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Chapter 13, Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins
Overview
Together with your Matrox MXO2 hardware, the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel and Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins let you display the contents of your
composition or animation on your video monitor. This lets you see the exact
color temperature, safe-title area, and any interlaced artifacts as you work.
You can preview video played back using the following applications that are
supported by the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins:
• Adobe After Effects (v12.x or earlier as explained in the note below).
• Adobe Photoshop.
• Autodesk 3ds Max.
• Autodesk Combustion.
• eyeon Fusion.
• NewTek LightWave 3D.
¦NoteThe Matrox WYSIWYG plug-in for Adobe After Effects supports v12.x
and earlier only. If you’re using After Effects v13.x, you can output video from
the MXO2 outputs using the MXO2 playback device. To do this, choose
Preferences > Video Preview and select Matrox Player under Video Device.
To configure your playback settings, click
Setup beside Matrox Player. The
available settings are the same as those provided for Adobe Premiere Pro as
explained in “Specifying your video output settings” on page 56 and “Specifying
your video output settings (MXO2 Mini)” on page 61, except the option to lock
the video output formats is not available.
Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel
The Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel lets you specify the settings you want for
previewing video on your video monitor. To use the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel, right-click the icon on your Windows taskbar. If you don’t see the
icon, check your taskbar properties and make sure that you’re showing the icons
for your Matrox applications. If you still don’t see the icon, choose
Start > All
Programs > Matrox Mtx.utils > Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel
.
The Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility uses the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel to display specially designed graphics for calibrating your HDMI monitor
for video. For details on calibrating your HDMI monitor, see Chapter 7,
“Calibrating Your HDMI Monitor for Video.”
¦NoteBy default, the Matrox WYSIWYG output to your video monitor is
enabled. To disable it, clear the
Enable WYSIWYG Output option in the
Control Panel.