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Installation and User Guide

July 14, 2008

Matrox Axio

Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 1 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM

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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 2 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Trademarks Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. ....................................... Matrox®, Axio™, Axio.utils™, DigiSuite™, EZ-MXF™, Flex CPU™, Flex GPU™, RT.X100™, RT.X2™, X.effects™, X.io™, X.link™, X.linkHD™, X.linkLE™, X.linkSD™ Adobe Systems Inc.......................................................... Adobe®, After Effects®, Encore®, Flash®, Photoshop®, Premiere®, Clip Notes™, Soundbooth™ Advanced Micro Devices, Inc............
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page i Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM i Matrox Axio License Agreement, Warranty, and Service A. Matrox software license agreement for single-user products By installing the software, you, the original purchaser, indicate your acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, please return the package unopened. This Matrox software, any included sample images and other files (the "Software"), is copyrighted by Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page ii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM ii C. End-user registration Before using your Matrox Axio product, please take a moment to register your product in the Matrox Axio Support section of our web site at www.matrox.com/video/support. The information you provide will assist Matrox to quickly diagnose and correct any problem that might arise when using the product. Only registered end users are entitled to customer support. D.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page iii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM iii WHOLE OR IN PART, WILL BE FREE FROM INFRINGEMENT OF ANY THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENTS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW OF THE LOCALITY WHERE YOU PURCHASED THE MATROX PRODUCT, THESE LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENTS SHALL BE DEEMED MODIFIED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SUCH LOCAL LAW.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page iv Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM iv H. Procedure for returning goods No returned goods, for service or otherwise, will be accepted without prior authorization from Matrox. To obtain return authorization, contact Matrox Axio Customer Support (see page 314). Once approved, Matrox will contact you with your Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. Matrox cannot be responsible for units returned without an RMA number.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page v Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Contents Chapter 1 Introducing Matrox Axio Welcome to Matrox Axio .................................................................2 Matrox Axio key features .......................................................................2 Features of Matrox Axio HD ..................................................................3 Features of Matrox Axio SD ...................................................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page vi Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM vi Chapter 3 Connecting External Devices to Matrox Axio HD and SD X.linkHD and X.linkSD breakout box connections.......................... 22 X.linkHD video connections ................................................................. 22 X.linkHD audio connections ................................................................. 22 X.linkSD video connections.................................................................. 22 X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page vii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM vii Chapter 5 Connecting External Devices to Matrox Axio LE X.linkLE breakout box connections ................................................40 X.linkLE video connections ..................................................................40 X.linkLE audio connections ..................................................................40 Attaching the rubber feet to X.linkLE .............................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page viii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM viii Chapter 7 Working with .mxf, .mp4, and .avi Files Working with native .mxf files in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects .......................................................................... 60 Steps for using .mxf files in your projects ............................................ 60 Working with native XDCAM EX (.mp4) files in Adobe Premiere Pro .....................................................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page ix Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM ix Defining your Capture settings ...................................................... 97 Specifying your video capture settings ................................................ 97 Specifying your audio capture settings ............................................... 101 Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files....................................... 104 Specifying your audio monitoring settings (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) ....
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page x Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM x Using Select Mask ............................................................................. 136 Creating a primary color correction ............................................. 137 Using Split View ................................................................................. 139 Working with Split View in the Program Monitor ................................ 139 Using RGB curves ...........................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page xi Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM xi Creating a page curl effect ..........................................................204 Creating a pan & scan effect .......................................................206 Creating a ripple effect ................................................................208 Creating a shadow effect ............................................................ 210 Creating a shine effect ...............................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page xii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM xii Autodesk 3ds Max ............................................................................242 Autodesk Combustion .......................................................................242 eyeon Fusion .....................................................................................242 NewTek LightWave 3D ......................................................................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page xiii Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM xiii Using the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec .............................267 MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec workflow example for offline editing ....... 267 MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec workflow example for online editing .......268 Using the Matrox 8-bit and 10-bit Uncompressed HD codecs ....269 Matrox Uncompressed codec workflow example .............................269 Mixing interlaced and progressive clips in the same project ......
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page xiv Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM xiv Video output signals ..........................................................................289 Audio input/output signals .................................................................289 Audio specifications...........................................................................290 Environmental specifications .............................................................290 X.linkHD breakout box ...................
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 1 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 1 Introducing Matrox Axio This chapter outlines some of the features of Matrox Axio, lists the contents of your kit, provides the Axio system requirements, and describes the available Matrox Axio documentation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 2 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 2 Welcome to Matrox Axio The Matrox Axio family of HD and SD editing platforms lets you work at the highest finishing quality with the most comprehensive realtime feature set and the most versatile codec technology. Matrox Axio key features The following are key features of all Matrox Axio systems: • Makes Adobe Premiere Pro the foremost HD and SD editor for broadcast and post production.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 3 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 3 Features of Matrox Axio HD • 8-bit or 10-bit uncompressed HD and SD editing. • Dedicated onboard GPU for support of Matrox Flex GPU effects. • DV-1394 and SD/HD SDI video input and output. • RGB and analog component output. • 2-input/4-output balanced AES/EBU stereo audio pairs, 4-input/4-output SDI embedded stereo audio pairs. • 2 balanced analog XLR audio outputs for monitoring purposes.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 4 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 4 Hardware supplied for Matrox Axio HD and SD • X.io card — input/output card. • X.effects card — realtime effects co-processor card. • X.linkHD breakout box for Matrox Axio HD, or X.linkSD breakout box for Matrox Axio SD. • X.link cable with attachable ferrite beads. • 4-to-6 pin IEEE-1394 cable. • Internal power supply cable for the X.io card. • Internal power supply cable or 12-volt external power supply for the X.effects card.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 5 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 5 • DVD-ROM drive for the software installation. • Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit) with Service Pack 2, or Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate (32-bit). • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. For up-to-date information about Matrox Axio HD and SD system requirements, contact your Matrox Axio dealer. ¡ Important If you provide power to the X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 6 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 6 About this manual This manual provides you with information about installing and using your Matrox Axio hardware and software, including how to use your Matrox Axio system with Adobe Premiere Pro. Style conventions The following style conventions are used in this manual: • When an operation is different between Windows Vista and Windows XP, the operating system is displayed in brackets after the operation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 7 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 7 Here are some examples: • 486p @ 23.98 fps per second. Represents 720×486 progressive video at 23.98 frames • 720p @ 59.94 fps Represents 1280×720 progressive video at 59.94 frames per second. • 1440x1080i @ 29.97 fps Represents 1440×1080 interlaced video at 29.97 frames per second. This format is used for HDV 1080i material. • 1080i @ 29.97 fps Represents full-size 1920×1080 interlaced video at 29.97 frames per second.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 9 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 2 Installing Your Matrox Axio HD or SD Hardware This chapter describes how to install your Matrox Axio cards for a Matrox Axio HD or SD system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 10 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 10 Before you install your Matrox Axio card set Read the following information carefully before attempting to install Matrox Axio cards in your computer system. Start with a functioning system Before attempting any Matrox Axio installation, you should have a computer system with Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista Business or Ultimate fully installed and functioning smoothly. This will avoid potential problems later on.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 11 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 11 program (see “Monitoring Your Matrox Axio System” on page 245 for more information). To provide as much airflow as possible between the cards, you must install a fan as explained below: • Position a fan directly facing the end of the Matrox Axio cards with the PCI retainer brackets. You should make sure the fan directs air between the various circuit boards.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 12 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 12 Format your A/V drives using NTFS Your A/V drives must be formatted using NTFS for use with Matrox Axio because NTFS overcomes FAT32 file size limitations. When a hard drive is formatted using FAT32, files saved to this drive cannot exceed 4 gigabytes in size. This translates to approximately 20 minutes of DV/DVCAM video, which poses a serious limitation to a nonlinear editing platform like your Matrox Axio system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 13 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 13 About the PCI retainer bracket Many computers contain card guides at the front end of the computer chassis. These help to stabilize cards. Since PCI-X cards are neither long enough nor correctly centered to use these guides, the Axio cards are equipped with a PCI retainer bracket.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 14 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 14 Connect the internal power supply cable to your X.io card Your X.io card requires power from your computer’s internal power supply. An internal power supply cable is provided with Matrox Axio to connect your X.io card to your computer’s internal power supply. Attach the small end of your internal power supply cable to the 8-pin male connector located near the rear of your X.io card. Internal power supply cable LED display X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 15 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 15 Set the power selection switch on your X.effects card Your X.effects card requires additional power, either from your computer’s internal supply, or from an external power supply. The power selection switch must be properly set for your card to receive power from your selected power source. The power selection switch is located at the front of your X.effects card, near the card bracket. ° To set your X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 16 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 16 ° To set your X.effects card to receive power from the external power supply: Push the power selection switch towards the front of your X.effects card as indicated in the following illustration. Power selection switch set for use with external power supply External power supply connector X.effects card Connect the internal power supply cable to your X.effects card If you set your X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 17 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 17 Install your Matrox Axio card set Your Matrox Axio card set is designed to operate in your computer’s PCI-X slots. If any of the slots in which you’ll be installing your Axio cards contain other cards, either move them to unused slots or remove them completely. If you want to use a 133-MHz slot, then you must configure the slot to run at 100 MHz in the computer’s BIOS, or using a jumper on the computer’s motherboard.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 18 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 18 Install your X.effects card 1 Make sure the power selection switch of your X.effects card is properly set as explained in “Set the power selection switch on your X.effects card” on page 15. 2 If you set your X.effects card to receive power from your computer’s internal power supply, make sure the internal power supply cable is connected as explained in “Connect the internal power supply cable to your X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 19 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 19 Connect the external power supply to your X.effects card If you’re using the external power supply for your X.effects card, a 12-volt DC external power supply is included with your Matrox Axio kit. 1 Connect the male connector of your external power supply to the female power connector of your X.effects card. X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 21 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 3 Connecting External Devices to Matrox Axio HD and SD This chapter shows you how to connect external devices to Matrox Axio HD and SD.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 22 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 22 X.linkHD and X.linkSD breakout box connections The X.linkHD and X.linkSD breakout boxes provide you with the maximum flexibility possible for connecting external video and audio devices to your Matrox Axio system. The supplied X.link cable is used to connect your X.link breakout box to your X.io card. X.linkHD video connections • One 10-bit 4:2:2 SDI input/output with embedded audio support. • IEEE-1394 interface.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 23 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 23 Using the desktop foot Desktop foot You can use the desktop foot to lay your X.link breakout box flush on your desktop with its audio/video connections facing up. To use the desktop foot, pull the foot out from the back of your breakout box and place the breakout box flush on your desktop. Attaching the desktop pedestal Desktop pedestal 1 Unpack the desktop pedestal.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 24 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 24 Attaching the rackmount brackets Left rackmount bracket Right rackmount bracket 1 Unpack the two rackmount brackets and their four mounting screws. ²Caution Use only the screws supplied with your Matrox Axio kit to attach the rackmount brackets to your X.link breakout box. If you use screws that are larger or longer than the ones supplied, you can damage your equipment.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 25 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 25 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the second ferrite bead at the opposite end of the X.link cable. Connect your X.link breakout box to your computer 1 Connect one end of the X.link cable to the X.link connector on the backside of your X.link breakout box. Tighten the thumb screws until snug to ensure a stable connection. X.link cable X.link cable connector 2 Attach the opposite end of the X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 26 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 26 Typical Matrox Axio HD and SD connections Illustrations in the following sections show some typical video connections. In these illustrations, we’ve connected a Program monitor (NTSC, PAL, or digital) to view the signal that will be recorded, as well as separate source and record decks. You may, however, use the same deck as both your source and record device by making the input and output connections to a single deck. X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 31 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 4 Installing Your Matrox Axio LE Hardware This chapter describes how to install your Matrox Axio LE card.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 32 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 32 Before you install your Matrox Axio LE card Read the following information carefully before attempting to install your Matrox Axio LE card in your computer system. Start with a functioning system Before attempting any Matrox Axio LE installation, you should have a computer system with Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista Business or Ultimate fully installed and functioning smoothly.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 33 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 33 To provide as much airflow as possible over the card, you must install a fan as explained below: • Position a fan directly facing the end of the Matrox Axio LE card with the PCI retainer bracket. You should make sure the fan directs air over the card. When installed, this fan works in conjunction with your PC exhaust fan (located at the back of the PC case) to blow warmed air away from your Axio LE card.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 34 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 34 Format your A/V drives using NTFS Your A/V drives must be formatted using NTFS for use with Matrox Axio because NTFS overcomes FAT32 file size limitations. When a hard drive is formatted using FAT32, files saved to this drive cannot exceed 4 gigabytes in size. This translates to approximately 20 minutes of DV/DVCAM video, which poses a serious limitation to a nonlinear editing platform like your Matrox Axio system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 35 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 35 About the PCI retainer bracket Many computers contain card guides at the front end of the computer chassis. These help to stabilize cards. If your Axio LE card is equipped with a PCI retainer bracket, the following diagram depicts the retainer bracket’s use: Axio LE card PCI retainer bracket Card guide Removing the PCI retainer bracket With some computer models, you may have to remove the PCI retainer bracket.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 36 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 36 Connect the internal power supply cable to your Axio LE PCIe card The PCIe version of the Axio LE card requires power from your computer’s internal power supply. An internal power supply cable is provided to connect your Axio LE card to your computer’s internal power supply. Attach the female end of your internal power supply cable to the male connector on your Axio LE card.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 37 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 37 Connect the internal analog audio cable to your Axio LE card The Axio LE card includes an internal analog audio cable with an attached audio cable bracket that allows you to connect the balanced analog audio (XLR) cable at the back of your X.linkLE breakout box to your Axio LE card.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 38 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 38 Install your Matrox Axio LE card Your Matrox Axio LE card is designed to operate in either a PCIe or PCI-X slot, depending on which type of Axio LE card you have. The PCIe version requires a PCIe x4 (or greater) slot that is electrically wired with at least four lanes. For both versions of Axio LE, you need an additional PCI slot near the Axio LE card to install the analog audio cable bracket.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 39 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 5 Connecting External Devices to Matrox Axio LE This chapter shows you how to connect external devices to Matrox Axio LE.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 40 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 40 X.linkLE breakout box connections The X.linkLE breakout box provides you with the maximum flexibility possible for connecting external video and audio devices to your Matrox Axio LE system. Cables are provided for connecting the X.linkLE breakout box to your Axio LE card and balanced analog audio cable bracket, and a 1394 cable is included with your Axio LE kit to connect X.linkLE to your computer.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 41 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 41 Attaching the rubber feet to X.linkLE You can use the adhesive rubber feet provided with the X.linkLE breakout box if you’d like to mount the breakout box on your desktop. To do this, peel the rubber feet from their adhesive backing sheet and attach them to the corresponding round indentations at the corners on the bottom of the breakout box. Adhesive rubber foot (x4) 13 g Au dio X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 42 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 42 rackmount bracket with their respective screw holes on either end of the X.linkLE breakout box. X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 43 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 43 Connect your X.linkLE audio/video and SDI cables to the Axio LE card 1 Connect the X.linkLE audio/video cable from the back of the X.linkLE breakout box to the X.linkLE audio/video cable connector (labeled B) on your installed Axio LE card. Tighten the thumb screws until snug to ensure a stable connection. Back of X.linkLE breakout box (partial view) Axio LE audio/video cable connector (B) X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 44 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 44 Connect your X.linkLE balanced analog audio cable to the audio cable bracket 1 Connect one end of the X.linkLE balanced analog audio cable to the Analog Audio connector at the back of your X.linkLE breakout box. Tighten the thumb screws until snug to ensure a stable connection. Analog Audio Back of X.linkLE breakout box (partial view) Axio LE balanced analog audio cable connector (A) X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 45 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 45 Connect your X.linkLE 1394 cable to your computer 1 Connect one end of the X.linkLE 1394 cable to the 1394 connector at the back of your X.linkLE breakout box. Back of X.linkLE breakout box (partial view) Analog Audio 1394 1394 cable connector bracket on your computer 1394 X.linkLE 1394 cable 2 Attach the opposite end of the X.linkLE 1394 cable to the 1394 connector on your computer. Using the X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 46 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 46 To S-Video OUT connector on source device X.linkLE S-Video adapter cable C Y X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 47 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 47 Typical Matrox Axio LE connections Illustrations in the following sections show some typical video connections. In these illustrations, we’ve connected a Program monitor (NTSC, PAL, or digital) to view the signal that will be recorded, as well as separate source and record decks. You may, however, use the same deck as both your source and record device by making the input and output connections to a single deck. X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 48 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 48 X.linkLE S-Video connections The X.linkLE breakout box does not have standard S-Video connectors, however you can still connect S-Video devices to your X.linkLE breakout box by using the two supplied X.linkLE S-Video adapter cables (see “Using the X.linkLE S-Video adapter cables” on page 45 for more information). Source (Deck 1) AUDIO S-VIDEO IN IN External sync source ON 75 Ω SYNC OUT SYNC OFF OUT OUT X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 51 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 6 Installing Your Matrox Axio Software This chapter explains how to install the software required to use your Matrox Axio system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 52 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 52 Overview of the software installation Once you’ve installed your Matrox Axio hardware and properly connected your devices, you can proceed with the software installation. This includes installing Adobe Premiere Pro and Matrox Axio.utils. Matrox Axio.utils installs the drivers for your Matrox Axio hardware and the Matrox Axio realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro. Hardware detection Turn on your computer.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 53 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 53 Installing Adobe Premiere Pro You must install Adobe Premiere Pro before installing Matrox Axio.utils. ¡ Important You must install Adobe Premiere Pro and Matrox Axio.utils on an NTFS-formatted drive (usually your system drive). ° To install Adobe Premiere Pro: 1 Close all Windows programs. 2 Insert the Adobe Premiere Pro installation DVD in your DVD-ROM drive. 3 From the displayed menu, choose to install Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 54 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 54 Installing Matrox Axio.utils 1 Insert your Matrox Axio installation DVD in your DVD-ROM drive. Windows automatically starts the Matrox Axio menu. 2 From the Matrox Axio menu, choose Install Matrox Axio.utils. 3 If any of your Matrox Axio hardware needs a firmware update, the updater will be launched automatically at this point. Once completed, the Axio.utils installation will continue.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 55 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 55 720 ×486 and HD 1440×1080 patterns only. You’ll also be prompted to install the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins for any supported programs that are currently installed on your system. ¦ Note Some versions of supported programs may not be automatically detected by the Setup program. If this happens, click Browse to select the folder where you installed your program.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 56 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 56 Installing additional Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins or removing unneeded plug-ins When you install Matrox Axio.utils, you are prompted to install the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins for any supported programs that are currently installed on your system. If after you’ve installed Matrox Axio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 57 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 57 Removing your Matrox Axio software You can remove the various Matrox Axio software components as follows: • To remove Matrox Axio.utils from your computer, choose Start > All Programs > Matrox Axio.utils > Uninstall Matrox Axio.utils. You can also choose Uninstall Matrox Axio.utils from the Matrox Axio menu. • To remove only the Matrox effect patterns from your computer, choose Start > All Programs > Matrox Axio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 59 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 7 Working with .mxf, .mp4, and .avi Files This chapter shows you how to work with .mxf, .mp4, and .avi files on Matrox Axio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 60 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 60 Working with native .mxf files in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects Matrox Axio supports the OP1a and OP-Atom MXF file formats. For example, you can use .mxf files that are created with the Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, XDCAM HD, and XDCAM HD422 cameras, as well as the Grass Valley Infinity 1 cameras directly in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects without having to convert the files to the traditional AVI file format.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 61 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 61 6 Export your project to a wide variety of formats, including a P2- or XDCAM-compatible .mxf file as explained in “Exporting to a Matrox .mxf file” on page 113. Working with native XDCAM EX (.mp4) files in Adobe Premiere Pro Matrox Axio supports realtime playback of Sony XDCAM EX 1080i/p and 720p .mp4 files in Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 62 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 62 Additional file details in Windows XP On a Windows XP system, Matrox Axio lets you add additional details for .mxf and .avi files in Windows Explorer. ° To add clip details in Windows Explorer: 1 Start Windows Explorer, and ensure that the details view is selected for the appropriate folder by choosing View > Details. 2 Choose View > Choose Details.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 63 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 63 Remarks • Windows Media Player does not support .mxf files. You can therefore use the Matrox EZ-MXF utility to create reference .avi and .wav files for your .mxf files that you want to play back using Windows Media Player. • For .mxf files that have a frame size of 1440 ×1080, the created reference .avi files will have a frame size of 1920×1080 and a 1.333 pixel aspect ratio. To display these .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 64 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 64 Panasonic P2 folder structure Panasonic P2 files are organized in a specific folder structure as follows: When you select an .mxf file in the VIDEO folder, Matrox EZ-MXF looks for any associated audio .mxf files in the AUDIO folder, and creates the reference .avi and associated .wav files in the VIDEO folder. For example, if you select the file 00001A.mxf from the VIDEO folder, the reference .avi file (00001A.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 65 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 65 ° To create Matrox EZ-HDV AVI files: 1 In Windows Explorer, right-click the desired HDV .avi file (or selected files), and choose Matrox EZ-HDV AVI > Configure. 2 In the Configure Matrox EZ-HDV AVI dialog box, specify the type of files you want to create (video and/or audio), and click OK. The created reference files will be named Filename_Ref.avi, Filename_Ref.Mono1.wav, and Filename_Ref.Mon2.wav.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 66 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 66 files are selected, only the selected files will be taken to build the .avi file. The .avi file will be created with the following naming convention: Base Name_Compressor_Output Format.avi For example, if the base name for your converted .tga sequence is demo, the compressor is Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame+ Alpha, and the output format is NTSC 4:3, the created .avi file will be named demo_MPEG-2_I-frame_NTSC_4_3.avi.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 67 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 67 ¦ Note The compression formats that are available in the Compressor list depend on your selected output video format and Matrox Axio hardware. For example, if you select an SD format, only SD compression formats will be available. $ Matrox 8-bit Uncompressed + Alpha Renders video to 8-bit uncompressed format with alpha. Renders video to 10-bit uncompressed format with alpha. (Not supported on Matrox Axio LE.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 69 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 8 Defining Your Adobe Premiere Pro Settings This chapter explains how to define various settings for using Matrox Axio with Adobe Premiere Pro. This includes specifying your project and export settings.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 70 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 70 A note about running other programs with Adobe Premiere Pro For the best performance, you shouldn’t run any other programs at the same time as Adobe Premiere Pro. If you choose to do so, however, make sure that you start Adobe Premiere Pro and open your Matrox Axio project before starting the other programs. Otherwise, Adobe Premiere Pro may fail to start. If this happens, quit all programs and then restart Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 71 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 71 Setting up your scratch disks When specifying the location of your scratch disks in Adobe Premiere Pro, make sure you follow the recommendations in your Adobe Premiere Pro User Guide. For example, always store your video and audio files on an A/V drive. ° To specify your scratch disks: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks. 2 Under Scratch Disks, select an appropriate A/V drive letter for each scratch disk type.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 72 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 72 Mixing SD and HD clips in a project Matrox Axio supports realtime playback of SD clips in an HD project, and HD clips in an SD project. To do this, however, the clips must be scaled to your project’s frame size. If you want the scaling to be performed when you import the clips into your project, choose Edit > Preferences > General and select Default scale to frame size.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 73 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 73 Remarks Realtime scaling is not supported for the following: $ Matrox offline HD clips. $ Matrox .avi files with alpha. $ Matrox 10-bit uncompressed interlaced clips in a project that has a progressive video format, such as 10-bit uncompressed NTSC clips in a 1440 ×1080p @ 29.97 fps project. $ Sony XDCAM HD422 .mxf files. $ Sony XDCAM EX 1080p @ 23.98 fps SP-mode (1440 ×1080) .mp4 files in an SD project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 74 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 74 Defining your General settings The Matrox Playback Settings dialog box has several pages that you can use to specify various settings for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro on Matrox Axio. When you select a Matrox project preset, such as DV Standard, a Matrox editing mode is automatically set for your project, and many settings are optimized for editing on Matrox Axio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 75 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 75 ¦ Note If you choose to scrub fields when working with progressive scan video, you won’t normally see a difference between scrubbing the first or second field.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 76 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 76 9 Under Premiere Pro Accelerated Effects, you can select various options for your realtime/accelerated Premiere Pro effects. For example, you can choose to disable certain features and specify how you want your Motion effects to be processed. For details, see “Selecting options for accelerated Premiere Pro effects” on page 78.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 77 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 77 Premiere Pro and open your project, both the audio conform and .pek files will be created. 12 Under Sequence Playback , clear Postroll after stop if you don’t want any postroll when you stop the playback of a sequence. When you do this, the playback will stop at the current-time indicator, and you’ll see a slight jump in the video output when the playback stops (but the correct frame will be displayed).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 78 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 78 Selecting options for accelerated Premiere Pro effects To select your options for processing accelerated Premiere Pro effects on Matrox Axio: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the General tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 79 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 79 to the Matrox move & scale effect. On Axio LE, you can map to the Matrox 3D DVE effect only if you have a display card that supports the Matrox hardware-accelerated effects. For more information, see “Enabling and disabling the Matrox hardware-accelerated effects in Adobe Premiere Pro” on page 249. 4 Click OK to save your settings and return to the Project Settings dialog box.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 80 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 80 Specifying your video output settings (X.linkHD) You can specify various settings to configure your video output signals from the X.linkHD breakout box, such as to adjust the gain of your component video, and adjust the horizontal delay of your SDI video. ° To specify your video output settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the Video Output tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 81 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 81 5 If the Pulldown Method list is available, select the pulldown method you want to be applied to your output video (Standard 2:3 or Advanced 2:3:3:2). You should select Advanced 2:3:3:2 only if you’ll be recording to a DV-1394 device that supports this pulldown method. Depending on your project’s frame rate and the current master output format, a pulldown method may automatically be selected.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 82 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 82 Specifying your video output settings (X.linkSD) You can specify various settings to configure your video output signals from the X.linkSD breakout box, such as to adjust the gain of your analog video, and adjust the horizontal delay of your SDI video. ° To specify your video output settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the Video Output tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 83 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 83 7 If the Aspect Ratio Conversion list is available, such as when the video output for an HD project is downconverted to NTSC or PAL, select one of the following settings for the video output: $ 16x9 Letterbox Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture in letterbox mode by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for display on a standard 4:3 television screen.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 84 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 84 Specifying your video output settings (X.linkLE) You can specify various settings to configure your video output signals from the X.linkLE breakout box, such as to specify your main and secondary SDI output formats, analog output format, and the setup level for NTSC analog video. Advanced settings, such as horizontal delay and SC/H phase adjustments are provided on a separate page.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 85 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 85 4 If the Aspect Ratio Conversion list is available, such as when the video output for an HD project is downconverted to NTSC or PAL, select one of the following settings for the video output: $ 16x9 Letterbox Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture in letterbox mode by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for display on a standard 4:3 television screen.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 86 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 86 Specifying advanced video output settings (X.linkLE) You can specify advanced video output settings for X.linkLE, such as to make horizontal delay and SC/H phase adjustments. ° To specify your advanced video output settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the Video Output tab, then click the Advanced tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 87 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 87 Specifying your audio output settings (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) Matrox Axio HD and SD let you customize your audio output settings, such as to adjust the volume of your analog audio output, select your SDI audio output format, and indicate which channels you want to output when playing mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround audio tracks.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 88 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 88 Specifying settings for mono and stereo mapping (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) You can choose to mute or enable each of the audio outputs from the X.linkHD or X.linkSD breakout box when playing back mono and stereo tracks in your sequence. ° To specify your mono/stereo mapping settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 89 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 89 Specifying settings for 5.1 surround mapping (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) You can indicate which 5.1 surround channels you want to assign to the audio outputs from the X.linkHD or X.linkSD breakout box when playing back 5.1 surround tracks in your sequence. ° To specify your 5.1 surround mapping settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 90 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 90 an audio pair for a group that is presently not available, you must mute both audio pairs from one of the currently selected groups. 6 Click OK to save your settings and return to the Project Settings dialog box.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 91 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 91 Specifying your audio output settings (X.linkLE) Matrox Axio LE lets you customize your audio output settings, such as to adjust the volume of your analog audio output. You can also display audio mapping settings that show which channels are used to output your audio when playing mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround audio tracks.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 92 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 92 Displaying settings for mono and stereo mapping (X.linkLE) Matrox Axio LE lets you display mono and stereo mapping settings that show which channels are used to output your audio when playing back mono and stereo audio tracks in your sequence. ° To display your mono/stereo mapping settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 93 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 93 Displaying settings for 5.1 surround mapping (X.linkLE) Matrox Axio LE lets you display 5.1 surround mapping settings that show which channels are used to output your audio when playing back 5.1 surround tracks in your sequence. ° To display your 5.1 surround mapping settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the Audio Output tab, then click the 5.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 94 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 94 Specifying your genlock settings You can select the source to which you want to genlock all devices connected to your Matrox Axio system, as well as adjust the timing settings for all video outputs from Matrox Axio. ° To specify your genlock settings: 1 Choose Project > Project Settings > General and click the Playback Settings button. 2 Click the Genlock tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 95 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 95 Remarks $ When capturing embedded SDI audio on a Matrox Axio SD system, you must set your genlock source to SDI Video to avoid audio glitches in your captured audio. $ When capturing from an SDI device on Matrox Axio LE, you must set your genlock source to Black Burst Broadcast Quality.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 96 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 96 Selecting your DV-1394 output settings You can choose to output a sequence from the Timeline panel over the 1394 interface to perform an export to DV tape, and select the format you want for your DV-1394 output. ¦ Note These settings are not needed to export to an HDV device, and the DV-1394 Output page won’t be available if you’re working with a 1440 ×1080i/p or a 1080p project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 97 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 97 Defining your Capture settings The Matrox Capture Settings dialog box has pages that you can use to specify your settings for capturing video and audio in Adobe Premiere Pro on Matrox Axio. ¦ Note When you specify your capture settings on Matrox Axio, VU meters will be displayed to let you monitor your audio input levels. For more information, see “Monitoring audio levels for capture” on page 103.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 98 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 98 $ ¦ X.linkSD or X.linkLE to capture material from an analog or SDI video source connected to your X.linkSD or X.linkLE breakout box. Note Analog and SDI input is not supported for 486p @ 29.97 fps, 576p @ 25 fps, 1440 ×1080p, and 720p @ 23.98 fps, 25 fps, and 29.97 fps projects. $ DV-1394 to capture material from a DV-1394 device connected to your X.link breakout box. (This option is not supported for 1080p @ 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 99 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 99 capture settings for an HD project, the Input Aspect Ratio will be set to 16:9. 8 Under Capture Format, select your desired capture format from the list. If you’re capturing to an .avi file from a DV-1394 device, video will be captured to native DV or HDV format (the Capture Format will be set to Native DV/HDV). If you’re capturing to an .m2v file, the Capture Format will be set to Matrox MPEG-2 IBP.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 100 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 100 MPEG-2 IBP settings” on page 111. Once you’ve configured your settings, click OK to return to the Matrox Capture Settings dialog box. 10 If you’re capturing Panasonic VariCam material, select Enable VariCam capture (supported only for a 720p @ 23.98 fps or 25 fps project).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 101 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 101 Specifying your audio capture settings You can specify various audio capture settings, such as to specify your input source and the type of audio files (either stereo .wav or mono .wav) that you want to create when capturing audio on Matrox Axio. Remarks • When you capture to an .avi file on Matrox Axio, the clip’s video and audio are saved to the .avi file, and the clip’s audio is also saved to one or more separate .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 102 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 102 ¦ Note If you experience dropped frames when capturing embedded SDI audio on Axio LE, you can set your audio capture source to SDI (embedded audio) - One pair only. This improves the capture performance by processing only one audio pair for the capture. 5 Under Capture Format, select the bit-depth for your captured audio files. If you’re capturing from a DV-1394 device, the Capture Format will be set to 16-bit.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 103 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 103 saved to a single stereo .wav file (any other channels will be ignored). When Axio saves the .wav file of an audio-only capture, it does not assign the .Stereo.wav suffix to the filename. 8 Click OK to save your settings and return to the Project Settings dialog box.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 104 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 104 Notes about capturing to Matrox .m2v files When capturing to Matrox .m2v files, keep the following points in mind: • Automatic scene detection (Scene Detect) is not supported, but batch capture is supported. • The associated .wav files for your .m2v clips are not automatically imported to the Project panel. • When performing a batch capture of .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 105 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 105 Specifying your audio monitoring settings (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) Matrox Axio HD and SD let you customize your settings for monitoring audio during capture, such as to select the particular output channels on which you want to monitor your audio when capturing embedded SDI audio. Only audio input channels that are to be captured to a .wav file can be monitored.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 106 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 106 channel to an audio pair for a group that is presently not available, you must mute both audio pairs from one of the currently selected groups. 7 Click OK to save your settings and return to the Project Settings dialog box. Exporting to a Matrox .avi file Several software codecs are included with Adobe Premiere Pro so that you can export your video to different formats.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 107 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 107 For example, if you have an NTSC project, you must select an NTSC codec. If you have a 1440 × 1080i @ 29.97 fps project, you can select a 1440 × 1080i @ 29.97 fps codec to export to HD format, or you can select an NTSC codec to downconvert the HD video to NTSC (this includes appropriate color space conversion from HD to SD).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 108 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 108 6 From the Pixel Aspect Ratio list, select the setting that matches the aspect ratio of your material: For NTSC or 486p material that uses the standard TV screen format. If you’re downconverting HD video to NTSC or 486p format, the video will be exported in letterbox mode. $ D1/DV NTSC (0.9) $ D1/DV Widescreen 16:9 (1.2) For NTSC or 486p material that uses the widescreen 16:9 format.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 109 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 109 Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings When you select the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame or Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD format to capture or export your video using Adobe Premiere Pro, you can specify various settings for the MPEG-2 I-frame compression. ° To select your MPEG-2 I-frame settings: 1 Click the Configure button.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 110 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 110 ¦ Note The higher the DC precision value that’s used to capture or render your video, the more likely that the DC content will be increased at the expense of the AC content in the encoded stream. This may result in lowering the overall quality of the compressed stream at a specified data rate.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 111 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 111 Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings When capturing video to a Matrox .m2v file using Adobe Premiere Pro, the capture format is set to Matrox MPEG-2 IBP. You can specify various settings for the MPEG-2 IBP compression. ° To select your MPEG-2 IBP settings: 1 Click the Configure button.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 112 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 112 Video is compressed at varying data rates based on the complexity of the video. The target data rate you select is used as the average data rate for the compression. • Variable bit rate (VBR) $ Min, Target, and Max sliders Use these sliders to select your desired data rate. The higher the target data rate you select, the better the video quality will be.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 113 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 113 Exporting to a Matrox .mxf file Matrox Axio lets you export your Premiere Pro sequence to Matrox .mxf files that are compatible with the OP1a and OP-Atom formats, which includes Sony XDCAM and Panasonic P2 files, as well as generic OP1a files that are supported on Omneon media servers and storage systems. For example, you can export your sequence to .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 114 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 114 ° To export your sequence to a Matrox .mxf file: 1 Choose File > Export > Matrox MXF. 2 From the File Type list, select the type of .mxf files that you want to create (Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, or Generic OP1a). ¦ Note Exporting to a generic OP1a .mxf file is supported only for NTSC, PAL, 720p @ 50 fps and 59.94 fps, and 1080i projects.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 115 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 115 Renders video to DV or DVCAM format. $ Matrox DV/DVCAM $ Matrox DVCPRO Renders video to DVCPRO format (supported only for Panasonic P2 files). $ Matrox DVCPRO50 $ Matrox DVCPRO HD Renders video to DVCPRO HD format (supported only for Panasonic P2 or generic OP1a files and 720p or 1080i projects).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 116 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 116 compression, you may be able to export only four audio channels instead of all six. In this case, the three front channels and left rear channel of the 5.1 audio will be exported. 10 Click the Browse button to select the drive, folder, and file name for the export. ¦ Note If you’re exporting to Panasonic P2 files, the appropriate P2 directory structure will be created for the exported .mxf files if it doesn’t already exist.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 117 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 117 2 Under Motion Estimation, drag the slider to adjust the quality of the motion estimation used for the video compression. The default setting gives good results for most video. However, if you have a lot of fast motion in your video, such as fast-paced sports footage, you can get better results by dragging the slider to the right (towards Slow/High quality).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 118 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 118 $ MPEG-2 IBP Renders video to MPEG-2 IBP format. 2 Under Data Rate (Mb/sec), you can select the encoding type and data rate for the MPEG-2 compression. $ Encoding type From this list, select one of the following: Video is compressed at your selected target data rate, which is useful when you need to limit or predict the size of your .mxf file.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 119 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 119 want to drag the slider to the left (towards Fast/Low quality) to decrease the quality of the motion estimation and speed up the video compression. 6 Click OK to save your settings. Adding a voice-over to your sequence Matrox Axio supports voice-over, which allows you to record audio tracks as .wav files directly in the Timeline panel to add commentary to video clips, such as newsreels and documentaries.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 120 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 120 connected to the composite video input on your X.linkSD breakout box, select Composite. 9 Click the Audio Capture Settings tab. 10 From the Input Source list, select the audio source type corresponding to the device to which the microphone is connected. For example, if the microphone is connected to an XLR device on X.linkSD, select XLR (balanced analog).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 121 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 121 ¦ Note If a track that you’ll be recording your voice-over on already contains audio at the current-time indicator, the audio will be overwritten by your voice-over. Mute Track Record Enable Volume Play/Stop toggle Record 3 In the Audio Mixer panel, click the Record Enable button for each track on which you want to record audio. You can record your voice-over on multiple tracks at the same time.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 122 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 122 Exporting using Matrox Media Encoder You can use Matrox Media Encoder to export clips from a sequence in the Timeline panel to various formats for specific media delivery, such as Windows Media or RealMedia streaming media format, or MPEG-2 format for DVD or Blu-ray Disc. For example, you can use Matrox Media Encoder to export video from your sequence to an MPEG-2 Elementary (.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 123 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 123 7 Click OK, specify a name, location, and export range for the export, then click Save. The export settings are the same as provided for Adobe Media Encoder. For details on using these settings, see your Adobe Premiere Pro documentation. Exporting using Matrox Clip Notes You can use Matrox Clip Notes to perform an accelerated export of your sequence to a PDF file.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 124 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 124 Exporting your sequence to tape Your Matrox Axio system lets you export your Adobe Premiere Pro sequence to tape using DV-1394 or RS-422 device control. You can use Matrox DV/HDV device control to control DV-1394 devices. For RS-422 devices, you can use Adobe Premiere Pro’s serial device control as explained in your Adobe Premiere Pro documentation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 125 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 125 Exporting to DV tape using DV-1394 device control You can use Matrox DV/HDV device control when exporting your Adobe Premiere Pro sequence to a DV-1394 device. Remarks • To export a 720p @ 23.98 fps, 29.97 fps, or 59.94 fps project to a DVCPRO HD device over the 1394 interface, you must first export your sequence to a Matrox .avi file using the Matrox DVCPRO HD codec in 720p @ 59.94 fps format (see “Exporting to a Matrox .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 126 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 126 Creating an SD project in 16:9 format When editing on Matrox Axio, you can choose to work with SD source video that’s been recorded in either the 4:3 standard TV screen format, or the widescreen 16:9 format. ° To create an SD project in 16:9 format on Matrox Axio, do the following: 1 Record your video onto tape with your camera set to the widescreen 16:9 format.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 127 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 9 Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere Pro This chapter explains how to set up realtime effects using the Matrox realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 128 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 128 Available effects The Matrox realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro lets you: • Set up spectacular realtime Matrox effects and transitions. The plug-in includes color corrections, chroma keys, luma keys, 3D DVEs, page curls, shadows, and many more effects. ¦ Note On Axio LE, certain effects will be available only if you have a display card that supports the Matrox hardware-accelerated effects.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 129 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 129 transition, except that the controls provided let you create a Matrox transition, as is explained in this chapter. For instructions on how to apply effects to your productions in Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe After Effects, refer to your Adobe documentation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 130 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 130 Transforming your clip Many of the Matrox effects allow you to adjust the scale, position, and rotation of a clip by applying various transform settings. You can adjust the transform settings in two ways: • Use the transform controls in the Effect Controls panel to adjust the settings you want. • Work directly in Adobe Premiere Pro’s Program Monitor using your mouse.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 131 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 131 • (X, Y) Scale Use these controls to make your clip smaller or larger. Full-screen size is represented as 100%. You can shrink your clip to 0% or enlarge it to 1000%. Note, however, that by enlarging your clip, the resolution may become blurry. You can adjust the size controls individually, or if you select Fixed Aspect Ratio, you only need to adjust the x axis.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 132 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 132 Transforming a clip in the Program Monitor You can use your left mouse button to resize, position, and rotate your clip directly in the Program Monitor. Effects that support transforming a clip in the Program Monitor have the Transform icon to left of the effect name in the Effects Controls panel.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 133 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 133 Cropping your clip Many of the Matrox effects allow you to apply crop settings to your clip. To apply crop settings, click the triangle next to Crop to expand the property list. ¦ Note If you’re applying a Matrox effect that doesn’t provide the Crop property, you can apply realtime cropping to your clip using Adobe Premiere Pro’s crop effect (available in the Video Effects bin under Transform).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 134 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 134 Using Select Crop To apply crop settings to your clip using the Select Crop dialog box, click the triangle next to the Select property to expand it, then click the Select Crop button: ¦ Note When working with the Matrox cube effect, Select Crop is available only for the primary source.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 135 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 135 Applying a mask to your effect Many of the Matrox effects allow you to add a mask to define the area where you want to apply your effect. For example, you may want to apply a color correction to only one area of your clip and leave the rest of the clip untouched.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 136 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 136 Using Select Mask To apply a mask to your Matrox effect using the Select Mask dialog box, click the triangle next to the Select property to expand it, then click the Select Mask button: The Select Mask dialog box allows you to apply a mask in two ways: • Click and drag directly in the Select Mask window to create the rectangular area where you wish to apply the mask.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 137 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 137 Creating a primary color correction Color correction is important for all productions, whether you want to achieve continuity when cutting between shots, ensure broadcast safe levels, or establish and emphasize a “look.” Matrox color correction provides basic proc amp control, three-way color correction complete with master, shadows, midtones, and highlights control, and input and output level control.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 138 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 138 the clip will remain unchanged. For more information, see “Using Split View” on page 139. ¡ Important This option is for preview only. You should clear it before you render your clip, otherwise the split will appear in your video output. • Proc Amps The processing amplifier (proc amp) controls allow you to adjust different aspects of your clip: Adjusts the tint of the colors in the image.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 139 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 139 luminance of your clip directly within the graph. For more information, see “Using the luma mapping graph” on page 150. $ Numerical Lets you adjust the luma mapping settings numerically by entering values in the text boxes, or by dragging the corresponding sliders.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 140 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 140 The area within the split view rectangle will display any color correction you make, while the area outside remains unchanged. In the following example, the split view rectangle has been moved to display the color correction in the area surrounding part of the Chinese character on the wall: Remarks • The Split View option is for preview only.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 141 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 141 Using RGB curves ¦ Note The RGB Curves settings are available only with the advanced versions of the Matrox primary and secondary color correction effects. With RGB curves, you can individually adjust the red, green, and blue color channels across the entire tonal range of your clip, or adjust all three color channels simultaneously with a master curve.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 142 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 142 Click the R, G, or B button to select the curve corresponding to the color channel you want to adjust, or click the Master button for the master curve, and then drag the curve to obtain your desired effect. For example, click the R button and drag the top right end point towards the top left of the grid to increase the slope of the curve and add red to the clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 143 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 143 If you want to reset the Master, R, G, or B curve to its default setting at any time, click the appropriate Reset button. Red curve Reset button ¥ Tip By applying a mask to your clip, you can adjust the RGB channels for that specific area of your clip, or invert the mask to isolate that same area from being affected by your RGB adjustments.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 144 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 144 Using the color balance graph The color balance graph allows you to modify the Color Balance settings for each tonal range directly within the color maps. You can also perform an auto balance or a color match using the buttons beneath the color maps. For more information, see “Performing an auto balance” on page 147 and “Matching colors between two clips” on page 148.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 145 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 145 want to decrease. For example, if you move the handle towards red, you also decrease cyan by the same amount, as shown in the following diagram: RED YELLOW GREEN ¥ Tip MAGENTA BLUE CYAN For increased precision, hold down the ALT key while you drag the handle. If you want to reset the color balance ( Hue and Saturation) setting, click the Reset Color Balance button under the color map you are using.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 146 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 146 luminance for only the shadows, drag the luminance slider under the Shadows color map.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 147 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 147 Performing an auto balance Before matching colors, you can perform an auto balance on your target clip to automatically apply a color shift to your clip to compensate for different lighting conditions. To do this, click the Auto Balance button under the corresponding color map and use the eyedropper to select the area you want to correct in your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 148 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 148 Matching colors between two clips You can perform a color match to match colors between two clips (such as skin tone, sky, etc.). The color match lets you select colors from a reference clip to match to your target clip. You can affect the colors globally (Master), or just the Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 149 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 149 6 Select a reference color from your reference clip by using the Reference Color eyedropper under the color map you want to affect (Master, Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights ). Reference Color eyedropper For example, to match a very dark color in your reference clip to your target clip, click the Reference Color eyedropper under the Shadows color map, and click (or click and drag) on the desired color in your reference clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 150 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 150 Using the luma mapping graph To modify your luma mapping values directly in the graph, click the triangle next to the Luma Mapping Graphical property to expand it: • Map This is the default view when you first expand the Graphical property. You can drag the handles in the graph to adjust the Input and Output levels for black and white, as well as the Gamma .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 151 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 151 • Plot Click this button to plot the luminance values in the current frame of your clip to the histogram (the plot will reflect any color correction changes you’ve made). Each luminance value present in your image appears as a vertical line in the histogram. A longer line indicates a higher amount of pixels in your image of that line’s luminance value.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 152 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 152 Creating a secondary color correction Matrox secondary color correction offers all the properties found in Matrox primary color correction, with the added capability of limiting the color correction to a specific range of pixels using the selective key properties.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 153 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 153 • Enable Split View Select this option to split your clip into two sections in the Program Monitor and on your video monitor. One section will display your clip as you adjust the color correction controls, and the other section of the clip will remain unchanged. For more information, see “Using Split View” on page 139.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 154 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 154 luminance of your clip directly within the graph. For more information, see “Using the luma mapping graph” on page 150. $ Numerical Lets you adjust your luma mapping settings numerically by entering values in the text boxes, or by dragging the corresponding sliders.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 155 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 155 Aperture Use this to widen or narrow the aperture of the indicator to increase or decrease the range of colors on which you want to key. $ Softness Sets the amount of softness applied to the range of colors specified in the aperture region. • Saturation Key This lets you select colors to be keyed (affected by the color correction) based on their saturation value.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 156 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 156 255 represents white. Intermediate settings represent different shades of gray, from very dark to very light gray. $ Low Gain Use this to set the range of luminance values you want to be partially affected based on the value set by the Low Clip control. As you increase the Low Gain setting, more luminance values become partially affected by the color correction.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 157 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 157 Using the selective key graph The selective key graph allows you to modify your selective key settings ( Hue Key, Saturation Key, and Luma Key) directly in the graph. You can also perform an auto key. • Map This is the default view when you first expand the graphical property. You can drag the handles to move the indicator to different regions in the graph to adjust the Hue Key, Saturation Key, and Luma Key settings.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 158 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 158 each luminance value present in your image as a vertical line. A longer line indicates a higher amount of pixels in your image of that line’s luminance value. • Hue Click this button to enable or disable the Hue Key properties ( Hue, Aperture and Softness). When enabled you will be able to see the Hue Key indicator and handles to modify the Hue Key properties in the selective key graph.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 159 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 159 be able to see the Sat Key indicator and handles to modify the Saturation Key properties in the selective key graph. 0123 0 Low Clip 1 Low Gain 2 High Gain 3 High Clip • Lum Click this button to enable or disable the Luma Key properties (Low Clip , Low Gain, High Gain , and High Clip). When enabled you will be able to see the Lum Key indicator and handles to modify the Luma Key properties in the selective key graph.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 160 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 160 ¦ Note If you want to reset the hue, saturation, and luma key properties to the default settings at any time, click the appropriate Reset button. Saturation Key Reset button • Show Key Click this button to display the matte used to define your selective key region. This enables you to further refine your key.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 161 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 161 This allows you to see the original colors of your clip before any modifications were made. • Indicator Click this button to turn the indicator lines on or off. • Handles Click this button to turn the handles for the indicator lines on or off.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 162 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 162 Creating a color pass effect You can use the Matrox secondary color correction to create a color pass effect to convert your clip to black and white, with the exception of one specified color. This can be useful if you want to isolate a single color to make it prominent.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 163 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 163 Creating a 3D DVE effect The Matrox 3D DVE effect lets you position your clips anywhere in 3D space while adding soft edges and rounded borders with color gradients in real time. ¦ Note If you want to create a picture-in-picture effect, the move & scale effect will provide a sharper picture (see “Creating a move & scale effect” on page 198). To apply rotation to your effect, you must use the 3D DVE effect.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 164 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 164 $ Border Type Allows you to select the type of border you want (None, Flat, Gradient, or Alpha Edge). Click the triangle on the right to expand the list of border types. Click here to select your border type ¦ ¦ Note only. The Alpha Edge border type is for use with alpha-keyed graphics $ Border Width Use this control to adjust the border along the X and Y axes simultaneously.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 165 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 165 • Crop Allows you to crop the edges of your clip. For more information, see “Cropping your clip” on page 133. • Enhance Sharpness Lets you adjust the sharpness of your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 166 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 166 Creating a 4-corner pin effect The Matrox 4-corner pin effect lets you anchor each corner of a video or graphics clip onto points in an underlying clip, even if the underlying clip is angled or skewed. You could use this effect, for example, to overlay a video clip onto an underlying clip of a television screen.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 167 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 167 • Preview Settings your effect: $ You can select the following options for previewing Show Cursors Displays a diamond-shaped cursor at each corner of your clip on your video monitor only. These cursors can help you precisely determine where each corner is located.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 168 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 168 Creating a blur/soft focus effect The Matrox blur/soft focus effect lets you create unique effects and simulate camera defocus. ° To set up a Matrox blur/soft focus effect: Click the triangle next to Matrox Blur/Soft Focus to expand the property list. • Blur Amount Use this to change the amount of blurring in your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 169 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 169 Overview of the chroma key effects You can use the Matrox realtime plug-in to apply a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect to make certain areas of a foreground image transparent based on a color in that image, so that an underlying image can show through.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 170 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 170 Creating a chroma key or chroma key shadow effect To set up a Matrox chroma key or chroma key shadow effect, click the triangle next to Matrox Chroma Key/Matrox Chroma Key Shadow to expand the property list: • Graphical Provides a graphical representation of the chroma key controls that you can use to select your key colors, and also lets you perform an auto key.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 171 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 171 $ Click this button to automatically key on the most common color at the current frame in your clip (except gray). Auto Key For details on selecting key colors within the graph or performing an auto key, see “Using the chroma key graph to modify key colors and perform an auto key” on page 173. ¦ Note You must expand the Graphical property in order to see the indicator when adjusting the chroma key controls.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 172 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 172 Suppression to replace the green tint with the opposite color in the spectrum to return the person’s skin to a more natural-looking color. ¦ Note The following properties ( Luminance and Shadow Suppression) are only available in the chroma key shadow effect. • Luminance Use this to adjust the luminance of your shadow. Negative values increase the brightness of the shadow, while positive values decrease the brightness.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 173 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 173 Using the chroma key graph to modify key colors and perform an auto key To modify your key colors directly within the chroma key graph or perform an auto key, click the triangle next to the Graphical property to expand it: • Map This is the default view when you first expand the Graphical property.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 174 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 174 vertical line. A longer line indicates a higher amount of pixels in your image of that line’s luminance value. 3 2 1 0 3 4 ¦ Note The Plot graph will contain a luma plot histogram only if you are creating a chroma key shadow effect. You can drag the handle in the luma plot histogram to adjust the Luminance .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 175 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 175 $ ¦ Click the eyedropper button and click and drag anywhere on your clip to select a rectangular area containing colors on which you want to key. Note The Show Key mode and any chroma key applied will be temporarily deactivated in the Program Monitor when using the auto key eyedropper. This allows you to see the original colors of your clip before any modifications were made.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 176 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 176 Creating a cube effect The Matrox cube effect lets you map video or graphics to the faces of 3D cubes. These cubes can then be rotated in 3D space to create transition effects such as those you often see during sports broadcasts. The Matrox cube effect supports up to three video sources (one primary source that the cube effect is applied on, and up to two additional sources).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 177 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 177 • Additional Sources References up to two additional sources that you identified by applying the Matrox Source Identifier effect. Lets you select the unique ID number that you assigned to the first additional video source. $ Source 1 $ Source 2 Lets you select the unique ID number that you assigned to the second additional video source.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 178 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 178 ¡ Important With the Matrox cube effect, the cropped area is automatically stretched to the original size of your clip. As a result, the output may exceed the cropped area. $ Color Source Options The color source options are available only when the corresponding face is set to display a color, as specified using Cube Face Source . • Color Sets the color to apply to the corresponding face.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 179 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 179 Creating a crystallize effect The Matrox crystallize effect lets you choose from many different patterns that you can use to make your image or text appear as if it is made of crystals. ° To set up a Matrox crystallize effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Crystallize to expand the property list. • Select Shape Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see the list of available crystal patterns.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 180 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 180 $ Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see the list of available mask patterns. Select Shape Click here to select a new pattern Sets the transparency of the shape and the area around the shape. At the default setting (0), the shape is completely opaque and the area around the shape is transparent.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 181 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 181 Creating a garbage matte effect The Matrox 4-point, 8-point, and 16-point garbage matte effects let you use individual control points to determine the shape of a garbage matte applied to a clip to superimpose it onto another clip. You can use these effects to create a garbage matte for cropping unwanted objects from a foreground image in a chroma or luma key effect.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 182 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 182 • Edge Softness matte. Lets you apply softness to the edges of your garbage • Invert Matte Select this option if you want to invert the opaque and transparent areas of your garbage matte. • Show Matte Only Select this to display only the matte used to create your garbage matte (displayed as a white video clip).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 183 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 183 Creating an impressionist effect The Matrox impressionist effect lets you choose from many different patterns that you can use to make your image appear similar to an impressionist painting. • Select Shape Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see the list of available impressionist patterns.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 184 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 184 set the X Size Variation value to 5%, the brush strokes will randomly grow between 0 and 5% of the X Mean Size value. Specifies the size of the brush stroke along the y axis. $ Y Mean Size $ Use this to set the maximum percentage that a brush stroke will grow in relation to the Y Mean Size value.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 185 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 185 • Blend Over Original Use this to blend the brush strokes with your original image. This is useful when you are using smaller brush strokes and want to reduce any semi-transparent areas around the brush strokes. • Texture Map Method Use the menu on the right to choose how your brush stroke colors will be processed. $ The brush stroke colors are based on the underlying pixels of the original image.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 186 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 186 Creating a lens flare effect The Matrox lens flare effect lets you simulate the light refractions caused by shining a bright light into the lens of a camera when taking a photo. You can choose from many different lens flare patterns. ° To set up a Matrox lens flare effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Lens Flare to expand the property list.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 187 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 187 $ $ Adjusting the percentage on the x and y axes changes the lens flare’s width and height, respectively. Intensity Sets the opacity of the light refractions. Levels range from completely transparent (0) to opaque (100). Select this option to enable alpha for the lens flare, so it will remain visible even on transparent (keyed) areas of your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 188 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 188 Overview of the luma key effect You can use the Matrox realtime plug-in to apply a luma key to make certain areas of a foreground image transparent based on the luminance in that image, so that an underlying image can show through. In the following example of a luma key effect, two video clips are combined to produce the effect of two cowboys riding through fire.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 189 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 189 Creating a luma key effect To set up a Matrox luma key effect, click the triangle next to Matrox Luma Key to expand the property list: • Graphical Allows you to see a graphical representation of your changes when you adjust the property settings. You can adjust the luma key properties directly in the graph to select the luminance values on which you want to key.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 190 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 190 control as defining a “Transparent to Opaque” range for keying the dark areas of your foreground image. • High Clip This control is similar to Low Clip, except you use it to select the higher (brighter) luminance values to be keyed. • High Gain This control is similar to Low Gain , except you use it to set the range of luminance values you want to be partially transparent based on the value set by the High Clip control.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 191 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 191 You can select luminance values on which to key by adjusting the Low Clip and High Clip handles, or you can use the luminance eyedropper to automatically pick the luminance value you want to key on. The eyedropper can be used in two ways: ¦ $ Click the eyedropper button and click on the color with the desired luminance value in your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 192 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 192 Creating a mask effect The Matrox mask effect lets you choose from dozens of soft-edged cutout shapes that you can apply to a clip to superimpose it onto another clip. ° To set up a Matrox mask effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Mask to expand the property list. • Select Shape Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see the list of available mask patterns.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 193 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 193 • Transform Use these controls to apply or change various transform settings for your mask effect, such as the position, scale, and rotation of the mask. For more information, see “Transforming your clip” on page 130. • Crop Allows you to crop the edges of your clip. For more information, see “Cropping your clip” on page 133.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 194 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 194 Creating a mask blur effect The Matrox mask blur effect lets you create a “region of interest” by adding a mask to your clip and applying blurring to it. You can choose from many different mask patterns. ° To set up a Matrox mask blur effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Mask Blur to expand the property list. • Blur Settings Let you adjust the amount of blurring in your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 195 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 195 Sets the transparency of the shape and the area around the shape. At the default setting (0), the shape is completely opaque and the area around the shape is transparent. Dragging the slider to the left increases the transparency of the shape, which makes the blur less apparent.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 196 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 196 Creating a mask mosaic effect The Matrox mask mosaic effect lets you create a “region of interest” by adding a mask to your clip and applying a mosaic effect to it. You can choose from many different mask patterns. ° To set up a Matrox mask mosaic effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Mask Mosaic to expand the property list.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 197 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 197 ¦ Note The Outside Transparency setting is applicable only if you’ve scaled down, moved, or rotated your mask using the transform controls so that the mask doesn’t cover the entire screen. Lets you apply the mosaic effect to the edges of your mask. $ Softness $ Invert Mask Select this option if you want to invert the opaque and transparent areas of your mask.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 198 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 198 Creating a move & scale effect The Matrox move & scale effect lets you position and scale your clips anywhere in 2D space while adding soft edges in real time. ¦ Note The move & scale effect provides the sharpest picture when creating a picture-in-picture effect. However, if you want to apply rotation to your effect, you must use the 3D DVE effect as explained in “Creating a 3D DVE effect” on page 163.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 199 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 199 $ Select this option to make the boundaries of the softness region less obvious. Enabling this option makes your edge softness controls produce results similar to the border softness controls in the Matrox 3D DVE effect. Nonlinear Softness • Crop Allows you to crop the edges of your clip. For more information, see “Cropping your clip” on page 133. • Enhance Sharpness Lets you adjust the sharpness of your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 200 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 200 Creating an old movie effect The Matrox old movie effect lets you create an old film look on your clips by adding noise, dust, streaks, jitter, and flickers. ° To set up a Matrox old movie effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Old Movie to expand the property list. • Random Artifact Generator Adjust this setting to change the placement of artifacts in your clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 201 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 201 • Green Only • Blue Only • Alpha Only • Luma Uses the green channel. Uses the blue channel. Uses the alpha channel. Uses the luminance values. • Oversaturated Luma Uses the oversaturated luminance values only. • Noise $ Noise Pattern Allows you to select a noise pattern. Click the button on the right to see the list of available patterns.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 202 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 202 • Streak $ Streak Pattern Allows you to select a streak pattern. Click the button on the right to see the list of available patterns. Click here to select a streak pattern $ Sets the maximum number of streaks that can be visible at any Amount given time. $ Opacity Sets the opacity of the streak pattern. Levels range from completely transparent (0) to opaque (100). $ Color Use this to set the streak color.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 203 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 203 follows a rhythmic beat. The higher the value the more random the flickering becomes. • Color Gain and Color Addition (Red, Green, Blue) You can use the controls under Color Gain and Color Addition to individually fine-tune the colors of your image. To proportionally increase or decrease the red, green, and blue values, select Lock Colors.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 204 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 204 Creating a page curl effect The Matrox page curl effect lets you create page curls that are truly 3D with full-motion video on the reverse side, and realistic highlights. You can control the position, rotation, scaling, and zooming of the page curls in 3D space, and apply softness to the edges. You can also apply page curls on graphics to create great looking text effects.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 205 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 205 $ Curl Softness Creates a soft edge on the section of the page that is curling. ¦ Note You will not be able to see the Curl Softness on your page curl if you adjust the scale or rotation settings in the transform controls. • Highlight There is a white illuminated line that highlights each page curl. The following settings allow you to manipulate this highlight.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 206 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 206 Creating a pan & scan effect The Matrox pan & scan effect lets you easily convert footage from one aspect ratio to another. Tracking on-screen action to make accurate judgements is easy because you see the entire source clip and the section of it that will become the final result. You can use the Matrox pan & scan effect to convert your entire production to another aspect ratio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 207 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 207 ¦ Note If you are working in HD, your output will always be 16:9. Therefore, if you choose 4:3 as your Destination Aspect Ratio, your clip will be distorted. • Scale Use this to proportionally resize (enlarge or reduce) your clip. • Pan Position Lets you move the area of interest at a specific frame in your clip. When used with Global View (see below), you’ll see a visual representation of the selected area.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 208 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 208 Creating a ripple effect The Matrox ripple effect lets you create 3D ripple patterns that simulate a flag waving, ripples in a pond, or a dream sequence. • Global Settings $ X Center Sets the center position of the ripple along the horizontal axis. $ Y Center Sets the center position of the ripple along the vertical axis. $ Center Ripple in Crop Region $ Sets the progression of your ripple pattern at any keyframe.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 209 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 209 • Crop Allows you to crop the edges of your clip. For more information, see “Cropping your clip” on page 133. ¡ Important Due to the shape of the ripple effect, your effect may exceed the cropped area. • Ripple Softness Use this to add softness to the alpha channel in the ripple so that the outline of the ripple will appear smoother. (Supported on Matrox Axio LE only).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 210 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 210 Creating a shadow effect The Matrox shadow effect lets you project a realistic shadow from any source containing key information, such as DVEs and titles with an alpha channel. You can tint the shadow, and position, scale, and rotate it to match the angle of the surface on which it is cast. Applying blur to the shadow can simulate the realistic look of diffused light being projected on the source.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 211 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 211 • Top Right Corner Opacity Sets the opacity of the top right corner. Levels range from completely transparent (0) to opaque (100). • Top Left Corner Color Use this to set the top left corner color. • Top Left Corner Opacity Sets the opacity of the top left corner. Levels range from completely transparent (0) to opaque (100). • Bottom Left Corner Color Use this to set the bottom left corner color.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 212 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 212 Creating a shine effect The Matrox shine effect allows you to create rays that shine through text, or add shimmer to an object in your clip. You can also use the shine effect to make two-dimensional text appear as three-dimensional text.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 213 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 213 $ Sets the opacity of the rays furthest from the light source. Levels range from completely transparent (0) to opaque (100). End Opacity • Preprocessing These controls allow you to isolate a channel as the input for the shine. For example, if you wanted to apply the shine to the alpha channel only, you would select Alpha Only as your mode. Select this option to enable preprocessing.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 214 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 214 progresses from black to white and you want your gradient to end at dark gray, drag the slider to 10%. • Noise Use these controls to apply noise patterns to your shine effect. $ Noise Pattern Allows you to select a noise pattern. Click the button on the right to see the list of available patterns. Click here to select a noise pattern Sets the amount of noise that will be applied to your effect.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 215 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 215 • Mask Settings Let you select a mask pattern and adjust the transparency settings to define the area where you want to apply your shine effect. $ Enable Mask $ Mask Pattern Select this option to enable the mask. Allows you to select a mask pattern. Click the button on the right to see the list of masks.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 216 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 216 Creating a sphere effect The Matrox sphere effect lets you wrap your clip around a true 3D sphere with shadow and highlight. The radius of the sphere, the position of the light, and the progression from a flat 2D clip to a fully formed sphere are all keyframeable. ° To set up a Matrox sphere effect: Click the triangle next to Matrox Sphere to expand the property list.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 217 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 217 • Light Settings $ Show Light Position Select this option to display a diamond-shaped cursor that shows the position of the light source (highlight) on your sphere. Make sure you clear this option before exporting your final project. Use these controls to determine the position of your light source along the X, Y, and Z axes of your sphere.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 218 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 218 Creating a surface finish effect The Matrox surface finish effect allows you to apply various textures to your clips, such as metal, brick, wood, or granite with color spot lighting. You can also adjust the transform controls to create a rotating slab with a different look on the front and back face. ° To set up a Matrox surface finish effect: Click the triangle beside Matrox Surface Finish to expand the property list.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 219 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 219 $ Back Face Control • Blending Factor Blends the back face of the slab with the surface texture. The higher the value, the more your clip blends in. A value of zero will display only the surface texture. • Invert Video Orientation Select this to invert your clip on the back face of your slab. Sets the crop region used on the back face of the slab. For more information, see “Cropping your clip” on page 133.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 220 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 220 Selecting this option will make the second light source relative to the center of your clip. For example, if you move your clip, the second light source will move with it. By default, the second light source is relative to the center of the screen. • Relative Position • Transform Allows you to apply or change various transform settings, such as to change your clip’s size, position, and rotation to create a rotating slab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 221 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 221 Creating a track matte effect The Matrox track matte effect lets you superimpose one clip onto another using an animated matte, sometimes called a traveling matte, to determine how the two clips are composited (keyed). You can use any of the following types of clips as your matte: • A grayscale video or graphics clip. • A graphics clip or graphics sequence with an alpha channel.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 222 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 222 4 Place your foreground clip (the clip you want to superimpose onto your background clip) directly above your matte clip, and apply the Matrox Track Matte effect to this clip.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 223 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 223 Creating a twirl effect The Matrox twirl effect lets you create twirl patterns that twist and rotate your video and graphics clips into spirals, coils, or whirlpools. • X & Y Position Sets the position of the twirl along the horizontal and vertical axes. • Inner Radius Determines the circumference of the center of your twirl. The higher the radius, the larger the center of the twirl becomes.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 224 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 224 Creating a wipe transition The Matrox wipe transitions support standard dissolves, SMPTE wipes, and organic wipes with soft edges and color borders. ° To set up a Matrox wipe transition: Click the transition’s icon in your sequence, then click the Custom button in the Effect Controls panel.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 225 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 225 $ Balance Lets you adjust the prominence of the border between image A and image B. For example, positive values make the border more prominent in image B, while negative values make the border more prominent in image A. $ Reset Click this button to restore the default Border values. 3 Use the controls under Softness to create a soft edge on the border of your wipe.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 226 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 226 Using the Matrox chroma clamper effect You can use the Matrox chroma clamper effect to ensure that when you’ve applied effects that perform color space conversion on part of a clip, the clip’s colors remain constant throughout.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 227 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 227 Matrox Axio realtime guidelines In your Adobe Premiere Pro projects, you can use various combinations of realtime Matrox CPU-based effects (Flex CPU effects), hardware-accelerated effects (Flex GPU effects), and Adobe Premiere Pro fixed effects, all with transparency.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 228 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 228 Supported graphics formats All full-screen single-frame graphics supported by Adobe Premiere Pro are supported in real time on Matrox Axio. This includes all titling formats that Premiere Pro supports, such as Adobe Title Designer .prtl files. For details on the supported formats, see your Adobe Premiere Pro documentation. ¦ Note Graphics rolls, crawls, and animations are not supported in real time.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 229 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 10 Using Matrox Axio with Video for Windows Programs This chapter provides information you need to know when using Video for Windows programs to render material on your Matrox Axio system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 230 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 230 Overview When using Video for Windows (VFW) programs to render material to an .avi file, such as in the case of a completed video production or an animation, you can use a Matrox codec to create a Matrox .avi file. For example, you may want to render an animation to Matrox DV/DVCAM format so that you can record it onto DV tape. You could also use your VFW program to render video to a Matrox .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 231 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 231 Using VFW programs without the Axio hardware If you installed the Matrox VFW software codecs (see “Installing the Matrox VFW software codecs on a system without the Axio hardware” on page 56), you can render and play back Axio-compatible .avi files using your VFW program without having the Axio hardware in your computer.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 232 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 232 • To render video using the same compression format, frame size, and frame rate as your source video but using a different video quality (data rate), scanning mode (interlaced or progressive), or bit depth (8-bit or 10-bit), such as to export uncompressed 1080i @ 25 fps clips to uncompressed 1080p @ 25 fps format, you must select the Recompress Always option so that your video will be recompressed during the export.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 233 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 233 5 In the provided dialog box under Color Space Conversion, select the options you want: ¦ Note If an option isn’t supported by the particular codec(s) you are configuring, that option will not be available. Most options, however, are common to all the Matrox VFW codecs. When these options are set for a particular codec, they are also set for the other codecs that support those options.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 234 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 234 $ Select this option to help eliminate artifacts such as jagged edges and unwanted lines at the edges of fast-motion video (for PAL video only). Chroma sampling for fast-motion video ¡ Important When rendering graphics and titles, make sure that Chroma sampling for fast-motion video is not selected, as this option can cause jagged edges to appear in your rendered images. 6 Click OK to save your settings.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 235 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 235 Renders video to MPEG-2 intra-frame format with alpha using the 4:2:2 Profile @ High Level at a selected data rate. This codec is supported only on a system that has the Matrox Axio hardware. $ Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD + Alpha $ Matrox Uncompressed SD uncompressed SD format. $ Matrox Uncompressed SD + Alpha uncompressed SD format with alpha.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 236 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 236 Configuring the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs When you click your program’s Configure button to configure a Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec (SD or HD resolution, with or without alpha), a dialog box similar to the following appears: ¡ Important Unless you have the Matrox Axio hardware, you can use the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec to render to a 1440×1080i/p file only.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 237 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 237 in the encoded stream. This may result in lowering the overall quality of the compressed stream at a specified data rate. 5 Under Zig Zag Order, select one of the following: Sets the regular (default) zig zag scanning pattern of the AC coefficient of the DCT block as defined in the ISO/IEC 13818-2 (figure 7-2) specification documentation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 239 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 11 Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins This chapter explains how to use the Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel and plug-ins available with Matrox Axio so that you can display the contents of your composition or animation on your video monitor.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 240 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 240 Overview Together with your Matrox Axio 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.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 241 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 241 ¦ Note If Adobe Premiere Pro is running, the Project Format and Output Format will be determined by your Premiere Pro project’s video output settings. 3 From the Preview Type menu, select one of the following options for the preview: Select this to view your composition or animation. $ Video $ Select this to view only your composition’s or animation’s grayscale alpha-key (matte) information.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 242 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 242 Required steps to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins The following sections list the steps required to use the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-in for each application in order to preview your composition or animation on your video monitor. ¦ Note The following procedures may change with a subsequent release of the program. Adobe After Effects 1 Start Adobe After Effects and import the footage you want to preview.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 243 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 243 NewTek LightWave 3D 1 Start NewTek LightWave 3D and load the file you want to preview by choosing File > Load > Load Scene. 2 Click the Render tab. 3 Under Options on the left hand side of the screen, click Render Globals. 4 From the Render Display menu, select Matrox WYSIWYG Preview. 5 Under Render on the left hand side of the screen, click Render Frame.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 245 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Cha pter 12 Monitoring Your Matrox Axio System This chapter explains how to use the Matrox X.info program to display important details about your Matrox Axio system and installed hardware.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 246 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 246 Using X.info to display Axio information The Matrox X.info program lets you display information about your Matrox Axio system and installed hardware, and provides warnings when certain problems arise (for example, when the temperature of one of your Axio hardware components exceeds the maximum operating temperature). On Matrox Axio LE, you can also use the X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 247 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 247 Create . If Open file after scan is selected, the HTML system log opens after it is created. Using X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 248 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 248 Displaying hardware information To display information about the Matrox Axio hardware installed in your system, select Hardware from the Display Information About list. Each Axio card and breakout box (X.linkHD and X.linkSD) is represented by a tab. ¦ Note No hardware information is provided for the X.linkLE breakout box.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 249 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 249 Monitoring your Axio hardware operating temperatures As shown in the X.info Hardware section, each page displays the current and maximum operating temperatures for your various Matrox Axio hardware components. To avoid damage to your Axio components and/or computer system, make sure that you don’t operate your Axio hardware at or near the maximum temperature for a prolonged period of time.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 251 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Appendix A Understanding Standard and Advanced Pulldown This appendix describes the most common pulldown methods, and explains how and when these pulldown methods are employed by Matrox Axio.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 252 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 252 Overview Part of your project’s workflow may involve the application of a pulldown technique to convert your input video to your project’s video format. Pulldown can also be applied to your output video to meet certain requirements. When a pulldown is required in your project, Matrox Axio performs either a standard 2:3 pulldown or an advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 253 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 253 Performing a standard reverse pulldown (2:3 cadence) reverses the process by converting 29.97 fps interlaced video to 23.98 fps progressive video. This is achieved by discarding a video frame (two video fields) from the sequence. From the diagram above, a typical standard reverse pulldown would discard fields b3 and d1. This means that video frames C and D must be read by the application to remove the additional fields.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 254 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 254 The following diagram demonstrates the process: Progressive frames @ 23.98 fps A B C D Video fields @ 29.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 255 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Appendix B Matrox Axio Workflows This appendix provides information about working with different types of projects in Adobe Premiere Pro. It describes the various Matrox codecs and video formats that you can use to complete your video project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 256 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 256 Overview This appendix provides general information about using various Matrox Axio project presets and codecs for working with different types of projects in Adobe Premiere Pro. Workflow diagrams and descriptions are used to help explain the specific workflow details. Working with SD “24P” material Matrox Axio allows you to choose a Premiere Pro preset to work with SD material originally acquired at 23.98 fps or 24 fps.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 257 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 257 The output from your 486p @ 23.98 fps project on Matrox Axio is always NTSC. For DV-1394 output, Axio provides the option to apply either an advanced pulldown or standard pulldown. In most cases, you would want to perform an advanced 2:3:3:2 pulldown only if your DV video requires further processing or if it is to be archived. Otherwise, a standard 2:3 pulldown should be used when you export your 486p @ 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 258 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 258 486p @ 23.98 fps workflow example The following diagram illustrates typical 486p @ 23.98 fps workflows using Matrox Axio: ¦ Note For all Matrox Axio projects, you can choose to export to an MPEG-2 file for DVD authoring or export to web format using Matrox Media Encoder as explained in “Exporting using Matrox Media Encoder” on page 122. For details on other export formats, see “Exporting to a Matrox .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 259 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 259 Working with HD material Matrox Axio provides Premiere Pro project presets for many of the common HD video formats. For each HD video format, Axio provides different HD video codecs that allow you to capture and export your video at different video qualities. You can capture your footage using the appropriate codec for the source material and then combine the footage as needed.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 260 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 260 • Matrox 8-bit and 10-bit Uncompressed HD codecs Capture and export video to full-resolution, finishing-quality HD video for online editing projects. The Matrox VFW Uncompressed HD codecs allow you to render material to full-resolution, finishing-quality HD video for use with Matrox Axio using VFW applications, such as Adobe After Effects.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 261 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 261 ° To create your new offline HD editing project: 1 Open a new Adobe Premiere Pro project by choosing File > New, and from the Available Presets list, expand the Matrox - HD folder and select the Offline preset for the type of project you want to create. ¦ Note You can’t capture to Matrox Offline HD format when working with a 1440 ×1080i/p project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 262 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 262 ° To create your VFW offline HD project on a remote editing workstation: 1 Open a new Adobe Premiere Pro project by choosing File > New > Project, and from the New Project dialog box, click the Custom Settings tab.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 263 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 263 are using in your edited project. For details on how to do this, see your Adobe Premiere Pro documentation. 2 Open a new Adobe Premiere Pro project on your Matrox Axio system by choosing File > New > Project, and from the Available Presets list, expand the Matrox - HD folder and select a preset for the type of project you want to create, such as MPEG-2 I-frame.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 264 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 264 Offline HD codec workflow examples The following workflow examples demonstrate two different uses of the Matrox Offline HD codec. In the first example, the codec is used to capture clips to an offline HD format for use in an offline editing project. In the second example, the codec is used to export clips to an offline HD format for use in an offline editing project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 265 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 265 This workflow scenario is represented in the following diagram: Video footage shot as any supported HD format Matrox Offline HD codec used to capture clips Offline clips transferred to remote editing system. Remote editing system with Matrox VFW codecs installed. The offline edit is completed and trimmed on the system using Adobe Premiere Pro with the appropriate project setting (for example, 480x270, 23.98 fps).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 266 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 266 Workflow example for exporting offline HD clips In this workflow example, a Matrox Uncompressed HD codec is used to capture material for use in an online editing project. The Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec could also be used to capture online-quality video for this workflow. The clips are exported from the timeline to disk using the Matrox Offline HD codec. They are then transferred to a remote editing workstation.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 267 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 267 Using the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec The Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec allows you to control the data rate of the video that you are capturing or exporting. At low data rates (about 50 Mb/sec) the codec can be used to capture video for an offline editing project.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 269 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 269 This workflow scenario is represented in the following diagram: Video footage shot as any supported HD format Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec set at 100 Mb/sec or higher used to capture clips Matrox Axio online editing project using any MPEG-2 I-frame HD project preset Exported to tape as finishing-quality HD video for broadcast MPEG-2 I-frame HD clips used in a VFW application on the Axio system.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 270 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 270 Uncompressed HD codec. The online editing project is then completed on the Axio system and exported to tape for broadcast.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 271 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 271 Mixing interlaced and progressive clips in the same project When editing on Matrox Axio, you can mix interlaced and progressive clips in the same project, as long as the clips have the same frame size and frame rate.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 272 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 272 Applying pulldown in HD projects Depending on your HD project settings, Matrox Axio applies a pulldown method so that you can capture an HD video format (input format) that is different from your project’s format. For example, when working in a 1080p @ 23.98 fps project, you can capture 1080i @ 29.97 fps source video and use it in your 1080p @ 23.98 project as long as the material was originally acquired at 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 273 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 273 1080p @ 23.98 fps workflow example The following diagram provides a typical workflow when using a 1080p @ 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 274 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 274 Other Matrox Axio HD workflows 720p workflow example Matrox Axio supports creating 720p projects at 23.98 fps, 25 fps, 29.97 fps, 50 fps, and 59.94 fps. The compression formats that you can capture and export depend on your project’s video format (for details, see “Supported video compression formats” on page 280). If you’re working with a 720p @ 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 275 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 275 The following diagram illustrates a typical workflow for a 720p project using Matrox Axio: Film footage telecined and transferred to HD video tape. HD video footage shot as 720p 720p video on tape When needed, Matrox Axio will remove redundant frames when the .mxf files are played back on the timeline. Supported HD .mxf and .mp4 files imported to project Exported to DVCPRO HD over the 1394 interface (for 720p @ 59.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 276 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 276 1080i workflow example When working in a 1080i @ 25 fps or 29.97 fps project, you can use HD source video in the same format as your project, as well as capture HDV and DVCPRO HD video over the 1394 interface. You can also import supported .mxf and .mp4 files for realtime playback, such as Panasonic P2 1080i .mxf files, and Sony XDCAM EX 1080i HQ-mode (1920×1080) and 1080i SP-mode (1440×1080) .mp4 files.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 277 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 277 The following diagram provides a typical workflow when using a 1080i @ 25 fps or 29.97 fps preset on Matrox Axio: Film footage telecined and transferred to HD tape. Standard 2:3 pulldown performed (for converting to 1080i @ 29.97 fps video only).
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 278 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 278 1080p @ 24 fps workflow example When working with a 1080p @ 24 fps project preset, your input and output formats must also be 1080p @ 24 fps. ¦ Note A 1080p @ 24 fps project can be created and edited on a Matrox Axio HD or LE system only.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 279 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 279 Editing HD projects on a Matrox Axio SD system Your collaborative workflow can be even more flexible and affordable with the ability to edit HD projects on a Matrox Axio SD system. In other words, HD project sharing can be done seamlessly between Matrox Axio HD, SD, and LE systems.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 280 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 280 Supported video compression formats Matrox Axio HD SD project Capture DV/DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50 8- and 10-bit Uncompressed MPEG-2 I-frame MPEG-2 IBP (for capture to .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 281 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 281 Matrox Axio SD HD project SD project Capture (video processing is set to 8-bit) DV/DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50 8- and 10-bit Uncompressed MPEG-2 I-frame MPEG-2 IBP (for capture to .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 282 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 282 Matrox Axio LE SD project HD project Capture DV/DVCAM, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50 8- and 10-bit Uncompressed MPEG-2 I-frame MPEG-2 IBP (for capture to .
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 283 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 283 Supported master output formats on Matrox Axio HD and SD The following table lists the supported master output formats for Matrox Axio HD and SD depending on your project’s video format. Project video format Supported master output formats on Matrox Axio HD Supported master output formats on Matrox Axio SD NTSC NTSC NTSC PAL PAL PAL 486p @ 23.98 fps NTSC NTSC 486p @ 29.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 284 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 284 Supported main and secondary SDI output formats on Matrox Axio LE The following table lists the supported main and secondary SDI output formats for Matrox Axio LE depending on your project’s video format. Project video format Supported main SDI output formats Supported secondary SDI output formats NTSC NTSC NTSC PAL PAL PAL 486p @ 23.98 fps NTSC NTSC 486p @ 29.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 285 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Appendix C Matrox Axio Specifications This appendix provides specifications for the Matrox Axio cards, as well as the X.linkHD and X.linkSD breakout boxes.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 288 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 288 X.linkSD breakout box General NTSC, PAL, NTSC-EIAJ 12.875” × 3.5” × 2.975” Video standards Dimensions Typical operating voltages and current consumption Voltage +3.3 V +5 V +12 V –12 V Current 0A 1.2 A 0.9 A 0.18 A Total power consumption: 19 watts Video input signals Signal Type Qty Voltage Impedance Composite Video 1 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω Y/C Video 1 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω PAL: 0.300 Vp-p burst 75 Ω NTSC: 0.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 289 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 289 Video output signals Signal Type Qty Voltage Impedance Composite Video 1 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω Y/C Video 1 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω PAL: 0.300 Vp-p burst 75 Ω NTSC: 0.286 V p-p burst 75 Ω NTSC-EIAJ: 0.286 Vp-p burst 75 Ω 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω PAL: 0.700 Vp-p at 100% color bar 75 Ω NTSC: 0.700 Vp-p at 75% color bar 75 Ω NTSC-EIAJ: 0.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 296 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 296 Video output signals Signal Type Qty Voltage Impedance Composite Video (see note below) 2 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω Y/C Video 1 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω PAL: 0.300 Vp-p burst 75 Ω NTSC: 0.286 V p-p burst 75 Ω NTSC-EIAJ: 0.286 Vp-p burst 75 Ω 1.0 Vp-p 75 Ω PAL: 0.700 Vp-p at 100% color bar 75 Ω NTSC: 0.700 Vp-p at 75% color bar 75 Ω NTSC-EIAJ: 0.757 Vp-p at 75% color bar 75 Ω HD: 0.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 300 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 300 Glossary of terms Use this glossary as a reference for many of the basic terms in your Matrox Axio manual and related documentation. Numerics 1394 See IEEE-1394. 2:3 pulldown A method used to create additional video frames when 24 fps film footage or 23.98 fps progressive video is converted to 29.97 fps interlaced video, such as NTSC.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 301 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 301 aspect ratio A width-to-height ratio. For example, a 12-by-9-inch image has an aspect ratio of 4:3 (four-to-three). Most TV screens have a 4:3 aspect ratio. HDTV screens have a 16:9 aspect ratio. Blue Book standard See DV. blur/soft focus effect A Matrox effect that uses various levels of intensity to blur an image or simulate camera defocus. assemble editing Recording new video and audio material sequentially onto tape.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 302 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 302 lighting conditions or incorrect camera settings. See also white balancing. cut A direct switch from one video and/or audio source to another. compile D See render. component video A video signal having separate channels for the video information, as opposed to a combined (composite) signal. Y, R-Y, B-Y video is a component video signal.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 303 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 303 enhance display capabilities. Also called graphics card. See also GPU. sampled at 4:1:1 for both NTSC and PAL sources. See also DVCPRO HD. dissolve A transition in which one image smoothly fades to another image. It is characterized by the gradual ending of one image occurring simultaneously with the gradual beginning of another. Also called crossfade.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 304 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 304 screen or silence (also called a fade-out transition). Similarly, you could start a new scene with a fade up from black (or fade-in) transition. field One-half of the horizontal lines needed to make a complete scan of an interlaced video frame. In the NTSC system, two consecutive fields of 262.5 lines each create a frame of 525 scan lines. In the PAL system, two consecutive fields of 312.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 305 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 305 I-frame compression frame. See MPEG-2 I- I-frame (Intra-frame) A frame created during the MPEG or MPEG-2 compression process that contains all the information required to reproduce a complete image. It allows random access points within a video stream, and acts as a reference point for Bframes and P-frames to be built.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 306 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 306 shining a bright light into the lens of a camera when taking a photo. move & scale effect A Matrox effect that lets you position and scale your clips LTC Longitudinal Time Code. Time code that is generally encoded as an audio signal onto a linear audio track of a tape. This type of time code can be read only while the tape is moving. See also VITC. anywhere in 2D space while adding soft edges. See also DVE.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 307 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 307 MPEG-2 I-frame An MPEG-2 compression type that uses only intra-frame compression (that is, only I-frames are created). Used for high-quality distribution and for archiving. MPEG HD An HD video recording format developed by Sony that uses industrystandard MPEG-2 IBP compression and supports data rates of 17.5, 25, and 35 Mb/sec. Sony XDCAM HD devices use MPEG HD compression for video recording.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 308 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 308 PCI Express slot A type of PCI slot that uses a different and much faster communications protocol than a 32-bit PCI slot. PCI Express can accommodate the higher speeds required for high-performance peripherals such as display cards and network controllers. PCI Express slots are available in different sizes (x1, x4, x8, and x16). Also called PCIe slot.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 309 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 309 RS-232 A non-differential serial data transmission standard used for computer connections. See also serial control. RS-422 A differential serial data transmission standard that is often used for linking video production equipment (VTRs, mixers, etc.). Because this standard is differential, RS-422 connections are less subject to interference and noise than RS-232 connections. See also serial control.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 310 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 310 S-Video A component video signal in which the luminance (Y) and chrominance (C) information are separate. S-VHS videocassette recorders use the S-Video format. Also called Y/C video. sync A circuit or signal that directs the electron gun in a camera or TV picture tube to hold a picture steady on the screen. It also synchronizes the electronics of other video equipment.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 311 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 311 vectorscope A device that measures the phase and amplitude of the color components of a video signal. VITC Vertical Interval Time Code. Time code that is encoded onto the vertical blanking interval of a video signal. VITC can be read by a VTR whenever an image is displayed, but not usually during high-speed operation. See also LTC.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 313 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Appendix E Matrox Axio Customer Support This appendix explains how you can register your Matrox Axio and obtain customer support.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 314 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 314 Getting the most support If you have a problem that you’re unable to solve by referring to your Matrox Axio documentation, please contact your Matrox Axio representative. He or she should be able to help you quickly correct any installation or system configuration problem. If your representative is unable to solve your problem, contact Matrox for further information and assistance.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 315 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Index Numerics 1080i @ 25 fps project working with 276 1080i @ 29.97 fps project working with 276 1080p @ 23.98 fps project working with 272 1080p @ 24 fps project working with 278 10-bit Uncompressed codec See Matrox 10-bit Uncompressed codec 1440x1080i @ 25 fps project working with 276 1440x1080i @ 29.97 fps project working with 276 1440x1080p @ 23.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 316 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 316 Allow super black 81, 83, 86 Allow super white 81, 83, 86 Analog audio volume adjusting for X.linkHD and X.linkSD 87 adjusting for X.linkLE 91 Analog output format selecting for X.linkLE 85 Analog output type selecting for X.linkLE 85 Analog video horizontal delay adjusting for X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 317 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 317 connecting X.linkLE S-Video adapter cables 45 connecting X.linkLE to 1394 port on computer 45 connecting X.linkLE to audio cable bracket 44 connecting X.linkLE to Axio LE card 43 mounting X.linkHD or X.linkSD 22 mounting X.linkLE on desktop 41 mounting X.linkLE to rack 41 typical Matrox Axio HD and SD connections 26 typical Matrox Axio LE connections 47 X.linkHD specifications 291 X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 318 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 318 Combustion WYSIWYG plug-in See Autodesk Combustion WYSIWYG plug-in Component gain adjusting for X.linkHD 81 adjusting for X.linkSD 82 Component output format selecting for X.linkHD 81 Composite gain adjusting for X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 319 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 319 EZ-MXF See Matrox EZ-MXF F Fan installing 11, 33 Ferrite beads attaching to X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 320 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 320 Installation Matrox Axio card set 17 Matrox Axio LE card 38 Matrox Axio software 52 Interlaced clips mixing with progressive clips 72 , 271 Internal analog audio cable connecting to Axio LE card 37 Internal power supply cable connecting to Axio LE card 36 connecting to X.effects card 16 connecting to X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 324 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 324 for SD "24P" material 256 loading for Matrox Axio 70 See also Matrox Axio workflows Pulldown description of advanced 253 description of standard 252 used in 486p @ 23.98 fps project used in HD projects 272 Pulldown method selecting for output on X.linkHD selecting for output on X.linkLE selecting for output on X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 325 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 325 Registering your Matrox Axio 314 Rendering using Adobe Premiere Pro limitations to realtime effects 228 Rendering using VFW programs before you start 231 selecting color space conversion options 232 selecting compressor 234 Reporting dropped frames during video playback 75 Reporting lost genlock during video playback 75 Returning procedure iv RGB curves using 141 Ripple effect creating 208 S SC/H Phase adjusting for X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 326 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 326 Sphere effect creating 216 Splash screen disabling for Matrox project in Premiere Pro 77 Split View using 139 working with in the Program Monitor 139 Standard pulldown description of 252 See also Advanced pulldown Style conventions 6 Super black allowing for output video 81, 83, 86 Super white allowing for output video 81, 83, 86 Surface finish effect creating 218 S-Video gain adjusting for X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 327 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM 327 VU meters 103 W Warnings displaying in Adobe Premiere Pro’s Events panel 71 displaying with X.
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Axio Installation and User Guide.book Page 329 Monday, July 14, 2008 8:00 AM Compliance Statements USA FCC Compliance Statement Remark for the Matrox hardware products supported by this guide This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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