Matrox to Offer Panasonic P2 Workflow on Axio Realtime HD/SD Editing Systems
Montreal, Canada, April 19, 2006 - Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that the next release of software for the Matrox Axio™ realtime HD and SD editing platforms will provide realtime native editing of OP-Atom standard MXF files captured using Panasonic P2 devices. DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD will all be supported. The integration of P2 with Matrox Axio will be demonstrated at NAB 2006 in the Matrox booth SL1137."Matrox Axio users will be able to transfer native P2 MXF files into their editing system, then mix them with a variety of other native HD and SD media and AVI files on an HD or SD timeline in real time, said Ankit Patel, Matrox Axio product manager. "This smooth workflow and interoperability eliminates inefficient, time-consuming file and codec transcoding and effects rendering. It also simplifies integration with various broadcast equipment and eases file management in networked environments by eliminating file recompression to match timeline formats."
"Following the launch of the Panasonic HVX200 Memory Card Camera-Recorder, DVCPRO HD P2 is rapidly expanding throughout the video creation industry, " said Mr. Shimozuru, Panasonic Director of Professional AV System B.U. "We are pleased that Adobe Premiere Pro users will now be able to edit P2 content natively through the integration of the Matrox Axio hardware. With Axio's full range of video I/O capabilities, P2 customers will have many flexible editing workflow choices."The Matrox Axio family of products makes Adobe® Premiere® Pro the foremost realtime HD and SD editor for demanding broadcast and post-production environments. It features no-render HD and SD finishing in compressed and uncompressed formats, superior realtime color correction tools, advanced realtime effects, and a full complement of analog and digital audio and video inputs and outputs. It also lets users work seamlessly with the other Adobe Production Studio applications, fully supporting Adobe Dynamic Link and providing WYSIWYG video output support for Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Photoshop® , as well as other industry-leading animation and compositing packages. Matrox Axio incorporates Matrox Flex and Power of X technologies to leverage CPU and GPU power to provide the ultimate HD and SD post-production experience.
Key features of Matrox Axio
| • | Full-resolution multi-layer realtime editing of HD and SD video, graphics, and effects |
| • | Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects such as color correction, speed changes, and chroma/luma keying |
| • | Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects such as 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, and shine |
| • | Uncompressed HD and SD editing |
| • | Native HDV and DVCPRO HD editing |
| • | Compressed HD editing (offline and online finishing-quality MPEG-2 I-frame) |
| • | DV, DVCPRO, DV50, and MPEG-2 I-frame SD editing |
| • | Realtime mixing of HD codecs or SD codecs on the timeline |
| • | Realtime playback of SD clips in a 1080i HD timeline |
| • | Realtime mixed-format multi-cam |
| • | 24 fps editing in HD and SD with pull down and reverse pull down |
| • | Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes |
| • | WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D |
| • | DV-1394, composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component, and HD/SD SDI, and professional audio input and output |
| • | Realtime high-quality downscaling from HD to SD |
Availability of P2 support
Matrox Axio release 2.5 is scheduled for Summer 2006.
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 realtime editing, DVD authoring, 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. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.
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