "Write-Back Caching" On Your Drives
Disable “write-back caching” on your drives To improve the performance of your A/V drives and the reliability of the RT2000 disk benchmark program, you should disable “write-back caching” for all your drives as follows: ¬ To disable “write-back caching” in Windows 2000:...
Page 42 ¬ To disable “write-back caching” in Windows Me: 1 Right-click My Computer 2 Choose Properties > Performance > File System > Troubleshooting 3 Select , then click Disable write-behind caching for all drives ¯Note You’ll be prompted to restart your computer for the change to take effect.
Page 43: Install Adobe Premiere
Install Adobe Premiere You must install Adobe Premiere before installing your RT2000 card set and the rest of the software. If you don’t do so, you won’t be able to install your RT2000 software. Do not install Inscriber TitleExpress from the Adobe...
Page 44 Before removing your existing display card and installing the RT2000 card set, you must remove the existing display card’s device name from the Windows Device Manager. This will prevent problems with system stability later on. °Important Before removing your display card’s device listing, make sure you’ve changed your computer’s AGP aperture size to the required setting as...
Page 45 ¬ To delete the card’s device listing in Windows 2000: 1 Right-click , then choose My Computer Manage 2 Select then click the plus sign beside Device Manager, Display adapters 3 Uninstall all listed display adapters (right-click each, then select Uninstall 4 Click .
Page 46: Are You Ready
Removed any existing display card’s device name from Windows Device ✃ Manager? If you’ve prepared your system for RT2000 installation, shut down Windows and turn your computer’s power off before proceeding to the next chapter. Chapter 2, Preparing Your System...
Page 47: Installing Your Rt2000 Card Set
Installing Your RT2000 Card Set This chapter describes how to install your RT2000 hardware in your computer.
Page 48: Getting Started
Remove your display card This section describes removing your existing display card. ¯Note If you already installed your Matrox Millennium Flex 3D Edition display card as detailed in the previous chapter, you can skip this section and proceed to “Connect the ribbon cable” on page 33.
Page 49: Connect The Ribbon Cable
Connect the ribbon cable Attach the ribbon cable between the Millennium Flex 3D Edition display card and the RT2000 codec card. The supplied ribbon cable is polarized and includes a ferrite block closest to the end that’s connected to the RT2000 codec card.
Page 50: Install The Card Set
Choose the appropriate expansion slots for your Matrox RT2000 card set. 1 Most computers have different types of expansion slots. Choose a PCI slot for your RT2000 card, and the AGP slot for your Millennium Flex 3D card. Your computer manual should identify the location of each type of expansion slot in your computer.
Page 51 3 Insert your card set. a Position your RT2000 card over the PCI slot you’ve chosen, and your Millennium Flex 3D card over the AGP slot. b Push the cards in firmly and evenly until they’re fully seated in their slots.
Page 52: Connect The Cd Audio Cable
Drive Card CD-in 2000 Card On your RT2000 card, the audio connectors are at the top of the card, close to the mounting screw. The white connector is for input and the black connector is for output: Input Output (white)
Page 53 CD audio-out connector (black) on your RT2000 card. b Take the supplied CD audio cable and connect one end to the free CD audio- in connector (white) on your RT2000 card, and connect the other end to the matching CD audio connector on your CD-ROM drive.
Page 54 3 Put your computer cover back on. Your RT2000 card set is now installed. °Important Don’t restart your computer until you’ve connected your computer monitor and breakout box (as explained in Chapter 4, “Connecting Your Devices”) and until you’re ready to install your Matrox RT2000 software. Once you restart, Windows detects your new hardware and will prompt you to install the required device drivers (see Chapter 5, “Installing Your Software and Testing...
Page 55: Connecting Your Devices
Connecting Your Devices This chapter shows how to connect your monitor and other external devices to your computer.
Page 56: Connecting Your Computer Monitor
Millennium Flex 3D card (this is the connector closest to the fastening screw). 2 Make sure the other end of the monitor cable is properly connected to your monitor. Connecting your RT2000 breakout box To connect your RT2000 breakout box cable: 1 Plug the end labelled...
Page 57: Rt2000 Breakout Box Overview
RT2000 breakout box overview Your RT2000 card set comes with a breakout box. With this box, you can access the connections to your external devices more easily. This is useful for changing your connection setup. OUTPUT RT2000 cable Audio connector...
Page 58: Available S-Video And Composite Video Connections
) lines. Both video input types can be connected at the S-VIDEO OUT same time, but only one video input signal at a time can be used by RT2000. You need to select either the composite video input or the S-Video input signal in Adobe Premiere.
Page 59: Composite Input/Output Connections
(RCA) cable or three separate cables with RCA connectors. a Connect the video output from your composite device to the yellow jack on the RT2000 breakout box. VIDEO IN b Connect the left audio output channel of your device to the white jack on the breakout box.
Page 60 AUDIO VIDEO 3 To display the output from Matrox RT2000 on your NTSC or PAL video monitor , you can connect your video monitor to the breakout box or your recorder. For an illustration of typical composite connections that you can use, see “Composite connections using separate source and record devices”...
Page 61: S-Video Input/Output Connections
RCA connectors for audio. a Connect the video output from your S-Video device to the jack S-VIDEO IN on the RT2000 breakout box. b Connect the left audio output channel of your device to the white jack on the breakout box. L-AUDIO IN c Connect the right audio output channel of your device to the red jack on the breakout box.
Page 62 Video recorder 3 To display the output from Matrox RT2000 on your NTSC or PAL video monitor , you can connect your video monitor to the breakout box or your recorder. For an illustration of typical S-Video connections that you can use, see “S-Video connections using same device for capture and print-to-tape”...
Page 63: Dv Video Device (1394 Connection)
Use the supplied 4-to-6 pin cable to plug your DV-1394 device (such as a DV camcorder or DV deck) into either of the 1394 connectors on the RT2000 card. The 4-to-6 pin cable will work with most DV devices. Some DV-1394 devices have 6-pin connectors (in this case, you’ll have to supply your own 6-to-6 pin...
Page 64: Typical Rt2000 Connections
To LINE IN on soundcard AUDIO R AUDIO L VIDEO To RT2000 S-VIDEO DV VIDEO RT2000 breakout box RT2000 cable To RT2000 & G400 RT2000 CABLE CONNECTOR VIDEO IN Video monitor or television AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO...
Page 65: S-Video Connections Using Same Device For Capture And Print-To-Tape
S-Video connections using same device for capture and print-to-tape PC Speakers To LINE OUT from soundcard RT2000 breakout box RT2000 cable To RT2000 & G400 RT2000 CABLE CONNECTOR VIDEO IN Video monitor AUDIO OUT or television AUDIO IN VIDEO OUT...
Page 66: Composite Connections Using Separate Source And Record Devices
Composite connections using separate source and record devices To LINE OUT from soundcard Chapter 4, Connecting Your Devices...
Page 67: Installing Your Software And Testing Your Hard Drives
This chapter explains how to install the software required to use your Matrox RT2000, including Matrox Video Tools and other applications provided with your RT2000 kit. It also explains how to test the sustained data rates supported by your hard drives.
Page 68: Installation Choices
Installing Matrox Video Tools on a computer with Windows 2000 If you’re installing your RT2000 on a computer with Windows Me, see page 56. ¯Note Please make sure that no 1394 devices are connected to your computer during the Matrox Video Tools Setup process.
Page 69 This will allow you to continue the installation in standard VGA mode. Matrox Video Tools Setup will install the proper driver for your display card later in the process. Do not try to manually install driver files from your RT2000 CD.
Page 70 Click to start the search for the driver on the CD-ROM drive. Next e The search locates the RT2000 driver and prompts you to accept this choice. Click to continue. After Windows copies the necessary files to your Next...
Page 71 ¯Note Upon restarting, your display will be configured to use the Millennium Flex 3D Edition display at a resolution of 1024×768 pixels. 11 The Matrox Disk Benchmark program starts after your computer restarts. This program tests the speed of your hard drives and reports the results. For details on using this program, see “Testing the performance of your hard...
Page 72: Installing Matrox Video Tools On A Computer With A New Copy Of Windows Me
Installing Matrox Video Tools on a computer with a new copy of Windows Me If you’re installing your RT2000 on a computer with Windows 2000, see page 52. ¯Note Please make sure that no 1394 devices are connected to your computer during the Matrox Video Tools Setup process.
Page 73 “Testing the performance of your hard drives” on page 60. 10 When you’ve finished testing your hard drives, you can install other software that came with your RT2000 kit. Installing Matrox Video Tools on a computer with a new copy of Windows Me...
Page 74: Upgrading From A Previous Version Of Matrox Video Tools On A Computer With Windows Me
Upgrading from a previous version of Matrox Video Tools on a computer with Windows Me If you’re installing your RT2000 on a computer with Windows 2000, see page 52. If you’re installing your RT2000 on a computer with a new installation of Windows Me, see page 56.
Page 75 For details on using this program, see the next section. 11 When you’ve finished testing your hard drives, you can install other software that came with your RT2000 kit. Upgrading from a previous version of Matrox Video Tools on a computer with Windows Me...
Page 76: Testing The Performance Of Your Hard Drives
The Matrox Disk Benchmark program tests the sustained data rates supported by your hard drives. This lets you determine if your drives are suitable for storing your video and audio clips, and for running the Matrox Video Tools software. °Important By testing your drives, you’ll know which ones are capable of capturing and playing back clips without dropping frames.
Page 77 The highest number is the maximum data rate your drive can achieve under optimum conditions. Use the lower (conservative) number as a guideline when selecting the video quality for creating .avi files on Matrox RT2000 to be sure you don’t exceed the data rate your drive is capable of achieving.
Page 78: Installing The Matrox Dvd Player
4 Double-click the setup.exe file. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions. For information on using the Matrox DVD Player, see the program’s online Help. To play back a DVD Volume that you created using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE, see “Playing your DVD volume using the Matrox DVD Player” on page 213.
Page 79: Installing Inscriber Titleexpress
Installing Inscriber TitleExpress To install Inscriber TitleExpress: 1 Close all Windows programs. 2 Insert the TitleExpress installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. 3 When the setup program starts, follow the onscreen instructions. If Windows doesn’t automatically start the setup program, you can start it manually as follows: a Choose Start >...
Page 80: Installing Sonic Solutions Dvdit! Le
RT2000-compatible .avi files in your Video for Windows programs without having the RT2000 hardware installed in your computer. ¯Note If you have the RT2000 hardware, you do not need to install the VFW software codecs because Matrox Video Tools installs all the required Matrox codecs on your system.
Page 81: Removing And Re-Installing Matrox Video Tools
5 Follow the onscreen instructions. ¯Note If you’re re-installing the RT2000 software from a revised CD and some files on your system are out of date, the Matrox Video Tools Setup program will update the files for you. Removing and re-installing Matrox Video Tools...
Page 82 Your notes Chapter 5, Installing Your Software and Testing Your Hard Drives...
Page 83: Configuring Your System For Use With Matrox Rt2000
Configuring Your System for Use with Matrox RT2000 This chapter presents important information on how to configure various settings on your computer for use with Matrox RT2000.
Page 84: Monitor Setup
For more information, see your monitor’s manual. Disabling energy saving mode To ensure that your RT2000 system works correctly, your monitor’s energy saving features must be turned off. To disable these features: 1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties >...
Page 85 3 Select for all the settings. You can save this power scheme as RT2000, Never as in the following example: 4 Click , then Apply Remarks If you’re using BNC connectors with a Plug-and-Play monitor, the Plug-and- ✃ Play feature of your monitor can’t be used. To use the Plug-and-Play feature of your monitor instead of the BNC connectors, use the 15-pin connector at the back of your monitor.
Page 86: Display Setup
, select either Colors High Color (16 bit) True Color (32 bit) Matrox RT2000 does not support any other color palette setting for realtime video editing with Adobe Premiere. 3 Under drag the slider to select a display resolution of at least Screen area, .
Page 87: Audio Setup
Audio setup By connecting your soundcard to your CD player and the RT2000 card (as described on page 36), you can monitor audio on your PC speakers while working with Matrox RT2000. To take advantage of the RT2000 audio/video capabilities when playing back clips in Adobe Premiere, you must configure your system’s audio settings as explained in this section.
Page 88 ¯Note All audio previewed in Adobe Premiere is output through the RT2000 card to both the breakout box and your PC speakers. For the best performance, use only 48-kHz, 16-bits/sample (stereo) .wav files in your Premiere projects.
Page 89: Using Windows Volume Control With The Matrox Rt Mixer
¬ To adjust the volume levels for the Matrox RT Mixer: 1 Double-click the speaker icon ( ) on the Windows taskbar.
Page 90 0 dB gain. This means you can amplify the capture volume, but not attenuate it. 6 Choose Options > Properties 7 To change the playback volume, select , then click Playback Master Out Chapter 6, Configuring Your System for Use with Matrox RT2000...
Page 91 8 Make sure the check box is cleared, and adjust the Mute Master Out Volume slider as needed: ¯Note The default setting for the slider is full volume. You can Master Out therefore only attenuate the playback volume. 9 When you’ve finished adjusting the volume levels, close the dialog box. Audio setup...
Page 92: Notes On Your Millenium Flex 3D Edition Card
Your Matrox Millennium Flex 3D Edition display card is designed to work with your RT2000 system. This is the only display card you’ll need in your system. There are some points to keep in mind regarding the use of your Flex 3D display card.
Page 93: Defining Your Adobe Premiere Settings
Defining Your Adobe Premiere Settings This chapter explains how to define various settings for using your Matrox RT2000 with Adobe Premiere. This includes specifying your project and export movie settings, and setting up DV-1394 device control.
Page 94: Important-Do Not Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete While Running Premiere On Windows 2000
. Doing so will cause CTRL+ALT+DELETE your RT2000 system to stop working (but you may be able to save your project). You’ll then have to restart your system and restart Premiere. A note about running other programs with Adobe Premiere For the best performance, don’t run any other programs at the same time as...
Page 95: Setting Up Your Scratch Disks
A/V drive separate from your video files. ¬ To specify your scratch disks: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks and Device Control 2 Under , select an A/V drive that passed the Matrox RT2000 Scratch Disks disk benchmark test for , and Captured Movies...
Page 96: Defining Your General Settings
Defining your General settings To specify your General settings for editing in Adobe Premiere on Matrox RT2000: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General 2 From the list, select Editing Mode Matrox RT 3 Click the button. This displays the...
Page 97 Captured Movies From the list, select the drive where you want Adobe Premiere Audio drive ✄ to store the .wav files associated with video clips you create on Matrox RT2000 (that is, your drive). The default setting is Audio Previews Same...
Page 98 Windows 2000” on page 86). ¯Note When running Windows Me, Matrox Infinite Capture will always be used to create large clips on Matrox RT2000. For details about this feature, see “About Matrox Infinite Capture and creating video clips greater than 2 GB”...
Page 99: Selecting Your Ntsc Setup Level For Analog Video
The black level used for the digital bit stream is the same for both Japanese and North American video equipment. This means that when you capture DV video over the 1394 interface on Matrox RT2000, the video is captured at the correct black level. When you play back the captured clips on your NTSC monitor, however, you may find that the video appears too bright or colors appear to be washed out.
Page 100: Selecting Your Editing Aspect Ratio
Selecting your editing aspect ratio To specify the aspect ratio of the material you’re editing on Matrox RT200: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General 2 Click the button. Advanced Settings 3 Under , select the aspect ratio that matches your source Editing Aspect Ratio material.
Page 101 Select Transitions 4 In the provided dialog box, select the transitions you want to play back in real time. Matrox provides realtime playback by emulating Premiere’s non-realtime version of these transitions. If you don’t like a realtime transition, you can clear (deselect) it to revert to Premiere’s version that requires rendering.
Page 102: Selecting Your Avi File Creation Method For Large Clips In Windows 2000
Selecting your AVI file creation method for large clips in Windows 2000 When using Matrox RT2000 on a Windows 2000 system, you can specify how you want Premiere to create .avi files for large clips. To do this: 1 Choose Project >...
Page 103: Defining Your Video Settings
Defining your Video settings Your project’s Video settings determine the compression format for playing back video from the Timeline. On Matrox RT2000, you can set your Timeline’s compression format to DV at a fixed data rate of 25 Mb/sec, or to the MPEG-2 I-frame format at a selected video quality up to 25 Mb/sec.
Page 104 DVDit! LE (see “Defining your Export Movie settings” on page 94). To play back your Matrox MPEG-2 IBP files, use the Matrox Video Player. 3 To select your MPEG-2 I-frame video quality, click the button. Configure For details on the available settings, see “Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame video quality”...
Page 105: Defining Your Audio Settings
Adobe Premiere projects, make sure you save your audio to separate .wav files (that is, don’t include the audio in your .avi files). Matrox RT2000 does not support .avi files that include audio. For the best performance, use only 48 kHz, 16-bits/sample (stereo) .wav files in Adobe Premiere.
Page 106: Defining Your Capture Settings
Defining your Capture settings Matrox RT2000 lets you capture your video to DV format at a fixed data rate of 25 Mb/sec, or to MPEG-2 format at a selected video quality. Video captured from your DV-1394 device over the 1394 interface is captured in native DV format.
Page 107 , or Video Source Composite S-Video (Y/C) DV-1394 For example, to capture your composite input to Matrox RT2000, select . To capture material from your DV-1394 device over the 1394 Composite interface, select DV-1394 ¯Note If you want to capture material from your DV camera or deck using device control over the 1394 interface, you must set up the device control as explained in the section “Setting up DV-1394 device control”...
Page 108 RT2000 to reproduce the input signal as-is, without degradation. Select this if your source device doesn’t have a time Consumer-quality ✄ base corrector or meet broadcast-quality standards. RT2000 will then filter the input signal to increase tolerance for sync pulse instability. 8 Under , the...
Page 109 You can specify additional Capture settings as Project Settings explained in your Adobe Premiere User Guide. ¯Note Matrox RT2000 does not report dropped frames during capture (that is, Premiere’s option is not supported for capturing clips). Report dropped frames...
Page 110: Defining Your Export Movie Settings
For details on using these plug-ins, see your Adobe Premiere User’s Guide as well as each plug-in’s online Help or PDF documentation. ¬ To export your Adobe Premiere production to an .avi file on Matrox RT2000: 1 Choose , then click the button.
Page 111 Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE authoring program. Files created using this codec, however, are not supported in your Adobe Premiere project. You can play back your Matrox MPEG-2 IBP files using the Matrox Video Player.
Page 112 For PAL material that uses the standard TV screen D1/DV PAL (1.067) ✄ format. For PAL material that uses the D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 (1.422) ✄ widescreen 16:9 format. 8 If your Timeline’s compression format matches your export format, do not select .
Page 113: Selecting Your Mpeg-2 I-Frame Video Quality
Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame video quality When you select the MPEG-2 I-frame format to render or capture material in Adobe Premiere, you can specify your desired video quality. 1 To select your MPEG-2 I-frame video quality, click . This Configure displays the following dialog box: 2 To select the video quality you want, drag the slider.
Page 114: Selecting Your Mpeg-2 Ibp Options
Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP options When you select the MPEG-2 IBP format to render or capture video using Adobe Premiere, you can specify various options for the MPEG-2 compression. 1 To select your MPEG-2 IBP options, click . This displays the Configure following dialog box: 2 Under...
Page 115 6 Click to save your settings. When selecting the data rate for a Matrox codec, be aware that a megabit (Mb) is equal to 1,000,000 (1000 × 1000) bits, and a megabyte (MB) after binary conversion is equal to 1,048,576 (1024 x 1024) bytes.
Page 116: Setting Up Dv-1394 Device Control
Setting up DV-1394 device control With Matrox RT2000, you can take advantage of the DV-1394 device control on your DV camera or deck when capturing or recording material in Adobe Premiere. To set up this device control: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks and Device Control...
Page 117: Exporting Your Adobe Premiere Timeline To Dv Tape
Exporting your Adobe Premiere Timeline to DV tape You can export DV material from your Adobe Premiere Timeline to tape using device control over the 1394 interface on Matrox RT2000. Preparing your tapes for recording To use DV-1394 device control, the tape on which you’ll be recording your DV material must contain continuous and consecutive time code.
Page 118: Exporting To Dv Tape With Device Control
1 Make sure your DV device is properly connected, and that you’ve selected in Adobe Premiere’s dialog box as Matrox DV Device Control Preferences explained in “Setting up DV-1394 device control” on page 100. 2 If you’re using a camcorder, switch it to VTR Mode and load a tape that you’ve striped with time code into the cassette compartment.
Page 119: Things You Need To Know About Using Dv-1394 Devices
Things you need to know about using DV-1394 devices Please keep the following points in mind when using a DV-1394 device with Matrox RT2000 to capture or record DV material in Adobe Premiere: Set your camcorder to either Camera Mode (to capture live video), or VTR ✃...
Page 120 You may want to use the toggle switches on your video monitor to switch between viewing the output from your DV-1394 device and the output from the RT2000 breakout box. The DV-1394 device control does not support the Preroll Time ✃...
Page 121: About Matrox Infinite Capture And Creating Video Clips Greater Than 2 Gb
Adobe Premiere. This means that when you capture or export video to an .avi file on Matrox RT2000, the operation won’t stop when you exceed a size of 2 GB on a Windows Me system. Instead, Adobe Premiere creates a sequence of .avi files, each not larger than 2 GB.
Page 122: Creating A Production In 16:9 Format
AVI file creation method for large clips in Windows 2000” on page 86. Creating a production in 16:9 format When editing on Matrox RT2000, you can choose to work with source video that’s been recorded in either the 4:3 standard TV screen format, or the widescreen 16:9 format.
Page 123: Setting Up Realtime Effects With Adobe Premiere
Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere This chapter explains how to set up realtime effects using the Matrox realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere.
Page 124: Available Effects
Premiere other than those listed above are not realtime, and therefore require rendering. When you install the Matrox realtime plug-in, the Matrox effects are added to Adobe Premiere so that you can include them in your video productions. You set up Matrox effects in your productions the same way as other effects included with Adobe Premiere.
Page 125: How To Place Your Effects For Optimal Results
Adobe Premiere Timeline, use the following guidelines when setting up your realtime effects: Leave a gap of at least two seconds between the end of one Matrox particle ✃ or distortion effect and the start of the next.
Page 126: How To Apply A Matrox Transition
By default, the Matrox transitions are found in the folder. Matrox An easy way to create a Matrox transition is to drag the desired effect from the palette to the Transition track of the Timeline (between clips on the Transitions Video 1A and 1B tracks, as shown below).
Page 127: How To Apply A Matrox Video Effect
How to apply a Matrox video effect The Matrox realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere allows you to apply many video effects to your clips. To apply a Matrox video effect to a clip, drag the desired effect from the effect palette onto the clip in the Timeline (by default, the...
Page 128: Using Common Controls In The Plug-In
Using common controls in the plug-in When you apply a Matrox realtime effect, a dialog box similar to the following appears (the resulting dialog box depends on the type of effect that you apply): ✑ ✒ ✔ ✐ ✕...
Page 129 Effect List This section provides a small sample (icon) representing each effect. Simply click an effect to select it. If you’re creating a transition, “A” and “B” represent your clips on the Video 1A and 1B tracks, respectively. If you’re creating a video effect, “A” represents the clip on which you’re applying the effect, and “B”...
Page 130: Previewing Your Effects
The following table lists keyboard shortcuts for zooming the tracks and moving the Positioner. Keyboard shortcuts Zoom In Next Frame Zoom Out First Frame CTRL+F6 Zoom to Extent Last Frame SHIFT+F3 CTRL+F7 Previous Frame Previewing your effects There are several ways to preview your effects: Preview your entire effect Click the button at the bottom of the...
Page 131: Using Text Boxes And Sliders
Using text boxes and sliders Text boxes and sliders are provided to let you adjust the settings for most of the Matrox effects. For example, the text box and slider in the Softness Page Curls dialog box let you create a soft edge for your effect.
Page 132: Selecting Colors
Selecting colors Several Matrox effects provide a “color picker” button to let you choose the color you want for the effect, such as the border color for a 2D/3D DVE. Color picker button When you click a button, the dialog box appears: Color ✑...
Page 133: Creating A 2D/3D Dve
Creating a 2D/3D DVE When you apply a Matrox 2D/3D DVE, the dialog box appears: 2D/3D DVEs ¬ To set up a 2D/3D DVE: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the . For example, Directory...
Page 134 5 To display a shadow behind your clip, make sure that Allow changes selected, then use the modifiers as follows: Shadow Click the button to select the color of your shadow. Color ✄ Sets the transparency of your shadow. Levels range from Transparency ✄...
Page 135: Creating A 3D Tile
Creating a 3D tile When you apply a Matrox 3D tile, the dialog box appears: 3D Tiles ¬ To set up a 3D tile: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory 2 Click the particular effect you want from the...
Page 136 5 If you want to apply or change various transform settings, such as to change your clip’s size, position, and rotation settings, see “Transforming your clip” on page 131. 6 When you are satisfied with your effect, click to return to your Timeline. Chapter 8, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere...
Page 137: Creating A Distortion Effect
Creating a distortion effect When you apply a Matrox distortion effect, the dialog box appears: Distortions ¬ To set up a distortion: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory 2 Click the particular effect you want from the...
Page 138: Creating A Page Curl
Creating a page curl When you apply a Matrox page curl, the dialog box appears: Page Curls ¬ To set up a page curl: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory 2 Click the particular effect you want from the...
Page 139: Creating A Particle Effect
Creating a particle effect When you apply a Matrox particle effect, the dialog box appears: Particles ¬ To set up a particle effect: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory 2 Click the particular effect you want from the...
Page 140 Select this to make the particles vanish after they Vanishing Particles ✄ explode. Select this to soften the edges of the particles that Particle Softness ✄ haven’t exploded yet. Select this to reverse the pattern of the effect. Reverse Sequence ✄...
Page 141: Creating An Organic Wipe
5 When you are satisfied with your effect, click to return to your Timeline. ¯Note The Matrox organic wipes are not transformable (that is, the track is not available when setting up organic wipes). You can, Transform however, add your own patterns as explained in the next section.
Page 142: Adding Your Own Organic Wipe Patterns
Adding your own organic wipe patterns You can create your own organic wipe patterns and add them to the Matrox plug- in for use in your projects. Organic wipes use grayscale gradient patterns to switch from one image to another by gradually revealing the second image in a certain pattern.
Page 143 Creating a subdirectory for your new organic wipes Your new organic wipes must be added to a subdirectory where you installed Matrox Video Tools. If you chose the default location when you installed Matrox Video Tools, your Matrox organic wipes will be installed at:...
Page 144: Creating A Colorization Effect
Creating a colorization effect When you apply a Matrox colorization effect, the dialog box Colorization appears: ¬ To set up a colorization effect: 1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory 2 Click the particular effect you want from the Effect List ¯Note If you want to modify your clip without using any of the pre-created...
Page 145: Using The Custom Colorization Settings
Using the custom colorization settings To specify custom colorization settings, click the tab or the Custom Colorization track. You can modify the following settings: Color ¯Note By default, the Positioner is in the middle of the clip region on the Color track.
Page 146 controls under Color Gain Color Addition (Alpha) Alpha Color ✃ let you adjust the transparency levels of your Gain Color Addition image’s alpha channel. You can use these controls for any clip in which there is alpha-key information (that is, .tga and .icg clips on Video 2 or higher). You can also use the controls to adjust the transparency of .avi clips Alpha...
Page 147: Transforming Your Clip
Transform Transform dialog box for your Matrox effect: Position Lets you position your clip on x-y-z coordinates (horizontal, ✃ vertical, depth). Size Lets you resize your clip. ✃...
Page 148: Using The Transform Controls
¯Note Many of the Matrox effects, such as 2D/3D DVEs, already have transform settings defined as keyframes on the track. For details on how to change Transform a clip’s transform settings over time by creating and editing keyframes, see “Working with keyframes” on page 138.
Page 149: Using The Transform Menu
In the illustrations below, notice how different values can affect the Offset rotation of the cube. Figure 1: Offset at 0,0,0 Figure 2: Offset at 100,0,0 In Figure 1, the values are (0,0,0), so the center of rotation for the cube is Offset where the x, y, and z axes meet.
Page 150: Transforming A Clip Using The Preview Window
Transforming a clip using the Preview Window In the , you can use your left or right mouse button to resize, Preview Window position, and rotate your clip. °Important You must first select the type of transform settings you want to adjust by clicking the appropriate button ( , or Position...
Page 151: Cropping Your Effect
¯Note The default crop settings that you specify in the Matrox General Settings dialog box (see page 81) are applied to all your Matrox effects. You can customize the crop settings for individual effects by defining keyframes at any point on the track.
Page 152: Using The Crop Controls
Using the crop controls The controls under let you crop any edge of your effect. You can Crop Settings enter the values you want in the text boxes or drag the appropriate sliders ( Left Right Bottom Using the Crop menu You can also crop your effect using commands from the menu, located Crop...
Page 153: Cropping An Effect Using The Preview Window
Cropping an effect using the Preview Window In the , you can use your left and right mouse buttons to crop Preview Window any edge of your effect: The following table shows the available mouse controls for cropping in the Preview Window Action Result...
Page 154: Working With Keyframes
By interpolating between keyframes, you create gradual transitions between different settings for an effect. ¯Note The following sections explain how to use the Matrox realtime plug-in to work with keyframes. Be aware that the Matrox effects do not support Adobe Premiere’s keyframes that are applied on the Timeline.
Page 155 ✒ Positioner You can use the Positioner to indicate where you want to create a keyframe. You can also preview an effect by dragging the Positioner as explained in “Previewing your effects” on page 114. To move the Positioner to a particular frame, enter the frame number in the box, or Current frame click the frame on the Ruler.
Page 156: Creating New Keyframes
Creating new keyframes ¬ To create a keyframe: 1 In the Matrox effect setup dialog box, click the tab or track where you want to create your keyframe. 2 Move the Positioner to the frame in your clip where you want the settings to take place.
Page 157: Copying And Moving Keyframes
Select a range of keyframes by clicking the first keyframe, then holding ✃ down the key while clicking the last keyframe you want in the range. SHIFT Select all keyframes on a track by pressing when the track is ✃ CTRL+A highlighted, or right-clicking the track and choosing Select All...
Page 158 For example, let’s say you’ve created a series of keyframes on a clip, Transform where each keyframe uses all of the transform controls but with different Size settings. Your keyframe sequence might appear as follows: If you later decide that you’d like all the keyframes to have the same setting Size as the keyframe at frame 0, you could easily fix the sequence by pasting the...
Page 159: Deleting Keyframes
You may also want to exchange your saved keyframes with other Matrox users. ¬ To save all keyframes on the currently selected track to a file:...
Page 160: Interpolating Between Keyframes
Interpolating between keyframes Interpolating between two or more consecutive keyframes on the same track enables you to create a gradual transition from one keyframe’s settings to the next. In the following sections we explain: How interpolation works. ✃ Considerations for creating an interpolation sequence. ✃...
Page 161 respectively. When you play back your clip, the size of your clip increases between these two keyframes at a steady rate of 1% per frame. If you have three or more interpolated keyframes, linear interpolation might not give the results you want. Spline interpolation gives you a smoother transition based on the settings of all keyframes.
Page 162 Turning interpolation on and off As previously mentioned, a spline interpolation is set by default between consecutive keyframes created on a track. You may, of course, choose to turn off interpolation or change the interpolation type. To turn off or reset interpolation, right-click the keyframe or a range of selected keyframes, then choose , or from the...
Page 163: Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts The following table provides a complete list of keyboard shortcuts available for working with keyframes in the Matrox effect setup dialog boxes. Keyboard shortcuts Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to Extent SHIFT+F3 Select All CTRL+A CTRL+X Copy CTRL+C...
Page 164: Setting Up Realtime Graphics Overlays
Setting up realtime graphics overlays You can add a realtime alpha-keyed graphics layer to your production (such as a title overlaid onto a video clip). To do this, you create a .tga file using any graphics program that supports an alpha channel, such as Ulead Cool 3D or Adobe Photoshop.
Page 165 desired length. To change the default duration of your single-frame graphics overlays, choose Edit > Preferences > General and Still Image You can add a realtime fade to your graphics overlay using Adobe ✃ Premiere’s Video Opacity rubberband control, such as to fade-in and fade- out as shown below: Rubberband control...
Page 166: Setting Up Realtime Speed Changes
Setting up realtime speed changes The Matrox realtime plug-in lets you apply realtime speed changes to your video clips in Adobe Premiere (forward motion only). For example, you can choose to speed up or slow down a video clip to create a special effect, or to fill a gap in your production.
Page 167: When You'll Need To Render Your Effects
When you’ll need to render your effects In many cases, your Matrox effects will play back in real time. You will, however, need to render your effects when you do any of the following: Choose to export your production to an .avi file.
Page 168 Your notes Chapter 8, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere...
Page 169: Rendering Matrox Video For Windows Avi Files
Rendering Matrox Video for Windows AVI Files This chapter explains how to render video to a Video for Windows .avi file using the codecs provided with your Matrox RT2000 system.
Page 170: Overview
When using Video for Windows programs to render (compile) material to an .avi file, such as in the case of a completed video production or an animation, you can use any of the codecs provided on your Matrox RT2000 system to create a Matrox .avi file.
Page 171: Before You Start Rendering
Before you start rendering Before you start rendering material to a Matrox .avi file, make the following settings in your Video for Windows program: Set the frame rate for rendered material to 29.97 frames per second for ✃ NTSC video, or 25 frames per second for PAL video.
Page 172: Selecting Color Space Conversion Options
Selecting color space conversion options When you render material to an .avi file using a Matrox VFW codec, you can determine how you want the luminance levels and chroma information to be processed during the color space conversion that’s performed during the render.
Page 173: Rendering Material To A Matrox Vfw .Avi File
¯Note If you installed the Matrox VFW codecs on a system without the Matrox RT2000 hardware, the Matrox M-JPEG and Matrox DVCPRO50 codecs will also be available. These codecs are used to create clips for Matrox Rendering material to a Matrox VFW .avi file...
Page 174 Adobe Premiere with your Matrox RT2000 system. When selecting the data rate for a Matrox codec, be aware that a megabit (Mb) is equal to 1,000,000 (1000 × 1000) bits, and a megabyte (MB) after binary conversion is equal to 1,048,576 (1024 x 1024) bytes.
Page 175: Using Matrox Mediatools
Using Matrox MediaTools This chapter explains how to use Matrox MediaTools to scan and capture clips from your DV-1394 device, create a batch capture list, grab single-frame images from your DV tape, and export clips to an Adobe Premiere project.
Page 176: About Matrox Mediatools
Export your clip list to an Adobe Premiere project where you can add ✃ Matrox realtime effects. ¯Note Your clips are captured in native DV format (that is, Matrox DV/DVCAM or DVCPRO format). Preparing your tapes for use with MediaTools The tapes you use with MediaTools must contain continuous and consecutive time code, and all material must be recorded at the same speed.
Page 177: Starting Matrox Mediatools
✃ the end. ¬ To start Matrox MediaTools: 1 Close any program you have running that uses your Matrox RT2000, such as Adobe Premiere or the Matrox Video Player. 2 Choose Start > Programs > Matrox Video Tools > Matrox MediaTools ¯Note The first time you start MediaTools, the...
Page 178: Using The Matrox Mediatools Interface
Using the Matrox MediaTools interface When you start MediaTools, a dialog box similar to the following appears: ✐ ✑ ✒ ✔ ✕ ✘ ✖ ✗ Here’s a brief description of the dialog box: MediaTools ✐ New tab Use this tab to scan and capture new clips to add to your clip list, and create batch capture lists.
Page 179 Float/dock clip list button This button lets you dock the clip list to the dialog box, or detach the clip list so that you can move and MediaTools resize it. For more information, see “Detaching and resizing the clip list” on page 179. Using the Matrox MediaTools interface...
Page 180: Using The Mediatools Pop-Up Menu
Using the MediaTools pop-up menu When you right-click anywhere in the clip list, a pop-up menu appears containing commands for working with MediaTools. All commands present in the MediaTools pop-up menu are described in this chapter. Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 181: Navigating Through Clips With The Transport Controls
(order) in the clip list. You can also play back any captured clip by double-clicking the clip in the clip list. Using the Matrox MediaTools interface...
Page 182: Using The Time Code Fields
Mark In Mark Out ✃ the frame where you want your clip to start or end, respectively. For increased precision, stop your clip at the appropriate frame and click the ✃ button. Mark In Mark Out Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 183 For example, on an NTSC system, you could change a value of 24:04 (24 seconds, 4 frames) to 724 frames by pressing . You could then edit CTRL+SHIFT the field in frames and switch back to time codes again by pressing CTRL+SHIFT Using the Matrox MediaTools interface...
Page 184 ¯Note MediaTools automatically detects the time code format on your DV tape. If MediaTools is unable to determine the format, you’ll be prompted to select the format that matches the format on your DV tape. Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 185: Defining Your Capture Settings
Defining your capture settings Before capturing clips with MediaTools, you need to specify various capture settings, such as your video and audio drives where you want MediaTools to store your captured clips, and the file creation method you want to use for large clips. ¬...
Page 186: Selecting Your Video And Audio Drives
Infinite Capture feature to create clip sequences of 2-GB .avi files. These clips are compatible with Video for Windows programs as well as Windows 98 and Windows Me. For details about this feature, see “About Matrox Infinite Capture and creating video clips greater than 2 GB” on page 105.”...
Page 187: How Mediatools Assigns Clip Names
How MediaTools assigns clip names When using the tab, displays the base name for your new clips. For Clip ID example, if the is “MyClip,” MediaTools will assign the name Clip ID MyClip000.avi to the first new video clip you capture, and continue naming clips sequentially (for example, MyClip001.avi, MyClip002.avi, etc.).
Page 188: Capturing Individual Clips
(or if you left the Out point blank), click the Stop and Mark button. 6 Your captured clip is added to the clip list with time code information and an icon representing the first and last frames of the clip. Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 189: Creating A Batch Capture List
Creating a batch capture list A batch capture list is a list of clips with defined In and Out points for clips on tape that you have not yet captured. There are two ways to create a batch capture list with MediaTools. You can automatically scan your DV tape to create a batch capture list of clips on your tape, or you can specify the In and Out points of individual clips on tape, and add them to your clip list.
Page 190: Adding Clips To A Batch Capture List
“Saving and loading a clip list” on page 177. 7 When you’re ready to capture your clips, see the next section, “Capturing clips from a batch capture list.” Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 191: Capturing Clips From A Batch Capture List
Capturing clips from a batch capture list ¬ To capture clips from your batch capture list: 1 In the dialog box, click the button. A “Getting tape MediaTools information” message is displayed. 2 Click the tab. Edit 3 Select the clips you want to capture in the clip list. If you want to capture all your clips, right-click the clip list and choose Select All 4 Click...
Page 192: Changing A Clip's In And Out Icons
Right-click the clip list, then choose from the pop-up menu (or Import Clip ✃ double-click an empty area of the clip list). In the dialog box, select Open the .avi files you want to import, then click Open Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 193: Saving And Loading A Clip List
¯Note Clips that have associated .wav files will have their audio included in the clip list. Saving and loading a clip list To save a clip list, right-click the clip list. Choose from the pop-up menu Save As to save your current clip list as a .dvl file. You can load a clip list (.dvl) using any of the following methods: Right-click the clip list.
Page 194: Deleting Clips
Delete File Only to the clip on tape in case you want to recapture the clip at a later time. Keyboard shortcuts Delete Clip Only DELETE Delete Clip + File SHIFT+DELETE Delete File Only CTRL+DELETE Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 195: Detaching And Resizing The Clip List
Detaching and resizing the clip list You can change the size of your clip list to suit your needs. First, detach the clip list from the dialog box by clicking the button MediaTools Float/dock clip list ) above the clip list. Now the clip list can be freely moved and resized. To resize the clip list, drag the sides or corner of the clip list as needed.
Page 196: Grabbing A Single-Frame Image
Select the field that best displays your image. MediaTools interpolates between the two consecutive scan lines to create the missing field. 5 If you’ll be saving your image as an .avi file, select the compression format you want from the list. AVI Format Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 197: Exporting Your Clip List To An Adobe Premiere Project
Save As you want to export. Click Save 4 Close MediaTools and start Adobe Premiere. You can now open the Adobe Premiere project you created and add Matrox realtime effects. Exporting your clip list to an Adobe Premiere project...
Page 198: Keyboard Shortcuts
Delete Clip + File SHIFT+DELETE Delete File Only CTRL+DELETE Import Clip CTRL+I Select All CTRL+A CTRL+X Copy CTRL+C Paste CTRL+V New Clip List CTRL+N Open Clip List CTRL+O Save Clip List CTRL+S Export to Premiere CTRL+E Chapter 10, Using Matrox MediaTools...
Page 199: Using The Matrox File Converter
Using the Matrox File Converter This chapter provides an overview of the Matrox File Converter and explains how to convert your video and audio files to various formats.
Page 200: About The Matrox File Converter
VFW DV AVI Matrox DV AVI + WAV Converts any Video for ✃ Windows DV .avi file to separate Matrox DV .avi and .wav files. These files will play back in real time when using Adobe Premiere with the Matrox realtime plug-in.
Page 201: Converting Your Files
Converting your files To start the Matrox File Converter, choose Start > Programs > Matrox Video Tools > Matrox File Converter ¬ To convert your files: 1 From the list, choose a conversion type. Conversion Type 2 To select the destination folder where you want your converted files to be...
Page 202: Commands For Working With Conversion Lists
For example, the source files Demo.avi and Demo.wav are converted to a file named Demo_VFW_DV.avi. Matrox DV AVI + WAV files have _Matrox_DV appended to both the ✄ destination .avi and .wav files. For example, the source file Demo.avi is converted to Demo_Matrox_DV.avi and Demo_Matrox_DV.wav.
Page 203: Notes
Notes The Matrox File Converter does not support a DV file for conversion if it is ✃ greater than 2 gigabytes (GB), or an MPEG-2 file if it is greater than 4 GB. Matrox MPEG-2 IBP + WAV → MPEG-2 When using the conversion type ✃...
Page 204 Your notes Chapter 11, Using the Matrox File Converter...
Page 205: Using Inscriber Titleexpress
Using Inscriber TitleExpress This chapter provides an overview of Inscriber TitleExpress and explains the required settings for creating realtime titles that you want to include in your Adobe Premiere projects.
Page 206: Overview
Overview TitleExpress is a television-quality character generator that lets you create stills, rolls, and crawls for your Adobe Premiere projects on Matrox RT2000. TitleExpress offers extensive typographic and color controls for design flexibility. You can create your title by using one of the many pre-designed templates, or create your title from scratch.
Page 207: Creating A Simple Title
✑ Workspace This is where you see your titles as you create them. There is a safe title area to work in. ✒ CG Attributes These tabbed pages contain various editing modifiers: Use this to specify your type specs, such as font type, font Attributes ✄...
Page 208 6 Type over with your name. Heading 7 In the workspace, select Subheading 8 Type over with the name of your city. Subheading 9 To change the style of your text, select the text in the workspace, then click tab. You can select any of the style chips to replace the style of your Style text.
Page 209: Remarks
12 Choose a folder, name your file, and click . Your title is saved as an .icg Save file. TitleExpress closes, and your title is automatically placed in your Adobe Premiere project bin. 13 Drag your title to the Timeline. If you place your title on Video 2 or higher, an Alpha Channel key is automatically applied.
Page 210 Your notes Chapter 12, Using Inscriber TitleExpress...
Page 211: Using Ulead Cool 3D
Using Ulead Cool 3D This chapter provides an overview of Ulead Cool 3D and explains the required settings for creating realtime titles that you want to include in your Adobe Premiere projects.
Page 212: Overview
Overview Ulead Cool 3D is a 3D titling program that lets you create still and animated titles for your videos, presentations, reports, and web pages. Included in the program are numerous preset and customizable effects. You can also import pre-created logos that have been saved as .emf or .wmf files.
Page 213: Required Settings To Create A Title For Use With Adobe Premiere
¬ To see how easy it is to create a simple title, follow these steps: 1 Click the Insert Text tool and type your name into the text box. Click 2 Choose a directory from the EasyPalette Directory. 3 Drag a thumbnail to the Edit Window to apply the effect to your title. 4 If you want to use your title as a graphics overlay in Adobe Premiere, set your image dimensions and save your title as explained in the next section, “Required settings to create a title for use with Adobe Premiere.”...
Page 214 2 When you are ready to save your title, choose File > Create Image Files > TGA file. 3 Under , make sure is selected. TGA Options Transparent background ¯Note If you want to create an animated sequence, select Save image .
Page 215: Tips On Creating Titles
Tips on creating titles Here are some suggestions for you to consider to create effective titles for your video productions: Don’t place your title too close to the edges of the Edit Window or your ✃ title’s extremities might not be visible when viewed on a standard monitor or television set.
Page 216 Your notes Chapter 13, Using Ulead Cool 3D...
Page 217: Using Sonic Foundry Acid Music
Using Sonic Foundry ACID Music This chapter provides an overview of Sonic Foundry ACID Music and explains the required settings for creating .wav files that you want to use in your Adobe Premiere projects.
Page 218: Overview
Overview ACID Music is a music-making program that allows you to produce, arrange, and edit music tracks. It gives you amazing flexibility by offering unlimited tracks and many professional features. Your ACID Music CD-ROM includes hundreds of Loops (clips of sound that can be strung together) in a vast array of instruments and styles.
Page 219: Getting Started In Acid Music
Getting started in ACID Music Included on your ACID Music CD-ROM is a full User Manual and Tutorial. Please refer to it for detailed information on using ACID Music, as we will be covering only the basics here. ¬ To start making music right away: 1 Find a Loop that you want to use in the Media Explorer section.
Page 220 Your notes Chapter 14, Using Sonic Foundry ACID Music...
Page 221: Using Sonic Solutions Dvdit! Le And The Matrox Dvd Player
This chapter provides an overview of Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE and explains the required settings for creating DVD content from your Adobe Premiere projects. It also explains how to use the Matrox DVD Player to play back the DVD volumes you create with DVDit! LE.
Page 222: Overview
(for example, on your hard drive), and play the files using any PC-based DVD player, such as the Matrox DVD Player included with your RT2000 kit. The DVD volume is useful for testing your project before you create a DVD disc.
Page 223: Exporting Material For Your Dvd Project
Work area bar 4 Choose , then click the button. File > Export Timeline > Movie Settings 5 From the list, select File Type Matrox RT 6 From the list, select Range Work Area Exporting material for your DVD project...
Page 224 8 From the menu at the top of the dialog box, select Video. 9 From the list, select Compressor Matrox MPEG-2 IBP (Export Only) 10 Click the button. This displays the dialog Configure MPEG-2 IBP Options box: Chapter 15, Using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE and the Matrox DVD Player...
Page 225 11 From the list, select . This sets the MPEG-2 IBP Presets DVD-compliant options to recommended DVD-compliant presets that are suitable for use with DVDit! LE. 12 Click to return to the dialog box. Export Movie Settings 13 Name your .avi file and save it to your A/V drive. You may want to create a folder on your A/V drive for your DVDit! exports.
Page 226: Creating A Dvd Volume
2 In the Project Planner that opens, click Start a New Project 3 In the next dialog box, under Choose a Video Format select MPEG2 (DVD- . Click compliant) Finish Chapter 15, Using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE and the Matrox DVD Player...
Page 227 4 Click the button on the Palette Window. Notice that the Backgrounds default theme backgrounds are automatically loaded. Select a background by dragging it to the “First play” placeholder. 5 Click the button on the Palette. Drag any button to the Video Buttons Monitor.
Page 228 15 Click . Your DVD volume will now start to build. When it is complete, click 16 Quit DVDit! LE. Chapter 15, Using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE and the Matrox DVD Player...
Page 229: Playing Your Dvd Volume Using The Matrox Dvd Player
Playing your DVD volume using the Matrox DVD Player Browse button The Matrox DVD Player is an easy-to-use yet powerful software DVD player, that offers you all the functionality of a set-top player. ¬ To play your DVD volume on the Matrox DVD Player: 1 Choose Start >...
Page 230 Your notes Chapter 15, Using Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE and the Matrox DVD Player...
Page 231: Rt2000 Troubleshooting
RT2000 Troubleshooting This chapter provides some possible answers if you have trouble installing or operating your RT2000 system.
Page 232: Problems, Possible Causes, And Solutions
As for Matrox hardware and software, check the RT2000 Customer Support section of our web site for the latest updates and patches. Multiple solutions...
Page 233 Installation/configuration The cards do not fit Possible cause New or unused slots If you’re installing your cards in new or previously unused slots, there may be considerable resistance as the cards slide into the slots. This is normal. Solution Install carefully Make sure that the cards are perfectly aligned with the slots and push them in firmly but gently until they’re correctly seated.
Page 234 If your monitor uses BNC input, make sure the Red ), Green ( ), Blue ( Horizontal Sync —white or gray HSYNC wire), and Vertical Sync —black wire) connections are firmly in place and plugged VSYNC into the correct input. Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 235 Possible cause 3 Incorrect monitor settings If your monitor uses BNC input, one or more connection settings may be incorrect. Solution Check monitor settings Set each of your monitor’s RGB input and sync switches (if available) to 75 ohms, with the sync set to “external.”...
Page 236 Display adapters. 4 Right-click your Matrox card’s name, and choose Properties then click the tab. Driver 5 In the provided dialog box, click the button. Update Driver 6 Insert your Matrox RT2000 CD in your CD-ROM drive. Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 237 Properties Driver 5 In the provided dialog box, click the button. Update Driver 6 Insert your Matrox RT2000 CD in your CD-ROM drive. 7 The starts. Click . The Update Device Driver Wizard Next recommended choice will be checked, click .
Page 238 . Click to restart your system. Remove 6 After your system restarts, your Flex 3D Edition card will be detected, and the display driver installed. 7 When the installation is complete, click to restart your computer. Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 239 7 Windows now detects a new “Multimedia Controller” (that is, your RT2000 codec card). The “Add New Hardware Wizard” starts so that you can install the driver for your RT2000 card. 8 To install the driver for your RT2000 card and continue with the Matrox Video Tools installation, see “Installing Matrox...
Page 240 6 Windows now detects a new “PCI Multimedia Device” (that is, your RT2000 codec card). The “Add New Hardware Wizard” starts so that you can install the driver for your RT2000 card. 7 To install the driver for your RT2000 card and continue with the Matrox Video Tools installation, see “Installing Matrox...
Page 241 Possible cause 1 DMA may not be enabled on your A/V drive If your A/V drive is an EIDE device and DMA bus-mastering is not enabled, your drive won’t be able to support realtime video editing on Matrox RT2000. Solution Enable DMA Make sure that DMA is enabled for all EIDE devices.
Page 242 4 In the displayed dialog box, make sure that Accelerated is selected unless you find that the graphics transfer Organic dialog box takes a very long time to display (about 40 to Wipes 60 seconds) when you apply or edit a Matrox organic wipe. Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 243 Solution 1 Separate IRQs In Windows Device Manager, try to separate your RT2000 from other devices. You may have to change the slot of the card that’s sharing IRQs with your RT2000. Problems, possible causes, and solutions...
Page 244 Solution 1 Separate IRQs In Windows Device Manager, try to separate your RT2000 and DV-1394 drivers from other devices. You may have to change the slot of the card that’s sharing IRQs with your RT2000 or DV-1394 driver. Solution 2 Create hardware profile...
Page 245 Solution 1 Separate IRQs In Windows Device Manager, try to separate your RT2000 drivers from other devices. You may have to change the slot of the card that is sharing IRQs with your RT2000 driver. Solution 2 Create hardware profile...
Page 246 In Windows Device Manager, try to separate your RT2000 and DV-1394 drivers from other devices. You may have to change the slot of the card that is sharing IRQs with your RT2000 or DV-1394 driver. Solution 2 Create hardware profile...
Page 247 ¬ To re-install the device driver in Windows 2000: 1 Turn on your DV-1394 device and insert the Matrox RT2000 installation CD in your CD-ROM drive. Windows detects new hardware when you restart.
Page 248 Imaging devices 5 Select your DV device, then click Remove 6 Click . You may be prompted to insert your Windows Refresh CD-ROM. 7 Your DV device should now be listed under Sound, video and game controllers Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 249 1394 device. Solution Use only compatible DV-1394 devices For an updated list of compatible DV-1394 devices, see the RT2000 Customer Support section of our web site at www.matrox.com/videoweb/support. Possible cause 2 Video preview during export enabled On certain systems export to tape will not work if video preview during export is enabled.
Page 250 7 For each of the controls ( , etc.), make sure the Line Wave sliders are at one-quarter to one-half levels (if you’re Volume not sure, try half level), and the check boxes are cleared. Mute 8 Close the dialog box. Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 251 Solution Re-attach cables Make sure that your RCA audio cables are securely attached and in the proper jacks on your RT2000 breakout box. Possible cause 4 RT Mixer settings muted Your RT Mixer settings may be muted or the volume sliders may be too low.
Page 252 Windows cannot play .wav files Possible cause No soundcard installed A Windows message will appear if you try to play any system sounds or any non-RT2000 related sounds, without having a soundcard installed. Solution Install a soundcard Make sure you have a soundcard, and that it is installed correctly.
Page 253 DVD/CD authoring DVD video playback is jerky (skipping frames) Possible cause Slow player Your DVD drive may be too slow. Solution Enable DMA If you’re using Windows Me and your DVD drive supports DMA transfers, enable this feature. ¯Note If your DVD supports DMA and you’re using Windows 2000, DMA will automatically be enabled.
Page 254 Your notes Chapter 16, RT2000 Troubleshooting...
Page 255: Appendix
Creating an RT2000 Hardware Profile This appendix explains how to free up IRQs and resources by creating a specific RT2000 hardware profile.
Page 256: Creating A Specific Rt2000 Hardware Profile
, then select My Computer Manage Device Manager 8 Click the plus sign next to System devices 9 Right-click each device not essential for video editing with the RT2000, then select . When prompted to , click Uninstall Confirm Device Removal 10 Do not restart your computer until you’ve removed all of the unnecessary...
Page 257 8 Highlight each device not essential for video editing with the RT2000, and click . When prompted to , select Remove Confirm Device Removal , and make sure RT2000 is selected. Remove from specific configuration 9 Do not restart your computer until you’ve removed all of the unnecessary devices.
Page 258 Your notes Appendix A, Creating an RT2000 Hardware Profile...
Page 259: Appendix
Data Rates and A/V Disk Space Requirements This appendix provides the approximate disk space requirements for capturing or rendering material on your Matrox RT2000 system. It also includes charts showing the recommended MPEG data rates for distribution on DVD-R or CD-R.
Page 260: Dv/Mpeg-2 Qualities And Required Disk Space
DV/MPEG-2 qualities and required disk space The following table shows approximately how much disk space you’ll need per minute of video captured at various qualities using the DV and MPEG-2 IBP compression schemes on your Matrox RT2000 system. Video Data Rate...
Page 261: Recommended Mpeg Data Rates For Distribution On Dvd-R Or Cd-R
At data rates of 2 Mbits/sec and higher, you can create an MPEG-2 IBP .avi file using Adobe Premiere on your Matrox RT2000 system as explained in “Defining your Export Movie settings” on page 94. At data rates lower than 2 Mbits/sec, you’ll need to create an MPEG-1 file.
Page 262 Recommended data rates for 650-MB CD-ROM Time (minutes) Constant bit rate Variable bit rate Appendix B, Data Rates and A/V Disk Space Requirements...
Page 263: Appendix
Using Additional Millennium Flex 3D Display Resolutions This appendix lists all the display resolutions available with your Millennium Flex 3D display card. This includes resolutions that are supported only when you’re not using your Matrox RT2000 for video editing purposes.
Page 264: Available Display Resolutions
This section provides a complete list of the display resolutions available with your Millennium Flex 3D display card. Most of these resolutions, however, are not supported when using your Matrox RT2000 system for video editing. The display resolutions available depend on software monitor settings.
Page 265 Maximum display resolution Aspect ratio Display resolution 4:3/5:4 (standard) 2048× 1536 16:9/16:10 (wide screen) 1920 × 1200 Maximum vertical refresh rate (Hz Aspect ratio Display resolution 300-MHz RAMDAC 4:3/5:4 (standard) 640×480 200 Hz 800 ×600 200 Hz 1024×768* 160 Hz 1152×864* 140 Hz 1280×...
Page 266 Maximum horizontal refresh rate (kHz Aspect ratio Display resolution 300-MHz RAMDAC 4:3/5:4 (standard) 640× 480 130 kHz 800× 600 130 kHz 1024× 768* 130 kHz 1152 × 864* 130 kHz 1280× 1024* 130 kHz 1600× 1200 130 kHz 1800× 1440 120 kHz 1920×...
Page 267 Supported VESA modes In the table below, VESA modes supported by your Flex 3D are indicated by a VESA mode number. Many SuperVGA DOS programs use VESA modes. Display resolution 16 colors 256 colors 32K colors 64K colors 16M colors 640×...
Page 268 Your notes Appendix C, Using Additional Millennium Flex 3D Display Resolutions...
Page 269: Appendix
RT2000 Specifications This appendix provides specifications for your RT2000 card set.
Page 270: Matrox Rt2000 Codec Card Specifications
Matrox RT2000 codec card specifications Video Inputs 1394 6-pin Composite video (CVBS), RCA jack S-Video (Y/C), mini-DIN NTSC, PAL, and SECAM Outputs 1394 6-pin Composite video (CVBS), RCA jack S-Video (Y/C), mini-DIN NTSC and PAL Video formats ITU-R601 YUV 4:2:2...
Page 271: Millennium Flex 3D Edition Specifications
Millennium Flex 3D Edition specifications Features Graphics chip Matrox G400 (256-bit DualBus) 3D features VCQ (Vibrant Color Quality ), environment-mapped bump mapping, stencil buffering, anisotropic filtering, bilinear filtering, trilinear filtering, alpha blending, anti- aliased vectors, vertex fogging, table fogging, specular high-...
Page 272 Your notes Appendix D, RT2000 Specifications...
Page 273: Appendix
RT2000 Glossary This glossary defines many of the terms used in this manual and in related Matrox RT2000 documentation.
Page 274: Glossary Of Terms
Glossary of terms Use this glossary as a reference for many of fastest type of rendering available on Matrox the basic terms in your RT2000 manual and RT2000. See also multi-layer compositing. related documentation. AGP slot Connection slot to a type of...
Page 275 A composite video signal that information. It also decompresses files to play combines the sync information of a basic them back. video signal with a pure black signal. Used as a reference in synchronizing the different RT2000 Glossary...
Page 276 A Matrox effect that uses crawl Sideways movement of text across a blurry or textured patterns to warp an image. screen. See also roll (1).
Page 277 DVD uses MPEG-2 compression, to image. Areas not keyed (that is, not made provide better quality than standard VHS. transparent) in the key source image are filled with the corresponding areas of the foreground image. Contrast with self-key. RT2000 Glossary...
Page 278 Apple Computer that applies 3D texture mapping to video under the FireWire trademark and using a Matrox 3D graphics accelerator chip standardized by the Institute of Electrical and and graphics memory. See also texture Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It enables mapping.
Page 279 A method of creating or more transform settings have been defined a video image by scanning only the odd on a clip using the Matrox realtime plug-in. numbered lines on the screen in one pass, then Settings applied at a keyframe remain active the even numbered lines in the next pass.
Page 280 720×576 pixel resolution, rendering a sequence that contains multiple and data transfer rates up to 15 Mb/sec (1.79 layers of realtime effects on Matrox RT2000 MB/sec). This profile is used for broadcast for the purpose of playing back the effects or transmission and distribution on DVD.
Page 281 Matrox image to another by gradually revealing the RT2000 card. Windows 98 and Windows Me second image according to the pattern. support Plug-and-Play. proc amp An electronic device that adjusts PAL Phase Alternate Line.
Page 282 (timing) signals used to transmitted sequentially on alternate lines. On synchronize video equipment and keep Matrox RT2000, SECAM can be used for pictures stable on the screen. video input only. self-key A key effect in which the key TBC See time base corrector.
Page 283 Y change the position, size, and rotation of a (luminance), R-Y (red minus luminance), and clip in the Matrox realtime plug-in. Transform B-Y (blue minus luminance). settings can be applied on the x, y, and z axes of a clip.
Page 284 Your notes Appendix E, RT2000 Glossary...
Page 285: Appendix
RT2000 Customer Support This appendix explains how to reach us if you need customer support.
Page 286: Getting The Most Support
Getting the most support If you have a problem that you’re unable to solve by referring to your RT2000 documentation, please contact your Matrox RT2000 representative. He or she should be able to help you quickly correct any installation or system configuration problem.
Page 287: Contacting Us
Contacting us Matrox is proud to offer worldwide technical support. Please use the contact information for your area. ¯Note The following numbers are subject to change. For up-to-date contact information, always check our web site at www.matrox.com/video. United States & Canada Telephone ....................
Page 288 Your notes Appendix F, RT2000 Customer Support...
Page 289 Matrox Around the World This appendix provides contact information for Matrox sales offices around the world.
Page 290: Worldwide Headquarters
Worldwide Headquarters Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd., Video Products Group 1055 St. Regis Blvd Dorval, Quebec Canada, H9P 2T4 tel: 800 361-4903 (North America) 514 685-2630 ext. 2636 (Worldwide) fax: 514 685-2853 Email: video.info@matrox.com Europe, Middle East, Africa Matrox Video and Imaging Technology Europe...
Page 291: Index
Audio settings Capture settings Aux audio playback settings Export Movie settings AVI files exporting clips from MediaTools creating using Matrox Infinite Capture exporting material for DVD creating using MediaTools 160, 171, 172, exporting Timeline to DV tape 175, 180 General settings...
Page 292 S-Video 42, 45 Card installation typical audio and video before you begin Converting files connecting CD audio cable using the Matrox File Converter connecting ribbon cable Cool 3D identifying slots creating a title inserting card set installing removing existing display card...
Page 293 Adobe Device Manager Premiere removing old display card from installing Disk Benchmark program overview running using the Matrox DVD Player Disk defragmentation 17, 225, 229 DVD-R Disk space requirements recommended data rates for captured audio for captured video...
Page 294 Hard drive performance KFT files Hard drives saving and loading testing performance of Hardware supplied with Matrox RT2000 License agreement Hardware profile Luminance range settings creating for rendering to VFW files ICG files Matrox creating using TitleExpress...
Page 295 MPEG data rates time code display 167 recommended for DVD-R or CD-R transport controls MPEG-2 Elementary files using the MediaTools interface using the Matrox File Converter VTR button 163, 165 MPEG-2 IBP options Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec selecting in Adobe Premiere...
Page 296 Adobe Premiere working with keyframes Project presets Rendering using Adobe Premiere loading for Matrox RT2000 forcing Matrox effects to render selecting compressor 87, 95 selecting MPEG-2 IBP options Realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere...
Page 297 Style conventions Ulead Cool 3D S-Video device see Cool 3D as source in Adobe Premiere Upgrading available connections previous versions of Matrox Video Tools connecting recorder connecting source typical connections Video drive System configuration selecting in Adobe Premiere troubleshooting...
Page 298 Adobe Premiere captured audio in MediaTools creating in ACID Music exporting using Adobe Premiere 96, 208 Widescreen format editing material on Matrox RT2000 Windows 2000 fix for ATA 100 support installing installing RT2000 software for upgrading to...

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