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Cont en ts Cha p ter 1 Introduci ng Matrox RT. X 2 Welcome to Matrox RT. X2 ...... ... ... ...... .. ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... .... 2 Matro x RT .X2 S D key feat ures .. ..... ......... .......... ..... ......... ..... .........
ii Conten ts Displayin g warnings in Adobe P remiere Pro’s Events panel . ...... ... 19 Mixing interla ced and progressive cli p s in a project .... ... ...... ... ...... 19 Mixing S D and HD clips in a pr oject ... ... ..... ......... ......... ...
iii Co nt en t s Cropping your clip . ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ..... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... .. 55 Using Selec t Cro p ....... ......... .......... ..... ......... ..... ......... .......... ..... ......... ..5 6 Applying a mask t o your ef fect .
iv Conten ts Creatin g a mask mosaic effec t .... ... ... ..... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... . 118 Creatin g a move & sc ale ef fect.... ... ... ..... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... . 120 Creatin g an ol d movie eff ect .
v Co nt en t s Requir e d steps to u se th e WYSIWYG plug-in s ....... ... ... ...... ... ...... 162 Ado be After Effe cts ........ ..... .......... ......... ..... .......... ......... ..... .......... .... 16 2 Ado be Photo sho p .. ......... ......
vi Conten ts Capturi ng HDV and SD materi al on Mat rox RT. X2 SD .. ... ...... ....... 182 Using the Matr ox MPEG-2 I-fr ame HD codec ..... ... ... ...... ... ...... .... 183 M PEG-2 I-frame HD c ode c workflo w e xample f or offl ine e diting . ....
Cha p te r 1 I ntr o d u cin g M a t rox R T .X2 This chapter o utlines some of the featu res of the M atrox RT .X2 pr oduct li ne, and desc ribe s the av aila ble M atro x RT .
2 Cha pte r 1, In trod uci ng M a tro x R T . X2 We lcome to Matrox RT .X2 Matrox R T .X2 p roduc ts l et you get m axim um produ cti vity f rom Adobe Pre miere Pro, and are ideal f or corpo rate communic ators, e vent vi deograp hers, p roje ct stu dios, e ducat iona l f aciliti es, a nd digi tal f ilmmaker s .
3 Abou t th is m anua l • N ative . mx f f i le support for P a na sonic P2 (SD and 720p forma ts) in Adobe Premiere Pro and After E f fects. • Matrox E Z-MXF utility for na tiv e . mxf fi le supp ort in V i de o f or W indow s (. avi f ile) app licat ion s.
4 Cha pte r 1, In trod uci ng M a tro x R T . X2 • A plu s (+) si gn is use d to indica te combin ations of k eys and/or m ouse opera tions . Fo r e xample : $ CTR L+C m eans to hol d down the CTRL ke y whi le pre ss ing th e C key . $ SH IFT + cl ick mea ns to hold do wn th e SHIFT ke y whil e you clic k a n item with the mouse.
Cha p te r 2 W orki ng with .mx f, .mp 4, and .av i File s This chapter sho ws you how to wor k with .mxf , .mp4 , and .av i fil es on Matrox RT .X2..
6 Ch ap ter 2, Wo rki ng with .m xf, .m p4, and .a vi Fi l es Work ing with native .mxf files in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects ¦N o t e Matro x R T . X2 SD d oes not suppor t worki ng wit h . mxf file s. Matrox R T .X2 suppor ts the MXF f ile fo rmat, wh ich a ll ows you t o u se .
7 W orking with n ative XDCAM E X (.mp4 ) files in Adobe Pr emiere Pr o Work ing wit h native XDCAM EX (.mp4) files in Adobe Premiere Pro ¦N o t e Matro x R T .X2 SD d oes not suppor t XDCAM EX fi les. Matrox R T .X2 suppor ts realti me pla yback of Sony XDCAM EX 1080i/p a nd 720p .
8 Ch ap ter 2, Wo rki ng with .m xf, .m p4, and .a vi Fi l es Displaying information for clips in Windows Explorer Matrox R T . X2 e xte nds the f unction ality o f W indo ws Explore r by all o wing y ou to easil y v ie w and m anage yo ur .m xf and .
9 Creat ing Matr ox E Z-MXF fi les fo r playback with VFW applica tions 2 Ch oose View > Choos e Detai ls . 3 In t he Choose De tails di alog box , s ele ct t he chec k boxes co rre sp ondi ng to the desi red “ Matrox” or “Mat rox P2 ” det ails.
10 Ch ap ter 2, Wo rki ng with .m xf, .m p4, and .a vi Fi l es •F o r .m xf fi le s that ha ve a frame siz e of 1440 × 1080, the cre ated reference .av i f ile s will ha ve a fr ame size of 1920 × 1080 and a 1.333 pix el a spect ra tio. T o dis play the se .
11 Cr eating Mat rox E Z-HDV A VI files f or playba ck o f large H DV c lips with VFW When you sel ect a n .mx f f i le i n the VI DEO folder , Matrox EZ-MXF loo ks for an y ass oci ated audio .m xf f iles in the A UDIO fol der , an d cr eates the re fere nce .
12 Ch ap ter 2, Wo rki ng with .m xf, .m p4, and .a vi Fi l es f ile s will be name d F i l ename_Ref .av i, F il ename_Ref .Mono 1.wav , and F ilename_R ef. Mon2.wa v . F or e x ample, if you ’ re crea ti ng both vi deo a nd audi o fi les for a f ile na med Demo.
13 Co nve r ting a 3 2-b it . tg a s equ enc e t o a n .a vi f ile wit h a l pha ° T o create an .avi file with alpha f rom a .t g a sequenc e: 1 In W indo ws Ex plorer , right-c lick th e select ed .tg a file (s ) , ch oo se Ma trox AV I + A lp h a > Sele ct Fo rmat , and t hen cli ck the desi red .
14 Ch ap ter 2, Wo rki ng with .m xf, .m p4, and .a vi Fi l es 4 Clic k the Confi gur e b utton to spe cify v arious o pti ons f or t he MPE G-2 I-f rame compress ion. T he c onf igura tion opti ons are t he same as when you capt ure or e xport vi deo us ing Ado be Premie re Pro (see “Selecti ng your MPEG-2 I -frame s ettings” on pa ge 39 ).
Cha p te r 3 De fining Y o ur Adob e P rem iere P ro Settings This chapter e xplains how to de fi ne va rio us set ti ngs f or using M atrox R T .X2 with Adobe Prem ier e Pro.
16 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings A note about running other programs with Adobe Premiere Pro F or the best perf ormance, you s houldn’ t run an y ot her progr a ms at th e sa me time as Adobe Pre mier e Pro . If yo u choos e to do so, ho we v er , make sure that you st art Adobe Pr emiere Pro and open your Ma trox R T .
17 S ettin g yo ur sy ste m’ s vo lume l evel s 7 Rep eat step s 5 and 6 f or e very audi o in put source t hat you intend to u se wit h your Ma tr ox R T .X2 sys tem. For e xample, if you inten d o n rec ordin g audi o from a micr ophone, set the vol ume le vels for the Microphon e inp ut.
18 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Loading project presets The Matrox re alti me pl ug-i n for Adobe Premie re Pr o inclu des p roject pres ets tha t you c a n loa d to imm e diate ly a pply a ppro priate Matrox R T .X2 s ett ings.
19 Set ting up you r s crat ch di sks Setting up y our scratch disks When s peci fying th e l ocati on of yo ur scratch disks i n Adobe Pr emiere Pro, make sure you foll ow the recommend ations in your A dobe Pr emie r e Pr o User Guide . F or exampl e, al ways stor e your video and audi o fi les on an A/V dri v e.
20 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Mixing SD and HD clips in a project Matrox R T .X2 suppor ts realti me playbac k of SD clips in a n HD project, and HD cli ps i n a n SD projec t. T o do this, ho w e v er , the clip s mu st b e s cale d to y our pr oject ’ s frame size.
21 De finin g y o ur Gen eral setti ngs Defining your General set tings The Matro x Pla yback Se ttin gs dia log box has se veral p ages that yo u can us e to spe cify v arious sett ings for editi ng in Adobe Premie re Pro on M atr ox R T .
22 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings 4 Under Video L uma Level , selec t the t ype of proc essin g that yo u wan t to be appl ied t o l umina nce l ev els in your vi deo whe n r.
23 De finin g y o ur Gen eral setti ngs $ Creat e a udio confor m an d PEK files Creates both audi o conform and . pek f ile s. $ Create PEK files Create s only the .pek fil es (a udio conform f ile s won’ t be cre ated). Y ou can clear eith er one or both of the se opti ons to ind ic ate that you don’ t w ant audio conform and/or .
24 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Selecting options for accelerat ed Premiere Pro effects T o sele ct you r options f or pr ocessing a ccel erated P remi ere Pro ef fect s on Matrox RT. X 2 : 1 Ch oose Proje ct > Projec t Settin gs > Ge neral a nd clic k the Play ba ck Settings butt on.
25 De finin g y o ur Gen eral setti ngs to the Matr ox mov e & sca le ef f ect. Y ou can map to th e Matr ox 3D D VE ef fe ct only if you ha ve a d ispla y card tha t supports the Matrox hardw are-accele rated e f fects.
26 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings pr oportions on an NTSC or P AL monito r , se lect the 16:9 di spla y sett ing on the mo n ito r . 5 If the Pu ll do wn Method l ist is a v ail able, select the pul ldown method you w ant t o b e app lied to your output vi deo ( Standar d 2:3 or Ad va nce d 2:3:3: 2 ).
27 Defining your Video Rendering s ettings Selecting your DV -1394 output settings Y ou can choo se to output a s equence from t he T imeline panel ov er the 1394 inte rface to perform a n e xport to D V tape, and sel ect the format you wa nt for your D V -1394 output.
28 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Defining your C apture settings The Ma tro x C apt ure S ett ing s dial og box ha s page s th at you c an us e to spe cif y your se ttings for captu ring video and audio in Adobe Premier e Pro on Ma trox RT.
29 De finin g your Captur e set tings 4 Under Inp ut Devi ce , sel ect one of th e follo win g de vice s: $ RT .X2 or RT .X2 SD to ca ptu re ma teri al fro m an an alo g sou rce c onne ct ed to y our R T .X2 br eakou t box. ¦N o t e Analog i nput is not s upport ed for 486p @ 2 3.
30 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings $ Ma trox MPEG-2 I-f rame Ca ptures vide o to MPEG-2 int ra-f rame format usi ng the 4:2: 2 Prof i le @ Mai n Le vel at a sel ected da ta rate ( SD resol ution only).
31 De finin g your Captur e set tings Specifying yo ur audio capture settings Y ou can speci fy v arious audio ca ptur e settin gs, s uch as to spe cify your inpu t sour ce and the type of aud io fil es (eithe r ster eo .wa v or mono .wa v ) t hat you wa nt to c re ate when capt urin g audi o o n Matrox R T .
32 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Rem ark s $ If all a v a i lable audio i nputs don’ t a ppear in the In put S ou rce li st, s ele ct List all audio inputs .
33 De finin g your Captur e set tings be used onl y if the .a vi fi le d oes no t h av e an y as soci ated .w av fil es . Ther efore, if you perform audio pos t processi ng on your .avi fil es , m ak e sur e y ou del et e the ass oci at ed .wav f il es so that on ly the embed ded aud io in th e .
34 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Notes about ca pturing to M atrox .m2v files When cap turing to Mat rox .m2v f ile s, k eep the follo wi ng poin ts in mind: • Autom atic scene de tect ion (Scene Detect ) is n ot sup ported, b ut batch captur e is suppo rte d.
35 Captu ring HDV material on Matrox RT . X 2 SD Capturing HD V material on Matrox RT .X2 S D On Matrox R T .X2 SD, you can capture n ati v e HDV 1080 i/p (1 440 × 1080i/p) materi al o v er t he 1394 interfa ce in an SD p roje ct usi ng Adobe Pr emiere Pro ’ s HD V capture feature .
36 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Exporting to a Matrox .avi file Se veral softwa re c odecs a re i nc l uded wi th Adobe Pre mie re P ro so that yo u can ex port you r video to dif fe rent form ats. Y our Ma trox R T .X2 s yste m a d ds sev e ral Matrox codecs t o the ones inc lud ed with Premi ere Pro.
37 Expo rti ng to a M a tro x .a vi fil e 3 From the men u on t he left side of t he dial og box, c hoose Video . 4 From the Com pr es sor list , selec t the co mpression for mat you w ant for your ex porte d fil e. ¡ Importa nt The Mat rox codec s are list ed in all supp orted SD a n d HD forma ts.
38 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings 7 It’ s recommended t hat y ou do n ot selec t Recompress . T his re tains the qual ity of your video.
39 Se lect i ng yo ur M PEG - 2 I- fr a me s e tt in gs Selecting your MPEG-2 I-frame settings When you select the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame or Matrox MPEG-2 I-fram e HD forma t to capture or e xport your vi deo usin g Adobe Premie re Pro, you can speci fy v arious sett ings for the MPEG-2 I-frame compre ssion.
40 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings ¦N o t e The highe r t he DC precisi on val ue that ’ s us e d to capture or re nder your vide o, t he more lik ely that the DC c ontent wil l be incr eased at the exp ense of the AC con ten t in the enc ode d st rea m.
41 Se lec ting yo ur MPEG -2 IBP se tt ings Selecting your MPEG-2 IBP settings When cap turing vide o to a Matrox .m 2v f ile us ing Adobe Prem iere Pro, the capt ure format is se t to Mat rox MPEG-2 IB P . Y ou can spe cify v ario us sett ings for the MPEG-2 IBP c o mpression.
42 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings • V ariable bit rate (VBR) V ide o i s c ompressed at v arying data ra tes bas ed on the compl exit y of the vi deo. The targe t data rate you sele ct i s use d as the a v e rag e dat a rat e fo r th e com pre ssi on.
43 Ex porting using Matrox Med ia Encode r Exporting using Matrox Media Encoder Y ou can use Matr ox Medi a Encoder to e xpor t clips fr om a s equen ce in the Tim e lin e panel to v arious form ats f.
44 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings The exp ort settings are the same as pro vide d for Adobe Media Enc oder . F or deta il s on using these sett ings, see your Adobe Pre miere Pr o documenta ti on.
45 Expo rting yo ur sequ ence t o t ape Exporting your sequence to t ape Y our Matro x R T .X2 syste m lets you export your Adobe Pr emiere Pro sequ ence t o tape using D V -1394 or RS-422 de vice c ontrol. Y ou can u se Matr ox D V/HD V de vi ce contr ol to contro l D V -1394 dev i c es.
46 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Exporting to DV tape u sing DV -1394 device control Y ou can use Matr ox D V/HD V device control whe n export ing you r Ado be Pre miere Pro se quence to a D V -13 94 devi ce. D V -1394 ex port to HD V , ho wever , is not sup ported for 720p projects .
47 Creating an S D project in 16 :9 form at Creating an SD project in 16:9 format When e ditin g on Matrox R T . X2 , you can c hoose t o work wit h SD sourc e vide o that ’ s been recorded i n either t he 4: 3 st andard TV scre en fo rmat, o r the widesc reen 1 6:9 forma t.
48 Chapte r 3, Defining Y ou r Adobe Prem iere Pro Settings Y our notes.
Cha p te r 4 Setting Up Realtime Effects wit h Adob e Prem iere P ro This chapter e xplains how to set u p realtime effec ts usin g the Matro x realtime plug -in for Ad obe P rem iere Pr o.
50 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro A vailable effects The Matrox re altim e plug-i n for Adobe Pre miere Pro lets you: • Set up sp ectacul ar realt ime Matrox ef fects and tr ansition s.
51 How t o apply a Mat rox v ideo eff ect in Adob e Premier e Pro tr ansiti on, e xce pt th at the controls provi ded let you cr eate a Matrox tr a ns ition , as is expl a ined in th is cha p ter .
52 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro T ransforming your clip Man y of the Matrox e f fect s allo w you t o adjus t the sca le, positi on, and rotati on of a cli p b y applyi ng v arious trans form sett ings.
53 T ransf ormi ng your c lip • (X, Y ) Scale Use t hese cont rols to mak e your clip smaller or la rger . Ful l-scree n size is repre sented as 100%. Y ou can shrink your cl ip to 0% or enla r ge it to 1000% . Note, ho we v er , that by en larg ing your clip, the res olution may becom e bl urry .
54 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro T ra nsforming a clip in the Program M onitor Y ou can use your le ft mous e butt on to resi ze, posi tio n, and rotate your clip dir ectl y in the Progr am Monit or .
55 Cropp ing your clip Cropping your clip Man y of the Matrox ef fects all ow you to ap ply cr op settings to your cli p. T o appl y c rop s ettin gs, clic k t he t ria ngle n ext to Cr op to expa nd the prope rty li st.
56 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Using Select Crop T o ap ply crop se ttings to your cli p using the Se lect Crop dialog box, cli ck th e tr iangle ne xt to the .
57 Ap plying a m ask to your effect Applying a mask to y our effect Man y of the Matrox ef fe cts allo w you to add a mask to defi ne the are a where you w ant t o apply you r ef fect. F or e xampl e, yo u may want to apply a col or corr ectio n to only one area of your cl ip and lea ve the rest of the clip untou ched.
58 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Using Select Mask T o ap ply a mask to your Matrox ef fect us ing the Select Mask dialog box, cl ick t he tr ian gle n ext to th.
59 Cr eating a primary color corr ection Creating a prim ary color correction Color c o rrecti on is important for all pro duction s, whether you w ant t o ach ie ve cont inui ty when cutt ing betwe en shot s, ensure br oadcast safe le v els , or establi sh and empha size a “l ook.
60 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro the clip wil l remain unchan ged. For more informati on, see “Usin g Sp li t Vi e w ” on page 61 . ¡ Importa nt This option i s for pre view onl y . Y ou shoul d cle ar it be fore you rende r y our cl ip, o the rwise t he spli t will a ppear in yo ur vide o output.
61 Cr eating a primary color corr ection lumina nce of you r cli p direc tly wi thi n the graph. F or more i nforma tio n, see “Using the lum a mapping grap h” on page 72 . $ Num erical Lets yo u adju st t he luma mappin g setti ngs numeri cally b y ente rin g va lues in the t ext box es, or b y dragging t he correspo nding sli ders.
62 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro The ar ea withi n t he spl it vie w recta ngle will displa y any col or correc ti on you mak e, whil e the area outs ide re mains unchang ed.
63 Cr eating a primary color corr ection Us ing RG B cur ve s ¦N o t e Th e RGB Curves s ettin gs are a va il able only wi th the adv a nc ed ver sions of t he Matrox pri mary and seconda ry color cor recti on effe cts .
64 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Clic k t he R , G , o r B b utt on to select th e curv e corre spondi ng to the color c ha nnel you wa nt t o adjus t, or c lick t he Master b ut ton f or t he m ast er c ur v e, an d then d ra g the cu rve to obt ain your desir ed ef fect.
65 Cr eating a primary color corr ection If you wan t to reset the Master , R , G , or B curv e t o its de fault sett ing at an y ti me, cli ck the appr opria te Rese t b utton.
66 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Using the color ba lance graph The color bala nce g raph all o ws you to m odify the Color Balance set tings for eac h tonal ran ge directl y within the color maps. Y ou can also perform an auto bala nce or a color matc h using the butt ons bene ath the color m aps.
67 Cr eating a primary color corr ection w ant t o dec reas e. F or exampl e, i f you mov e th e handle to wa rds r ed, y ou also decr ease c yan b y the sa me amo unt, as s ho wn i n the fo llo wing di agram: ¥T i p F or incre ase d precisi on, h old do w n the AL T ke y whi le you dra g the hand le.
68 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro lumi nance for o nly the shado ws, drag th e luminanc e slid er under the Shadows col or ma p.
69 Cr eating a primary color corr ection Perfor ming an auto balance Before matching color s , y ou can p erform an a uto ba lance o n your ta rget clip t o auto matic ally appl y a color shi ft to your clip to co mpensat e for d if fer ent li ght ing condi ti ons.
70 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Matchin g colors between t wo cl i ps Y ou can perfo rm a c olor match to mat ch colors bet ween two c lips (suc h as skin ton e, s ky , et c.). T he c olo r m atc h lets y ou s ele ct c ol ors fro m a re fere nc e cl ip to match t o you r targ et cli p.
71 Cr eating a primary color corr ection 6 Select a re ference color from y our reference clip by usi ng the Refe rence Color eyedropp er unde r the c olor m ap yo u w ant t o affe ct ( Mast er , Shadows , Mi dt ones , or Hi ghl igh ts ).
72 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Using the luma mapping graph T o modif y your lum a mapping v alues dire ctly in the graph, click the tr iangle next to th e Lu ma Mapp in g Grap hical propert y to e xpand it : • Ma p This i s t he defa ult vi e w whe n y ou f irs t e xpand the Graphi cal pr operty .
73 Cr eating a primary color corr ection • Plo t Click th is b u tton t o plot the l uminance v alu es i n the c urrent fra me o f your c li p to the his togram ( the plot wil l re flect any color correction c h anges you’ v e m a de). Eac h luminance v alue present in your image appe ars as a ve rti cal lin e in the his togram.
74 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a s econdary color correction Matrox second ary color correc tion of fe rs all the prop ertie s found in Matrox pr imar.
75 Creatin g a secondary color corr ection • Enable Split View S e lect thi s option to spl it your clip in to two sect ions in the Pr ogram Monitor and on your vid eo monit or . On e section will di spla y your cl ip as you adjus t the color c orrecti on cont rols, and the other s ection of the clip wil l remain unchan ged.
76 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro lumina nce of you r cli p di rectly wi thi n the graph. F or more infor matio n, s ee “Using the lum a mapping grap h” on page 72 .
77 Creatin g a secondary color corr ection $ Ap ert ure U se th is to wid en o r n arrow the a per ture of t he in di cato r to inc rease or decre ase t he ra nge of colors on whi c h you w a n t to key . $ Softness Se ts t he amount of softn ess ap plied to the ra nge of colors sp ecifi ed in the ap ert ur e regio n.
78 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro 25 5 re pre sent s white. Inte rmedi a te sett ings rep res en t dif fer ent s hades of gra y , from very da rk to very li ght gray .
79 Creatin g a secondary color corr ection Using the s elective key graph The sel ecti ve key graph allo ws you to modif y y our sele cti ve ke y setting s ( Hu e Key , Satu ration Key , a nd Lu ma K ey ) dire ct ly in the grap h. Y ou can als o perform an au to ke y .
80 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro eac h luminanc e val ue present in your imag e as a verti cal li ne. A longer line indic at es a higher a mount of pix e ls in your image of t hat lin e ’ s lu minance val ue .
81 Creatin g a secondary color corr ection be a b le t o s ee the Sat K ey i ndica tor and handl es to modify the Sa tura tion Key properties in the sele cti v e ke y graph. • Lum Click this b utto n to enabl e or disa ble the Lum a Key properties ( Low Clip , Lo w Ga i n , High Gain , a nd High Clip ).
82 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro ¦N o t e If you w ant to rese t t he hue, satura ti on, and luma key properti es t o th e defa ul t setting s at an y time, clic k the appropri ate Re set b ut ton. • Show K ey C lick thi s but ton to dis play the matte use d to defi ne you r se lecti ve key region.
83 Creatin g a secondary color corr ection This a ll ows you to s ee t he orig ina l colo rs of yo ur c lip bef ore an y modi f icati ons were made. • In dic at or Cli ck th is b utton to turn t he in dicator line s o n or of f. • Handles Click t his b utt on to tur n t he handle s for the i ndicat or lines on o r of f.
84 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a color pass effect Y ou can use th e Matrox s econdary col or correc tion to c reate a color pa ss ef fect to con vert yo ur cli p to bla ck and whit e, wi th the e xc e ption of one s peci f ied c olo r .
85 Cre ati ng a 3D DV E ef fect Cre a ting a 3 D D VE e ffe ct The Matrox 3D D VE ef fect lets you posi ti on your clips an ywhe re in 3D space while addi ng soft edges and roun ded bord ers with c olor gr adient s i n real tim e.
86 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro $ Border T ype Allo ws you to se lect th e type of borde r you want ( Non e , Fl at , Gr ad ien t , or Alph a Ed ge ). C lick the tria ngle on th e right t o e xpand the li st of borde r types.
87 Cre ati ng a 3D DV E ef fect • Cr op All o ws yo u t o crop the e dge s of your clip . F or more in formati on, s ee “Cropping you r clip” on page 55 .
88 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a 4-corner pin effect The Matro x 4-co rner pin e f fect let s you anchor e ach cor ner of a video or graph ics cli p onto poi nts in an und erl ying cli p, e ve n if the under lying cl ip is angl ed or skewed .
89 Crea ti ng a 4- co rne r pin e ff ec t • Pr eview Settings Y o u can se lect th e foll o win g opti ons fo r previ e wing your e f fect : $ Show Cur sors Displays a diamond-s haped cu rsor at each co rner of yo ur cli p o n your video mon itor on ly .
90 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a blur/soft f ocus effect The Matrox bl ur/soft focus ef fect lets y ou creat e unique ef fe c ts and simul ate camera defo cus. ° T o se t up a M atrox blu r/so ft focus e ffect: Clic k the t ria ngle ne xt to Matr o x Blur/Sof t Focus to exp and th e property list.
91 Over view of the chroma k ey effects Overview of the chroma key ef fects Y ou can use the Matrox real time plug-i n to apply a ch roma key or chroma key sha dow ef f ect to mak e certai n areas of a fore ground image transpa rent ba sed on a colo r in that im age, so tha t an underl ying image ca n sho w throug h.
92 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a chroma key or chroma k ey shadow effect T o se t up a M atro x chr oma k ey or chr oma k ey s had ow ef fe ct, cl ic .
93 Cr ea ti n g a c hr o ma k ey or ch ro m a ke y sh a do w ef f ec t $ Au to Ke y Cl ick this b utton to autom atic ally ke y on the most commo n colo r at the current frame in your clip (exce pt gray).
94 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Suppressi on to replace t he green tint with the opposit e color in the sp ectr um to r etur n th e per son ’ s ski n to a m or e natu ra l-l o oki ng co lor.
95 Cr ea ti n g a c hr o ma k ey or ch ro m a ke y sh a do w ef f ec t Using the chr oma key graph to modify key colors and per form an auto key T o modify your ke y colors directly wit hin the chroma.
96 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro ve rti cal l ine. A long er line indic at es a hi gher am ount of pix els in your image of that line ’ s lum inanc e v al ue. ¦N o t e Th e Plo t gra ph will c ontai n a luma plot his togram only if you are crea ting a chrom a ke y shado w e f f ect.
97 Cr ea ti n g a c hr o ma k ey or ch ro m a ke y sh a do w ef f ec t $ Clic k the ey edro pper but ton and click a nd drag an ywhere on your clip to se lect a rect angula r area contai nin g c olors on which you want t o k ey .
98 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a cube effect The Matrox c ube ef fect le ts you map vide o or graphic s to the fa ces of 3D cubes. Thes e cube s can th en be rot at ed in 3D spac e to crea te t ran siti on ef fe cts suc h as thos e you often see d urin g sports br oadcast s.
99 Cr ea ti n g a c u be ef fe ct • Ad di tio nal Sour ce s Referenc es up to two additio nal sour c e s that you iden tif i ed by appl yin g the Matr o x Sou rce I den tifi er e ffe ct . $ Sour ce 1 L e ts you sel ect the u niqu e ID n umber tha t you assi gned to the f irs t additi onal vide o source .
100 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro ¡ Importa nt W i th the Matro x cube e f fect, the croppe d area is au tomati call y str etche d to the or igi nal size of your cl ip. As a result, the outp ut may exce ed the cr opped are a.
101 Cr ea ti ng a cr yst all iz e e ff ec t Creating a crystallize effe c t The Matrox cr ystalli z e e f fect l ets you choose fro m man y diff eren t patte rns t hat you c an use to m ake yo ur image or t ext appea r as i f it is made of crys tals .
102 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro $ Select Shape Cli ck the b utton to the right of the curren t patte rn to see th e lis t of a v aila bl e mas k patter ns. $ Shap e T r anspar ency Se ts t he t ran spa ren cy of the sha pe and th e ar ea around the shape.
103 Crea ting a garb a g e ma tte e ffe ct Creating a garbage matte ef fect The Matrox 4-p oint, 8-point , and 16-poin t garbag e matt e eff ects let you use indi v idual co ntro l points to determine the shape of a ga rbage mat te appli ed to a cli p t o su perimpos e it ont o anot her c li p.
104 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro • Ed ge S of tnes s Lets yo u appl y softness to th e edg es o f your ga r bage matte. • I nve rt Ma tte Selec t thi s opt io n if you wan t to in vert the op aque and trans pare nt areas of your ga rbage mat te.
105 C reatin g an impr ession ist effect Creating an im pre s sionist eff ect The Matrox impre ssioni st e f fect let s you choos e fro m man y dif fere nt patter ns that y ou can use to make yo ur im age appe ar simil ar to a n imp ression ist pai nting.
106 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro se t the X Si ze V ar i at ion va lue t o 5 %, the b rus h str oke s w i ll r a ndo m ly g row betwe en 0 an d 5% o f t he X Me an Size valu e. $ Y Mean Size Specif ies the size of th e brush strok e along th e y axis.
107 C reatin g an impr ession ist effect • Bl end Ov er Ori gin al Use this to b lend t he brush str okes with your or iginal ima ge. This i s us eful when you a re usin g smal ler b rus h st rokes and w ant t o reduc e a ny s emi-tra nsparent a reas a round the brush strok es.
108 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Cr eati ng a le ns flar e effect The Matrox le ns fla re ef fe c t lets you si mulate th e li ght refracti ons cau sed by shi ning a br ight l igh t into the le ns of a camera when taki ng a photo.
109 C reatin g a l ens fla re effect Adjus ting the percen tage on th e x and y ax es change s the lens flare’ s width and hei ght, respe cti ve ly . $ In tens ity Sets the opacit y of the light re fract ions. Le vels range from com plete ly transpar ent (0 ) to opaque (100) .
110 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Overview of the lum a key ef fect Y ou can use the Matrox real time plug-i n to app ly a luma ke y to mak e certain area s of a fore gro und im age tr anspa rent b ased on the lu minan ce in that image , s o that an underlyi ng image can sho w through .
111 Cr eati ng a lu ma ke y ef fect Cre a ting a lu ma k ey ef fec t T o s et up a Matro x luma k ey e f fec t, cl ic k the tri ang le n ext t o M atro x Luma Key to exp a nd th e pr ope r ty li st: • Graph ical Allo ws you to s ee a graphica l represe ntati on of your change s when you adj ust the property set ti ngs.
112 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro cont rol as de fin ing a “Tra nspar ent to Opa que” ran ge for ke ying th e dark are as of your f ore ground image. • High Clip This c ontr ol is simi lar to Low C lip , e xcept you us e it to s elec t the hi gher (br ight er) luminan ce v a lues to be ke yed.
113 Cr eati ng a lu ma ke y ef fect Y ou can se lect l umina nce v alues on whic h t o k ey b y adj ustin g the L ow Clip and High Clip handl es, or you c an us e t he lu minance eye drop per to automatic al ly pick the lum inanc e v alu e you wa nt to k e y on.
114 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Cr eatin g a ma sk effect The Matrox mask ef fect let s you choos e fro m doz ens of s of t-edged cuto ut shapes that you can appl y to a clip to supe rimpos e it onto an other cl ip.
115 Cr ea ting a ma sk e ff ec t • Tr a n s f o r m Use these c ontrols to apply or change v arious t ransf orm se ttings for your mask ef fect , such as t he posit ion, sca le, and rot ation of the mask. For mo re information, se e “T ransform ing y our clip” on page 52 .
116 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a mask bl ur effect The Matrox m ask blu r effe ct lets you crea te a “regi on of inte rest” b y adding a mask to your c li p and applyi ng blu rring t o i t. Y ou can choose from many dif ferent mask patt ern s.
117 Creatin g a mask blur e ffect $ Shap e T r anspar ency Se ts t he t ran spa ren cy of the sha pe and th e ar ea around the shape. At the de fault set tin g (0), t he sha pe is c omple tely op aque and t he area ar ound the sha pe is tra nspa rent.
118 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Cr eating a m ask mosaic effe ct The Matro x m as k mosaic ef fect lets you c reate a “r egion of int erest” by a dding a mask to your clip and ap plying a mosaic ef fect t o it.
119 Cre ating a mask mosaic effe ct ¦N o t e Th e Ou tside T ran spare ncy sett ing i s appli c a ble o nly if you ’ ve sc aled do wn, mo ved, or rotate d your mask us ing the tr ansfor m control s so th at the ma sk d oe sn ’t cover t he ent ire scre en.
120 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Cre a ting a mov e & s ca le e ffec t The Matrox m ov e & scale ef fect lets you pos ition an d scal e your clip s anywh ere in 2 D s pace whi le addi ng sof t edges i n real time .
121 Cre ating a move & scale effe ct $ Nonlinea r Sof tness Se lect this opti on to mak e the bounda ries of the soft ness re gion le ss ob viou s. Ena bli ng this opti on mak es y our edge soft ness cont rols pro duc e result s simila r to the borde r soft ness c ont ro ls i n th e Ma tro x 3D D VE ef fe ct.
122 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating an old movie effect The Matrox ol d movie ef fect lets you crea te an old f il m look on your clips by addi ng n oise , dus t, st reaks , ji tt er , and fli ckers.
123 Creating an ol d movie e ffect • Gr een Onl y Us es the gree n cha nnel. • Blue Only Uses th e blue channe l. • Alp ha Onl y U se s th e al pha c han nel. • Lum a Us es th e lum ina nce val ues. • Ov er sat ura te d Lu ma Us es t he o versa tur ate d lum ina nce valu es only .
124 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro • Strea k $ Strea k Pattern All ows you to s elec t a s trea k patt ern. Clic k t he b utt on on the ri ght to se e th e li st of availa ble pat ter ns . $ A mount Sets the maximum number of streak s that c an be visib le at an y gi ven time.
125 Creating an ol d movie e ffect follo ws a rhythmic b eat. The hi gher the v alue the more random the flic kerin g bec omes. • Colo r Gain and Col or Ad dition (Red, G reen, Blue) Y ou can use the cont rols unde r Color Ga in an d Colo r Add ition to ind ivi dually f ine-tune t he colo rs of your image.
126 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a page curl effect The Matrox pa ge curl ef fect lets y ou creat e page cur ls that are truly 3D wit h full- m ot ion vide o on the re ve rse sid e, and reali stic hig hlights.
127 Creating a pa ge curl e ffect $ Curl Softn ess Creat es a sof t ed ge on the se ction of th e page tha t is curli ng. ¦N o t e Y ou will not be abl e to see the Curl So ftn es s on your page c url if yo u adju s t the scale o r rota tio n se ttings in the t ran sform contr ols.
128 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a pan & scan eff ect The Matrox pa n & scan ef fect lets you eas ily con vert f ootage from one aspect rati o to anothe r .
129 Creati ng a pan & sc a n e ffe ct ¦N o t e If you are wo rking in HD, your out put will al ways be 16: 9. Theref ore, if you c hoose 4: 3 as your D estination Aspect R atio , your c lip will be distort ed. • Scale Us e this to pro portionall y resize (en larg e or reduce) your cl ip.
130 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a ripple ef fect The Matrox ri pple e f fect let s you crea te 3 D ri pple p atte rns t hat s imul ate a fla g w avi ng, ri pple s i n a pond, o r a drea m sequ ence.
131 Cr eating a ripple effec t • Cr op All o ws yo u t o crop the e dge s of your cl ip. F or more i nfor mation, see “Cropping you r clip” on page 55 . ¡ Importa nt Due t o t he s hap e of the ri pp le eff e c t, yo ur ef fect m ay ex ceed the cr opped are a.
132 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro C r eat in g a sh adow eff ec t The Matrox sha dow e f fect l ets you pro ject a re alisti c shado w fr om an y source cont ain ing k e y infor m atio n, suc h as D VE s a nd t itles with a n alp ha channe l.
133 Cr ea ti n g a s ha do w ef f ect • T op Righ t Co rner Opac ity Sets t he opac ity of the top ri ght corne r . Le v els range from completel y trans parent (0) to op aque (100). • T op Le ft Co rn er Co lor Use thi s to se t the top le ft co rner color .
134 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro C r eat in g a s hin e eff ect The Matrox s hin e eff ect al lows you to creat e rays t hat shine th rough te xt, or add shi mmer to an object in your clip. Y ou can also use t he shin e effe ct to make two-di mensional t ext a ppear as thre e-d imensi onal te xt.
135 Cre ating a shine effect $ End Opa city Sets the opa ci ty of t he ra ys fur th est fro m th e li ght sou rce . Le ve ls r ange from comple tely trans parent (0 ) to o paq ue (100) . • Pre pr oce s sin g These c ontrols al lo w you to i sola te a chan nel a s t he inp ut fo r t he s hin e.
136 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro pr ogresses from bla ck to white a nd you want you r gradient to end at dark gr ay , drag the sl ider t o 10%. • Noise Use thes e c ontr ols to app ly noise p a t terns to y our shine ef fe ct.
137 Cre ating a shine effect • Ma sk Se ttin gs L et yo u se lect a mas k patte rn and adju st th e tr anspa ren c y se ttings to defi ne the are a where you want to appl y yo ur shine effe ct. $ Enable Mas k Se lect th is o ption to ena bl e the mask.
138 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a s phere ef fect The Matrox s phere ef fe c t lets you wrap you r clip aroun d a t rue 3D sphere wit h sha dow and highli ght.
139 Cr ea ting a sp her e effe ct • Light Settings $ Sh ow Li gh t P os i tio n Select this opti on to displ ay a diamond -shape d curs or that sho ws th e po sition of the light source (highli ght ) on y our sphere. Make sure you clea r this opt ion before exporti ng your f in al proje ct.
140 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a s urface finish ef fect The Matrox surf ace f inis h ef fect all o ws you to a ppl y v ari ous text ures to you r cli ps, suc h as meta l, bric k, wood, or gra nite wi th color s pot li ghti ng.
141 Cre ating a surf ace finis h effe ct $ Ba ck Face C ontr ol • Blending Factor B le nds t he ba ck f ace of th e sl ab w it h the s urf ace te xtu re. T he hi gher t he va lue, t he more your clip bl ends in. A v alue of ze ro wi ll dis pla y only the su rfac e text ure .
142 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro • Relativ e P os ition Se lecti ng thi s optio n will make th e seco nd lig ht sour ce rel ati v e to the cente r of y our clip . F or exa mple, if y ou mov e your cli p, th e second lig ht sourc e will mo v e with it.
143 Cr ea ting a trac k matt e e ffec t Cre a ting a tr ac k ma tt e ef fe ct The Matrox tr ack mat te e f fect l ets you supe rimpos e on e cl ip onto a not her usin g an a nim ated matt e, som etim es c alled a tra veli ng mat te, to d eterm ine ho w the tw o cli ps are compo sited ( keye d).
144 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro 4 Plac e your fore gr ound c lip (the clip you w ant t o sup erimpose onto you r back ground cli p) dire ctly ab ove yo ur matte clip, and app ly the Mat r ox T rack M atte effe ct to t his cl ip.
145 C reatin g a twir l e f fect Cre a tin g a twi rl ef fe ct The Ma trox twirl ef fect lets you creat e twirl pat terns that twis t and rota te your vide o and graphics c li ps i nto s pirals, c oils , or whirl pools . • X & Y P osition Sets the p ositi on of the twirl alon g t he hor izo ntal and v er ti ca l ax es.
146 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Creating a wipe t ransition The Matrox wip e trans itions support standard dis sol ves , SMPTE wipes, a nd or gani c wipes with s oft edges and color bo rder s.
147 Cre ating a wipe transition $ Balance Lets y ou adju st th e pr ominence of the border be tween image A and i mage B. F or e xample , pos iti v e v alue s make t he borde r more pro minent in im age B, whi le ne gati ve v alues m ake th e border m ore prominen t in i mage A.
148 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Using the Matrox chroma clamper effect Y ou can u se the Matrox c hroma cl amper e f fect to e nsure that when you’ ve app lie d effec ts th at perf or m colo r sp ace co n vers ion on par t of a clip , the clip ’ s colo rs remain co nsta nt throughou t.
149 Matrox R T . X 2 real time g uidelines Matrox RT .X2 realtim e guidelines In you r Adobe Prem iere Pro projec ts, yo u can use v ari ous c ombinati ons o f realti me Matro x CPU-based ef fects (Flex CPU eff ects), hardwa re-acce lerated ef fects ( Fle x GP U ef fect s ), an d Ado be Pr emie re Pr o f ix ed ef fect s, all wi th tra ns paren cy .
150 Chapte r 4, Sett ing Up R ealti me Effects wi th A dobe Premiere Pro Supported graphics form ats All full -screen sin gle-fra me gr aphics support ed b y Adobe Pre miere P ro a re supp orte d in real ti m e o n Matro x R T .X2 . This incl udes al l ti tling f orma ts that Pre miere Pro sup ports, such as Adobe T itle Desi gner .
Cha p te r 5 U sing Matro x RT .X2 w ith Video for Win dows Pro gra ms This chapter p rovid es inf ormati on you need t o know whe n us ing Vide o for Wi ndo ws programs to rende r m aterial on you r Matro x RT .
152 Chapte r 5, Using Ma trox RT . X 2 wit h Video for Wi ndows P rograms Overview When using V ideo for W i ndows (VFW) programs to rend er m a teria l to an .a vi f ile , such a s in the case of a compl eted vi deo produc ti on or an animat ion, you c an use a M atr ox cod ec to cre ate a M atr ox .
153 Bef ore yo u st art re nd ering ¦N o t e Y ou must hav e the Ma trox R T . X2 hardw are for full supp ort of the Matrox MPEG-2 I-fr ame HD code c. The “+ A l pha” Matro x MPEG-2 I-fra me codecs are a v aila ble only on a sys tem that ha s R T .
154 Chapte r 5, Using Ma trox RT . X 2 wit h Video for Wi ndows P rograms Selecting co lor s pace conv ersion opt ions When you rende r materia l to an .
155 Bef ore yo u st art re nd ering parti cula r code c, t hey are also set for t he ot her codecs that sup port t hose op tions . $ Stan dard Renders vide o using s tanda rd broad cast lumina nce le vels. Super bla ck and sup er white lu minance le vels are clipp ed.
156 Chapte r 5, Using Ma trox RT . X 2 wit h Video for Wi ndows P rograms Rendering material to a Matrox VFW . avi file When you rende r materia l to an .a vi f ile, s uch as when you render a f in ishe d vide o pr oductio n o r an a ni mation, yo u must sel ect the c ompress or (c odec) you w ant to creat e the fi le .
157 Rendering mat erial to a M at rox VFW .avi file Configuring the M atrox MPEG-2 I-frame codecs When y ou cli ck you r p rogram’ s Config ure b utt on to conf igure a Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame c odec .
158 Chapte r 5, Using Ma trox RT . X 2 wit h Video for Wi ndows P rograms 5 Under Zig Zag Or der , sel ect one of t he follo wing: $ Regular Set s the regul ar (def ault) zi g z ag scanni ng pattern of the A C coef fici ent of the DCT block as def ined in the ISO/IEC 13818 -2 (f igure 7 -2) sp ecif ic ation do cumentat ion.
Cha p te r 6 Usi n g the Mat r ox WYS IWY G P lu g-i ns This chapter e xplains how to use th e Matro x WYSIWYG Contro l Panel and pl ug-i ns avail able with Matrox RT .X2 so that you can disp lay the cont ents of your composit ion or ani mation o n your video mo ni to r .
160 Cha pte r 6 , Usi ng the Ma tro x W YSIW YG Pl ug -ins Overview T oge ther wit h your Matr ox R T .X2 hardw are, th e Matrox WYSIWYG Control P anel and Ma tro x WYSIWYG pl ug-ins let you dis play t he c onte nts of your com posit ion or animati on on your video m onitor .
161 Co nfiguri n g the M atro x W YSIW YG Con tro l Panel ¦N o t e If Adobe Premie re Pro is runni ng, the Pro je ct Fo rma t a nd Outpu t Fo rmat wi ll be d etermine d by yo ur Premier e P ro p roject ’ s vide o output se ttings .
162 Cha pte r 6 , Usi ng the Ma tro x W YSIW YG Pl ug -ins Required steps to use the WY SIWYG plug-ins The fol lowi ng sectio ns l ist the steps r equir ed to us e the Matr ox W YSIWYG plug-i n for each appli catio n in orde r t o previ e w your compos ition or ani mation on yo ur video moni tor .
163 Required step s to use the WYSIWYG plug-ins NewT ek LightWave 3D 1 Start Ne wT e k Ligh tW av e 3D a nd l oad t he f il e you want t o pr evi ew b y choos ing F ile > Load > Loa d Scene . 2 Clic k the Rende r ta b . 3 Under Opti ons on the l eft h and sid e of the s cree n, c lick Render Globals .
164 Cha pte r 6 , Usi ng the Ma tro x W YSIW YG Pl ug -ins Y our notes.
Cha p te r 7 Monito ring Y o ur M atrox R T .X2 Sy stem This chapter e xplains how to use th e Matr ox X.i nfo prog ra m to dis play im portan t deta ils ab out you r Matr ox R T .
166 Cha pte r 7, M onito r ing Y our M atro x R T .X2 Sys tem Using X.info to display RT .X2 information The Matrox X. info pro gram lets yo u displa y informati on abo ut your Matrox R T .X2 syste m and installe d hardwa re, and pro vides war ning s when certain pro blem s a ris e, such a s w hen the tem per atu re of your R T .
167 Usin g X.info to di splay RT .X2 inf ormati on Cr eate . If Ope n file afte r scan i s se lect ed, the HTML sy st em log op ens af ter it is cre ated .
168 Cha pte r 7, M onito r ing Y our M atro x R T .X2 Sys tem Displaying ha rdware information T o displ ay i nformat ion a bout your Ma tro x R T .X2 hardwa re, select Hardwar e from the D isplay Information Abou t li st. Y our R T .X card and dis play card are ea ch re pr ese nte d by a t ab .
169 Usin g X.info to di splay RT .X2 inf ormati on Monitoring your RT .X2 card’s operating temperat ures As sho wn in the X. inf o Hardwar e se ction, the RT .X2 Card p a ge dis plays the curre nt and maximum opera tin g temperat ures for your Matrox R T .
170 Cha pte r 7, M onito r ing Y our M atro x R T .X2 Sys tem Y our notes.
Appendix A Unde r sta ndi ng St an dard an d Advan ce d Pu lldow n This a ppe ndi x desc ribe s the most c ommon p ul ld own me thod s, an d ex pl ai n s h ow an d whe n th es e pul ldow n me thod s ar e e mploy ed by Matr ox RT .
172 Appendix A, Un derstandi ng Stan dard and A dvan ced Pull down Overview P art of your proje ct’ s work flow may in vol ve the appli cation of a pull do wn tec hnique to con vert your input vide o t o your projec t’ s video forma t. Pulldo wn can a lso be appli ed to your output video to meet certain requi rements .
173 Adv ance d 2:3 :3 :2 pu lldo wn Performing a sta ndard re ve rse pul ldown (2: 3 cadence) re verses the process by con vert ing 29.97 fps interl aced vi deo to 23.98 fps progr e ss iv e vi deo. This i s achi ev ed by di sca rding a v ideo fr ame (two vide o fie lds) from the sequence .
174 Appendix A, Un derstandi ng Stan dard and A dvan ced Pull down The fol lowi ng dia gram demonst rates the proces s: Adv a nc ed 2:3:3: 2 pulldo wn is accompl ished by rep rese nting the fi rst fra.
Appendix B M a tro x R T .X2 W o r kf low s Th is append ix p rov ides info rm a tio n a bou t w or kin g w ith diff erent typ es of p rojects in Ad obe Pre m ie re P ro on Ma tr ox RT .
176 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows Overview This app end ix provid es general infor mati on a bout usi ng va rious Mat rox R T .X2 pr oject pre sets and codecs for wor king with dif ferent typ es of proje cts i n Adobe Pre miere Pro.
177 Working wi th S D “24P” materi al 486p @ 23.9 8 fps workflow example The fol lowi ng dia gram illus trat es a typica l 486p @ 23.98 fps wor kflo w usin g Matrox R T .
178 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows Work ing with HD projects ¦N o t e Altho ugh Matrox R T . X 2 SD does not suppo rt working wit h HD projects , you ca n captur e and im port HD V 1080i /p cli ps to an SD proje ct on R T .X2 SD as ex pla ined in “Capturing HD V and S D materi al on Matrox R T .
179 Wor king wi th H D projec ts 1440 × 1080i/p work flow ex ample The follo wi ng diagram illust rates a typi cal workflo w for wor king with a 1440 × 1080i/p proj ect on Mat rox R T .X2: Remarks • T o out put a 1440 × 1 080p @ 23.98 fps proj ect as 1080i @ 29.
180 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows 720p workflow example The follo wi ng diagra m illust rates a typica l workflo w for wor king with a 720p pr oject on Ma trox R T .
181 Captu ring HD V and SD m aterial to edit in S D on Matrox RT .X 2 Capturing HDV and SD m aterial to edit in SD on Mat rox RT .X2 If you want t o d eli v er in SD b ut take adv a ntage of the super.
182 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows Capturing HD V and SD material on Matrox RT .X 2 S D On Matrox R T . X2 SD you can take adva ntage of the supe rior imag e qualit y of fe re d by your HD V camera by ca pturing n a t iv e HD V 1080i/p mater ial o ve r the 1394 int erf ace in an SD proj ect.
183 U sing the Matrox MPEG-2 I-f rame HD codec Using the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD codec ¦N o t e The Matrox MPE G - 2 I-frame HD codec is not supp orte d for capture or ex port on Matr ox R T .X2 SD. The Matrox MP EG-2 I-frame HD codec allo ws you to contro l the data r ate of the vide o that y ou a re capt uring or e xporting.
184 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows This work flow s cenario is repres ented in the follo wing dia gram: A nalog component video footage shot as 1 0 8 0 i@ 29.
185 U sing the Matrox MPEG-2 I-f rame HD codec MPEG-2 I-f rame HD codec workflow example for online editing In this workf l o w exampl e, the Matrox MPEG-2 I- frame HD code c is used to ca ptur e vide o clip s for use in a n onli ne ed iti ng pr ojec t.
186 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows Using Matrox R T .X2 to edit Matrox A xio offline HD projects ¦N o t e Matro x R T . X2 SD d oes not suppor t Ma t rox Axio of fline HD clip s. Matrox R T .X2 suppor ts realti me pla yback of Matr ox A x io of fline HD clips so that y ou can use your Ma tr ox R T .
187 Sup ported video com pression form ats Supported vid eo compression form ats The follo wi ng tabl e li sts th e sup ported video compress ion fo rmats fo r perform ing va ri ous op erati ons o n Matro x R T . X2 depend ing on your pr oject’ s vide o f ormat.
188 App endi x B, Matrox RT .X 2 W or kf lows Supported master output f ormats The fol lowi ng ta ble lists the support ed maste r output form ats for Matrox R T .X2 depe ndin g o n your project ’ s video format . ¦N o t e Matro x R T .X2 SD sup ports SD pro je cts onl y .
Appendix C Ma trox RT .X 2 C usto mer Supp ort This appendix expl ains how you can reg i ster yo ur Matr o x RT .X2 and ob tain customer sup port..
190 Appendix C, Matrox RT .X2 Custo mer S upport Getting the mos t support If you ha v e a problem that you’ r e unable to solv e by re ferring to your Matrox R T .
Appendix D M a tr ox R T .X2 Gl o ss a ry This glossary def ines many of the terms used in this man ual and re late d doc umenta tion..
192 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary Use th is glossa ry as a re ferenc e for many of the basic terms use d in this manu al and re lated docume ntat ion . Numeri cs 1394 See IEEE-1 3 94. 2:3 pul ldown A me thod used to crea te additional v id eo frames when 24 fps film foo tage or 23.
193 Glo ssary of t erms aspe ct ratio A width- to- height ra tio. F or exam pl e, a 1 2-by -9 -in ch im age ha s an aspe ct ra tio of 4:3 (fou r-t o-thr ee) . Most TV scr eens ha v e a 4:3 aspec t r atio. H D TV scr eens ha ve a 16 :9 aspe ct rat io. assemble e ditin g R e cordin g ne w video and a udio m ate rial s equ entia lly ont o t ape.
194 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary lighting conditions or inc o rr ect camera settings. See als o white balancing. compile See rende r . com po n ent v id eo A vid eo s i gna l hav in g separate chann els for th e video info rmation, as opp os ed to a co mbine d (comp osit e) signal .
195 Glo ssary of t erms enhance display capa bilities. Also called gra phic s card. See als o GPU . dissolve A transition in w hich one image smoothly fade s to ano ther image. It is char act eriz ed by t he gradua l en ding o f one im age o ccu rrin g si mu ltan eou sly w it h the gra dual begi nni ng of a noth er .
196 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary F fade to black A tra nsi tion com monly use d to signify the end of a scene, in which an ima ge or sound s mo othl y f ades to a black screen or silenc e ( also cal l ed a f ade- out transition). Similarly , y ou could sta rt a new sce ne with a fa de u p fr om bla ck (o r f ade- in) transition.
197 Glo ssary of t erms camc orde rs a nd D V decks . Common ly re fer red to as 1394. I-f ra me com pr es sio n See MPEG-2 I- frame. I-fram e (Intra -fram e) A fram e created dur ing the MPEG or MPEG-2 com pression pro ces s t hat conta ins all t he i nfor m ation re quir ed t o repr oduce a c omp lete imag e.
198 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary of ti me code ca n be rea d only whi le the tape is m ovin g. See al so VIT C. luma key An ef fe ct th at make s por tions of a f ore ground image ful ly or par tia ll y tr ansp arent based on t he l um inanc e o f th at ima ge , so that an under ly i ng ima ge can sh ow thro ugh.
199 Glo ssary of t erms created). Used fo r high-quality distr ib ution and f or a rchi ving. mV Abbre via tion for milliv olt (one- tho us andth of a v olt) . Unit of meas ureme nt some ti mes us ed to de fin e the am plit ude of a vid eo si gnal . Se e al so IRE unit .
200 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary di fferen ces b et ween it and the c los es t pre vio us I-frame or P-fr ame . This for wa rd pre dictio n allow s for hi gher compre ssion t han with I-fr ames, but not as high as with B- frame s.
201 Glo ssary of t erms SDTV Standard Definition T elev isio n . A te le visi on for mat w ith imag e r es olut ions up to 525 ve rti cal sc an l ines fo r NT SC vi de o an d 625 vertical scan lines for P AL video. SDTV can h a ve a 4:3 o r 16: 9 asp ect r atio.
202 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary so urce th ro ugh each fra me, c onvert ing t he optical images to an electro n ic signal tha t is then recorded to v ide o tape.
203 Glo ssary of t erms point. White balancing assum e s that whe n a whi te o bjec t ca n be ma de to look whit e, the other co lo r le v els will also be ac curate. White bal ancing is used to c orr ect imprope r colo r le vels of an image that are due to varying lighting conditions or inc o rrect cam era settings.
204 App endi x D, Mat rox RT .X 2 Gl os sary Y our notes.
Numerics 1440x 1080i/p pr oject s working with 178 , 179 , 181 3D DVE cr eat in g 85 map ping M otion eff ect to 24 3ds M ax WY SI WY G pl ug- in Se e Autode sk 3d s Max WYSIW YG plug -in 486p @ 23 .
206 Index requ ired step s 162 See al so Matro x WYSI WYG pl ug- ins Au to des k C om bus tio n W YSI WY G pl ug -i n about 160 requ ired step s 162 See al so Matro x WYSI WYG pl ug- ins Automatic Gai.
207 Index Co mpre sso r sel ect ing fo r VFW render 156 CPU- ba sed e f f ects 149 Cropp ing your c lip 55 us ing Se le ct C r op 56 Cry sta lli ze e ffe ct cr eat in g 101 Cu be effe ct cr eat in g 9.
208 Index HD pr oject s scal i ng SD clips in 20 suppo rted c ompress io n for mat s 187 HDV material capt urin g nativ e on RT. X 2 29 capt urin g nativ e on RT.
209 Index Matrox DVCPRO codec se lect i ng for cap ture 29 sel ecting fo r exp ort to di sk 37 sel ect ing fo r VFW render 156 Matrox EZ-HDV AVI c reati ng ref er ence fi le s fo r la rg e HDV cl ips .
210 Index MPEG -2 I- fr ame HD sett ing s sel ecting in Ado be Prem iere Pro 39 sel ect ing in VFW pro gram s 157 MPEG -2 I- frame se tti ngs sel ecting in Ado be Prem iere Pro 39 sel ect ing in VFW p.
211 Index cr eat in g 98 g arbage matt e effe ct s cr eat in g 103 im pre ssio nist ef fect cr eat in g 105 lens fl ar e effec t cr eat in g 108 lum a key eff ec t cr eat in g 111 ov ervi ew 11 0 mas .
212 Index Se tu p le vel sel ec tin g f or NT SC an al og vide o 26 Shado w eff ect cr eat in g 132 Sh ine eff ec t cr eat in g 134 Sony XDCAM EX files usi ng in projec ts 7 , 178 Sound card rec ord i.
213 Index WAV fi les capt ur ing usi ng Adob e Pre miere Pro 31 expor t ing usi ng Adob e Pre miere Pr o 38 Wid es cre en fo rma t edit ing SD materi al on Matrox RT. X2 47 Win dows Ex plorer dis pla ying det ai ls for clips 8 Wip e tr an siti ons cr eat in g 146 Workflow s for M atr ox RT .
214 Index Your notes.
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