Overview; Configuring The Matrox Wysiwyg Control Panel - Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

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Overview

Together with your Matrox RT.X2 hardware, the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel and Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins let you display the contents of your
composition or animation on your video monitor. This lets you see the exact
color temperature, safe-title area, and any interlaced artifacts as you work.
You can preview compositions created in the following applications that are
supported by the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins:
• Adobe After Effects (version 5.0 or later).
• Adobe Photoshop (version 7.0 or later).
• Autodesk 3ds Max (version 7.0 or later).
• Autodesk Combustion (version 4 or later).
• eyeon Fusion (version 4 or later).
• NewTek LightWave 3D (version 7.0 or later).
On a Windows XP system, WYSIWYG output to your video monitor is also
available for any Matrox .avi file and video played back using supported
DirectShow applications, such as Windows Media Player and Adobe Bridge.
Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel
The Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel lets you specify the settings you want for
previewing your composition or animation on your video monitor. To use the
Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel, right-click the
taskbar. If you don't see the
Mx.tools > Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel
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enabled. To disable it, clear the Enable WYSIWYG Output option in the
Control Panel. When you do this, you'll have to quit and restart any DirectShow
application, such as Windows Media Player, in order for the change to take effect.
From the Project Format menu, select the format that matches your
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composition or animation, such as NTSC 4:3 .
From the Output Format menu, select the format you want for your
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preview output. The available output formats depend on your project format.
For example, if you chose an NTSC project format, you can select an NTSC
output format only. If you chose a 1440×1080i @ 29.97 fps project format,
you can select a 1440 ×1080i @ 29.97 fps output format, or you can select an
NTSC output format to downconvert the HD video to NTSC.
Chapter 6, Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins
By default, the Matrox WYSIWYG output to your video monitor is
icon, choose Start > All Programs > Matrox
.
icon on your Windows