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Matrox MXO2 LE gives you broadcast-quality input and output for your favorite editing app plus a variety of productivity tools in a convenient, portable breakout box. Amplify your productivity with all the industry’s leading editing and content creation software for Mac and PC, as well as a wide variety of streaming, live production, and broadcast applications. Matrox MXO2 LE gives you a full range of professional audio and video inputs and outputs, genlock, RS-422 machine control, and 5.1/7.1 surround sound monitoring on the HDMI output. No additional breakout cable is required. Deliver projects in all the formats your clients demand. Matrox MXO2 LE provides high-quality up/down/cross conversion on capture and output...AND MUCH MORE!
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SMART I/O for Adobe CS6 Production Premium Matrox products have been the I/O hardware of choice for Adobe editors since 1995, offering many workflow advancements over the years. From the first real-time playback, real-time effects, and real-time export engines, to support for Mac and PC laptops and desktops with a single device, Matrox worked hand-in-hand with Adobe over many generations of the Adobe applications to make sure video professionals always had the tools they needed to do their jobs with the utmost creativity and productivity.
Now, the Matrox MXO2 devices are still the only solutions that connect anywhere, Mac and PC, via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34 – with the same versatile unit.
Along with the new Matrox Mojito MAX card, they are also the only I/O solutions on the market that let you deliver H.264 files up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality!
Capture, scale, monitor, and output in any format you need – from analog and HDMI to HD-SDI. Monitor your 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound mixes using professional connections. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional grade video monitor with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility. Enjoy special benefits with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Media Encoder, Prelude, and Encore.
Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro editors can take advantage of the full range of Matrox MXO2 and Mojito MAX features plus other important benefits such as the high-quality Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec, rock-solid deck control, support for leading file-based workflows such as RED, XDCAM, and P2, as well as unique closed captioning support.
On the PC, the Matrox I/O platforms offer a variety of advanced, easy-to-use Matrox Flex CPU effects such as primary and secondary color correction, proc amp controls, color match, color balance, input/output level control, RGB curves control, chroma and luma keying, smooth speed changes, transitions, wipes, and timecode overlay.
Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec The Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame intermediate codec is a high-quality, highly-efficient 8-bit 4:2:2 video codec used mainly as a less processor-intensive way of working with long-GOP footage such as HDV, AVCHD, and XDCAM HD. The bit rate of the codec can be set between 50 and 300 Mbps, giving you the flexibility on each clip to make your own tradeoffs between video quality and storage considerations.
It can be used with Adobe Premiere Pro in four ways:
as a full-raster capture codec when capturing from SDI or analog;
as an intermediate editing format when working with CPU-taxing formats such as AVCHD to maximize quality as well as editability;
as a rendering codec to ensure that "flattened" files maintain high quality when exporting or printing to tape; and
as an effective archiving codec for material that may be used in future projects.
Deck control In conjunction with the RS-422 hardware port on Matrox SDI I/O products, the Matrox device control feature enables traditional tape-based workflows for frame-accurate batch capture and print-to-tape with perfect A/V sync. On the Mac, this provides an easy way to capture to the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec or to any 8- or 10-bit QuickTime-based codec. On the PC, this provides an easy way to capture to the Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame codec or to the Matrox 10-bit uncompressed codec to enable a full end-to-end 10-bit workflow in Premiere Pro.
Smooth file-based workflows Matrox I/O devices tap into the Adobe Mercury Transmit engine to let you monitor and output your RED, XDCAM, and P2 timelines. While you edit, you see your project on your broadcast monitor or an inexpensive HDMI display. You just put your footage on the timeline and press play. Once you've finished your edit, the Matrox I/O device lets you play out your timeline directly to SDI and analog formats.
Closed captioning support on the Mac Matrox SDI I/O devices provide HD-SDI closed captioning support using the patent-pending Matrox 4VANC tool. You will no longer need to spend time and money recreating HD captioning data that is typically lost when editing projects. The unique Matrox workflow lets you capture, playback, and preserve closed captioning data while editing. Nothing is destroyed even when trimming or color correcting video clips.
In addition, Matrox has worked with CPC, the closed captioning software leader, to develop an innovative solution that allows the MacCaption software to encode, decode, edit, and create HD and SD closed captioning for use with Matrox SDI I/O devices. They also provide a cost effective way to monitor HD timelines containing closed captioning data on SDI and component SD monitors, while also inserting closed captioning information into line 21 of active video for SD deliverables. You can deliver HD and SD masters containing closed captions simultaneously.
Closed captioning support on the PC Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 lets you attach a closed caption data file to a sequence and display the closed captions in the Program Monitor and through Firewire DV output. Compatible file types are described as .mcc and .scc files for use in DTV (CEA-708) and SD (CEA-608) transmissions respectively.
Matrox SDI I/O devices can add appropriately formatted closed captioning data to line 21 of analog SD outputs for monitoring and print-to-tape. They can also let you use standard (nonclosed captioning enabled) monitors to preview HD timelines with closed captioning data by overlaying decoded closed captioning text over the previewed video. This is the ideal costeffective way to see your closed captions, even when you're using an inexpensive HDMI display as your program monitor.
Matrox SDI I/O devices can also embed closed captioning data in SDI streams in accordance with the above specifications and let you simultaneously deliver HD-SDI and analog SD masters containing closed captions. Matrox products equipped with Matrox MAX technology can also deliver H.264 files with embedded closed captioning information for the web, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV directly from Adobe Premiere Pro timelines.
Adobe After Effects Matrox I/O products let you experience your 2D and 3D motion graphics as you create them in After Effects, at full quality, full frame size, and full frame rate, with real-time RAM preview, on a wide range of monitors. You see your work as your client will, with accurate color representation and 1:1 pixel mapping. You can judge your work in a brand new way.
On the PC, Matrox also provides a variety of effects for use with After Effects – chroma clamper, chroma key, chroma key shadow, and luma ley, as well as primary and secondary color correctors. These effects are a perfect complement for users of Adobe Dynamic Link when working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Adobe Photoshop When working on those special graphics for your video productions, you can use the WYSIWYG feature of Matrox I/O products to preview your images on an external monitor. You can see how your graphics will be seen by your client.
Adobe Media Encoder Matrox MAX-enabled MXO2 devices and the Mojito MAX card provide lightning fast H.264 encoding on the PC by directly integrating with Adobe Media Encoder. On the Mac, Adobe Media Encoder is accelerated through the Apple QuickTime codec component.
Adobe Prelude Adobe Prelude lets you add searchable markers and other temporal metadata while you are ingesting and logging footage. Matrox I/O products provide full quality monitoring on HDMI, SDI, or analog video displays while you do this allowing you to judge your footage more accurately than if you were using just a small preview window.
Adobe Encore Matrox I/O products let you see your Blu-ray or DVD content, menus, chapters, and other authoring features on an external monitor, just as your customers will see them.
On the PC, you can use H.264 files created with Adobe Media Encoder and Matrox MAX in Adobe Encore or encode for Blu-ray directly within Encore, eliminating the need for timeconsuming re-encoding.
Using Matrox I/O products with Final Cut Pro X and Compressor 4 Matrox MXO2 and Mojito MAX products are ideal for professional video capture, monitoring, and delivery with Final Cut Pro X.
Matrox MXO2 devices are the only solutions that connect anywhere, to laptop and desktop systems, including all the new Macs – 13", 15", and 17" MacBook Pros, Mac Minis, iMacs, and MacBook Airs – with the same versatile unit. Connectivity is provided by via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34. Even customers who purchased MXO2 devices years ago can simply purchase a Matrox Thunderbolt adapter to future-proof their editing systems.
Along with the new Matrox Mojito MAX card, MXO2 devices are also the only I/O solutions on the market that integrate directly with Compressor to let you deliver H.264 files up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality!
Capture (coming soon) The Matrox Vetura Capture application lets you quickly and easily capture to many of the QuickTime codecs that are installed on your system such as Apple ProRes 422 HQ, XDCAM HD, and many others.
Monitoring FCP X supports professional video monitoring in version 10.0.4. The Matrox I/O products provide full quality audio and video monitoring via digital and analog outputs so you don't need to rely on just a preview-quality output when making edit decisions. They also include the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility that lets an HDMI monitor perform like a broadcast HD/SD monitor.
Print-to-tape (coming soon) You can print-to-tape directly from the timeline within FCP X as a crash record.
Lightning fast H.264 encoding MXO2 devices with MAX and Mojito MAX let you deliver H.264 video up to 5 times faster without sacrificing quality! Matrox MAX taps into Compressor to let you quickly and easily create H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, Apple TV, and Blu-ray discs from a variety of video sources including SD, HD, and RED proxy files up to 2K.
SMART I/O for Apple Final Cut Studio In 2006 Matrox changed the game for Final Cut Pro editors by making HD-SDI monitoring and output from a MacBook Pro a reality and facilitating the trend toward mobile editing. Other innovations quickly followed including units that could run off camera batteries, making them the ideal choice for use by journalists in the field and in OB vans.
Now, the Matrox MXO2 devices are still the only solutions that connect anywhere, to laptop and desktop systems, including all the new Macs – 13", 15", and 17" MacBook Pros, Mac Minis, iMacs, and MacBook Airs – with the same versatile unit. Connectivity is provided by via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34. Even customers who purchased MXO2 devices years ago can simply purchase a Matrox Thunderbolt adapter to future-proof their editing systems.
Along with the new Matrox Mojito MAX card, MXO2 devices are also the only I/O solutions on the market that integrate directly with Compressor to let you deliver H.264 files up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality!
Capture, scale, monitor, and output in any format you need – from analog and HDMI to HD-SDI. Monitor your 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound mixes using professional connections. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional grade video monitor with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility. Enjoy special benefits with Apple Final Cut Pro, Compressor Color, SoundTrack Pro, and Motion.
Get the most from Final Cut Studio!
Apple Final Cut Pro Final Cut Pro editors can take advantage of the full range of Matrox MXO2 and Mojito MAX features plus other important benefits such as support for ProRes and other leading codecs, RED workflows, XDCAM and P2 workflows, closed captioning, AFD, and hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments.
RED workflow support RED users can benefit from Matrox I/O products on set and in the post suite. On set, connected to a MacBook Pro (or Mac Pro), a Matrox I/O device gives you live ingest on site. You can connect the SDI output from your RED camera and ingest at 720p through your MacBook Pro and FW800 storage while storing the original R3D and proxy files directly to your RED storage. Back in the post suite, you can use a Matrox I/O device to work with 1K and 2K RED timelines and output to SD, 720, or 1080 using the real-time 10-bit hardware scaling feature.
Smooth file-based workflows for XDCAM HD and P2 HD Matrox I/O devices let you monitor and output your XDCAM HD and P2 HD timelines at full frame rate and full frame size from Final Cut Pro without first transcoding to an intermediate format such as ProRes or DVCPRO. You save time on every project and enjoy a more fluid workflow.
While you edit, the Matrox I/O devices let you see your XDCAM HD or P2 HD project on your broadcast monitor or an inexpensive HDMI display at the correct frame rate and size with no dropped frames. You just put your footage on the timeline and press play. Once you've finished your edit, the Matrox I/O device lets you play out your XDCAM HD or P2 HD timeline directly from Final Cut Pro to SDI and analog formats. The same workflow also applies to XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422 and P2. Simply shoot, log/transfer, edit, then output.
Closed Captioning All Matrox MXO2 products and Mojito MAX support NTSC closed captioning with Final Cut Pro.
Matrox SDI I/O devices also provide HD-SDI closed captioning support using the patent-pending Matrox 4VANC tool. You will no longer need to spend time and money recreating HD captioning data that is typically lost when editing projects in Final Cut Pro. The unique Matrox workflow lets you capture, playback, and preserve closed captioning data while editing. Nothing is destroyed even when trimming or color correcting video clips.
In addition, Matrox has worked with CPC, the closed captioning software leader, to develop an innovative solution that allows the MacCaption software to encode, decode, edit, and create HD and SD closed captioning for use with the Matrox SDI I/O devices. They also provide a cost effective way to monitor HD timelines containing closed captioning data on SDI and component SD monitors, while also inserting closed captioning information into line 21 of active video for SD deliverables. You can deliver HD and SD masters containing closed captions simultaneously.
Active Format Description (AFD) support AFD is a standard set of codes in the SDI signal that broadcasters use to enable both 4:3 and 16:9 television sets to optimally present pictures transmitted in either format. Matrox I/O products support AFD in the SDI video signal using the patent-pending Matrox 4VANC tool. Matrox 4VANC will capture, maintain, and restore your AFD information while capturing, editing and outputting an SDI signal through your Matrox SDI I/O device.
Hardware acceleration of Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments, HDV, and DVCPRO HD When you are working with Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments or the HDV and DVCPRO HD formats, the 10-bit hardware scaler in your Matrox I/O device takes some of the burden off your CPU, saving processing power for other Final Cut Pro operations, so you get better real-time performance.
In Dynamic RT editing mode, Final Cut Pro automatically reduces frame size to let you preview non-real-time segments of your project at a better frame rate. With the Matrox hardware scaler, these segments are accelerated to their original frame size.
The Matrox hardware scaler accelerates HDV and DVCPRO HD to full resolution during playback.
Apple Compressor Matrox MAX-enabled MXO2 devices and the Mojito MAX card let you deliver H.264 files up to 5 times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality by directly integrating with Compressor.
Apple Color Matrox I/O products give Color users maximum flexibility. You can view your work simultaneously in both HD and SD from a single timeline on broadcast monitors or take advantage of the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility that turns an inexpensive HDMI display into a monitor you can trust while color grading.
SoundTrack Pro Every project requires some sort of audio sweetening to enhance the final production. With Matrox I/O devices and SoundTrack Pro, workflows from simple voice-overs to full surround sound mixes can be monitored directly. You can not only hear your audio mix as you work, but also use video output capabilities of you Matrox product to view your video at the same time.
Motion While you are creating eye-catching 2D or 3D graphics or special effects sequences in Motion, you can rely on your Matrox I/O device to view your work in all its glory, exactly as it will look to your audience, in HD or SD.
NEW v2.6 DRIVER FOR MAC!
Matrox release 2.6 is now available for MXO2 Family, Mojito MAX, and CompressHD. It provides support Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5.2, Apple Compressor 3.5.3 and 4.0.5, and Apple Final Cut Pro 7 with Mac OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) and 10.7.5 (Lion). It also provides updates to improve overall stability and addresses some minor issues. For MXO2 Family, it provides support for Apple Macbook Pro Retina display.
SMART I/O for Avid Media Composer 6 Avid chose Matrox MXO2 Mini as the first third-party hardware for Media Composer in 2009 because it offered editors an inexpensive HD monitoring solution. It was the only solution that provided the added benefit of support for Mac and PC, laptops and desktops.
Now, Matrox support for Avid Media Composer has expanded to the entire range of Matrox MXO2 devices. They are still the only solutions that connect anywhere, Mac and PC, via Thunderbolt, PCIe, or ExpressCard/34 – with the same versatile unit.
Along with the new Matrox Mojito MAX card, MXO2 devices are also the only I/O solutions on the market that integrate directly with Compressor to let you deliver H.264 files up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality!
Capture, scale, monitor, and output in any format you need – from analog and HDMI to HD-SDI. Monitor your 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound mixes using professional connections. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional grade video monitor with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility.
Matrox MXO2 PCIe host adapter (for use with desktops and workstations)
Matrox MXO2 PCIe host ExpressCard adapter (for use with laptops)
Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt Adapter (for use with Thunderbolt enabled computers)
Matrox MXO2 PCIe cable (1 meter)
S-Video to RCA Y-Cables (MXO2 Mini or Mini MAX ONLY)
Matrox MXO2 external power supply
Standard MXO2 comes with both PCIe host adapters
Mastering Matrox MXO2 with Adobe Premiere Pro
“Mastering Matrox MXO2 with Adobe Premiere Pro" provides in-depth training for using the Matrox MXO2 hardware with Adobe Premiere Pro on the PC. Produced using the MXO2 Mini with MAX, the training also applies to MXO2 LE, MXO2 and MXO2 Rack units (with or without the MAX option). Updated with over 23 minutes of new training covering features added with the 5.0 driver update.
DESCRIPTION Safe Harbor Computers’ in-house video expert Jeff Pulera (author RT.X2 Revealed, HDV and Blu-ray for RT.X2, and Introduction to MXO2 Mini with MAX) shares his inside knowledge and experience with using the MXO2 hardware, providing nearly 4 hours of training in this exclusive offering. Focusing on the features, benefits and workflows for MXO2 with CS5, the material is presented in chapters in a logical order, covering everything from Capture to Editing Effects to Exporting - and everything in between.
The primary goal of the training is to show users how to get the most out of their MXO2 hardware. All information is provided in easy to understand steps, including tips and tricks along the way, so that even a novice CS5 user, new to the MXO2 hardware, will easily comprehend the lessons. More than just the nuts and bolts, Jeff shares many creative ideas to enhance any production using the Matrox effects plug-ins for CS5.
The tutorial is designed to save users the time and frustration of learning the hardware on their own. Because Jeff talks with MXO2 customers every day, he is familiar with the common issues that new users experience and has incorporated answers to all those questions in this comprehensive training, while also providing advanced training that more experienced users will appreciate.
Chapter List:
1. MXO2 Quick Start 2. MXO2 Features Overview 3. MXO2 Drivers and User Guides 4. CS5 Project Presets 5. CS5 Sequence Settings 6. CS5 Capture Settings 7. Matrox AV Tools 8. Matrox WYSIWYG 9. Matrox X.info Tool 10. Matrox Effects – General 11. Matrox Wipes Transitions 12. Matrox Chroma Key 13. Matrox Luma Key 14. Matrox Color Correction – Primary 15. Matrox Color Correction – Secondary 16. Matrox 32-bit .avi + Alpha codec 17. CS5 Export Settings 18. Matrox MAX H.264 Encoding 19. UPDATES for 5.0 driver
Run time: 3 hours 49 minutes, in 19 chapters
About the Instructor Jeff Pulera has been a professional videographer for over 18 years. His experience includes writing tech reviews and working as an NLE demo artist, trainer, and seminar speaker. Widely known throughout the industry as “the Matrox guru," Jeff is also the producer of the "RT.X2 Revealed," "HDV and Blu-ray for the RT.X2," and “Introduction to MXO2 Mini with MAX" tutorials. Currently, Jeff puts his expert knowledge to good use as an NLE specialist at Safe Harbor Computers.
About Safe Harbor Celebrating nearly 24 years of business, Safe Harbor has become one of the most trusted resellers in the multimedia industry. Founded in 1987, Safe Harbor has helped to advance the video production industry by providing quality products and outstanding customer service to a wide range of creative artists. With a clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate website, Safe Harbor has built a reliable reputation as an industry leader. Look to Safe Harbor for quality editing and animation software and hardware, as well as for a professional and personable experience. For more information visit www.sharbor.com.
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Digital Video Solutions. 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, real-time editing, audio/video input/output, DVD/Blu-ray authoring, streaming, scan 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, and videographers worldwide.
Matrox Video Products Group focuses on two business areas: sales of digital video solutions to end users under the Matrox MXO2, Matrox CompressHD, Matrox Convert, Matrox Axio and Matrox RT brands; and sales of hardware and software development tools to original equipment manufacturers under the Matrox DSX brand.
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