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Cart News » Matrox a Safe Harbor blogMatrox Releases Highly-Tuned I/O Device Drivers for Adobe CS5.5
Montreal, Canada—April 5, 2012—Matrox Video Products Group today announced the most amazing Matrox I/O drivers yet for Adobe Creative Suite. Windows release 6.1 and Mac OS release 2.5 for the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and the Mojito MAX card provide Adobe CS5.5 support optimized for the latest multicore, high-performance systems. "Early users of this release are raving about the rock-solid performance they now get from their Adobe editing experiences with Matrox I/O solutions," said Dan Maloney, technical marketing manager at Matrox. "The forums are buzzing with positive feed back." "With the combination of my Matrox MXO2 and Adobe CS5.5, my editing system behaves the way I expect it to," said Craig Van Horne, editor at Scorched Ice Digital. "Adobe CS5.5 gives me complete creative freedom and Matrox enables me to see all my work on my HD-SDI monitor, all while dynamic linking among Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop. It's pretty awesome." "As a long time user I can say without hesitation that Matrox is demonstrating a commitment to giving professionals hardware and software that works to the high standards required by the broadcast industry," said David Cherniack, documentary filmmaker at All In One Films. Availability Release 6.1 for Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and Mojito MAX for Windows and release 2.5 for Mac OS are now available to registered users as a free download from the Matrox website. Matrox Expands Product Line to Include Multiviewers
MONTREAL—April 5, 2012—At the 2012 NAB Show, Matrox Video Products Group will introduce a new multiviewer, ideal for OB vans, on-set productions, and live events. "This is a new product category for Matrox," said Alberto Cieri, senior director of sales and marketing at Matrox. "The success of our converter products has given us a thorough understanding of the needs of A/V integrators and broadcast engineers. We will be offering them a new multiviewer that will let them monitor multiple video feeds very cost-effectively." The new Matrox multiviewer will be demonstrated at the 2012 NAB Show in booth SL5115. About Matrox Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for accelerated H.264 encoding, realtime editing, audio/video input/output, DVD/Blu-ray authoring, streaming, A/V signal conversion, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, videographers, and A/V professionals worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit http://www.sharbor.com/vendors/MTX.html. Mac Release 2.5 Now Available for Matrox MXO2 Family, Mojito MAX and CompressHD
Mac release 2.5 for MXO2 Family, Mojito MAX and CompressHD provides updates to improve overall performance and stability with Adobe CS5.5 and improvements and fixes with Matrox MAX functionality. RED 1K and 2K presets are now available in Adobe Premiere Pro for Matrox products that provide SDI I/O. New Features Added to Matrox Convert DVI Family of HD-SDI Scan Converters
Matrox Convert DVI release 4.0 for PC and 1.0.1 for Mac are now available for download. New features make Matrox Convert DVI Plus even simpler and more convenient to use. Automatic input detection is particularly important for A/V integrators who might regularly deal with a variety of input devices in the course of their work. Now any computer running at any resolution can be connected at the input, and Matrox Convert DVI Plus will automatically output at the desired, preprogrammed resolution. On the PC, the graphic overlay feature lets users add a custom logo or graphic to the Convert DVI Plus output. For example, any PNG or TGA file can be displayed over a YouTube video, a Skype conversation, or a Google Earth map. Snap-to-window support enables users to automatically position the region-of-interest to output any window or element within an application or website, such as a YouTube video. Matrox ConvertUtils version 4.0 provides the following new features on the PC:
Matrox Convert DVI version 1.0.1 provides the following new features on the Mac:
Download Matrox Convert DVI releases 4.0 for Mac and 1.0.1 for PC Matrox Support for Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Broadcast Monitoring Now Available
Beta release 3.0.1 for Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and the new Matrox Mojito MAX card is now available on our user forum. This software update adds broadcast monitoring support with the recent Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. Broadcast monitoring in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 allows video and audio output to a variety of external monitors and other equipment using the SDI, HDMI or analog video outputs from Matrox products. Beta release 3.0.1 also provides support for Apple Compressor 4 with all MAX-enabled Matrox MXO2 devices and the Mojito MAX card. To download the new beta driver, please visit the Matrox user forum: Matrox Congratulates Rob Legato, VFX Supervisor on "Hugo," for Oscar Nomination
(Montreal, Canada—February 15, 2012) Matrox® Video Products Group would like to congratulate Matrox MXO2™ MAX™ user Rob Legato, and the VFX team of "Hugo," on their 2012 Oscar® nomination, awarded by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Caught on camera during production, Mr. Legato had this to say: "My facility, basically, is an open architecture for every type of device Final Cut®, Avid®, Premiere®, After Effects®, and all these different types of things. I need to be able to have access to all of them because I'm communicating with people who use all these various products. The MXO2, when it's coupled with Premiere, it actually can play just about any medium so it becomes a huge asset in my editing room I use the H.264 capability to speed up whatever it is I'm trying to do I can a get file out in seconds where it used to take me sometimes hours to do it and that is a huge bonus." Visit the Matrox website to watch the entire interview with Rob Legato and learn how he used Matrox MXO2 MAX on the production of "Hugo." About Matrox MXO2 I/O Devices Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality input and output for use with popular editing applications and also let users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone, without sacrificing quality. They are the only solutions on the market that connect anywhere, Mac® and PC, via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34, with the same versatile unit. Other important features include 10-bit hardware scaling, inexpensive HD monitoring with the exclusive Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility, and 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring using professional connections. For more information and pricing, please visit http://www.sharbor.com/vendors/MTX.html. Matrox Announces Upcoming Public Beta Release for Apple Final Cut Pro X
Matrox will provide an open public beta for Apple Final Cut Pro X v10.0.3. One of the many new and exciting features of Final Cut Pro X update is the ability to use professional monitors. This release will allow Matrox I/O products; PCIe cards, ExpressCard/34 or Thunderbolt I/O devices broadcast quality output to a variety of monitors; SDI, Analog Component or HDMI monitors while editing with Apple Final Cut Pro X. The unique Matrox HDMI calibration utility ensures the display of colors for projects with the highest fidelity possible on an HDMI monitor. Matrox beta release 3.0.1 supports Apple Final Cut Pro X for Matrox MXO2 Family and Matrox Mojito MAX. Drivers will be available on the Matrox user forum the week of February 13. Learn more about Matrox video hardware here. Matrox MC-100 SDI-to-HDMI Mini Converter Now Shipping
(Montreal, Canada—November 15, 2011) Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI-to-HDMI mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link, HD, and SD-SDI, is now available from Matrox dealers worldwide. Priced at $495 US, this single portable unit can be used as an HD-SDI switcher, a distribution amplifier, a multiplexer, and a 3D processing unit, making it the most versatile mini converter on the market. "We launched MC-100 to great acclaim at IBC in September, even garnering a TV Technology Europe STAR Award," said Charles Amyot, product manager at Matrox. "Now, rather than purchasing different devices to perform different tasks, broadcast engineers and A/V professionals have a single, affordable, easy-to-use device that meets their diverse needs when it comes to managing SDI signals within their environments for monitoring, distributing, switching, multiplexing, and converging 3D. Matrox MC-100 should be in every video professional's toolbox."
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Price and availability Priced at $495 US, Matrox MC-100 is available now from Safe Harbor Computers here: http://www.sharbor.com/products/MTXN5430006.html. Matrox Ships World's First I/O Card With Onboard H.264 Encoding Accelerator
(Montreal, Canada—November 3, 2011) Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of Matrox Mojito™ MAX™, an SDI/HDMI/analog HD/SD video and professional audio I/O card that includes an onboard Matrox MAX H.264 encoding accelerator. Not only does Matrox Mojito MAX provide broadcast-quality input and output for leading editing apps including Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium, Apple® Final Cut Studio® and Final Cut Pro® X, as well as the new Avid® Media Composer® 6, it also lets users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality. Other important features packed into this Ύ-length PCIe card include 10-bit hardware scaling and inexpensive HD monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility. "The time-saving benefits of our unique MAX H.264 accelerator have been long appreciated by users of our portable MXO2 I/O devices, but many customers have been asking for an economical card for Mac Pro® and PC workstations that can do the same job," said Alberto Cieri, senior director of sales and marketing at Matrox. "Mojito MAX nicely addresses the need for a single-slot card with SDI, HDMI, and analog I/O plus H.264 encoding speed and quality all at a breakthrough price point." Price and availability Matrox Mojito MAX can now be ordered from Safe Harbor Computers. Priced at $995 U.S., the Matrox Mojito MAX kit includes the card plus a complete video/audio I/O breakout cable and an HDMI cable. For more information, please visit: http://www.sharbor.com/products/MTXN5010189.html. Matrox Announces Support for Avid Media Composer 6
MONTREAL Nov. 3, 2011 Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Avid® Media Composer® version 6 with the entire range of Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and the new Matrox Mojito™ MAX™ card. Not only do Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality input and output, they also lets users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone, without sacrificing quality. Other important features include 10-bit hardware scaling, inexpensive HD monitoring with the exclusive Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility, and 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring using professional connections.
"Matrox MXO2 MAX I/O devices are unique on the market in giving Avid editors lightning-fast H.264 encoding directly from Media Composer 6," said Alberto Cieri, senior director of sales and marketing at Matrox. "They are also still the only solutions that connect anywhere, Mac® and PC, via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34 with the same versatile unit." "Avid first supported the Matrox MXO2 Mini a cost-effective HD monitoring solution compatible with both Mac OS® and Windows®, and on laptops and desktops with Media Composer version 5, and the reaction from customers was great," said Angus Mackay, pro video marketing manager at Avid. "Avid customers have asked for even more support for Matrox products, and they will be pleased to know that Matrox support for Avid Media Composer version 6 has now expanded to the entire range of Matrox MXO2 I/O devices, and the new Matrox Mojito MAX card, and includes full integration with Avid editing systems, including capture, monitoring, and output." Price and availability The full range of Matrox I/O devices is available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers starting at $449 U.S. (£338, 382), not including local taxes.
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