New Matrox editing card.....................
August 08, 1999 08:15
Matrox Announces Professional Realtime DV and MPEG-2 Editing Solution at a Breakthrough Price Point
Matrox RT2000 Combines Dual-Stream Video, 32-bit Animated Graphics, and Realtime 3D DVE at $1,295
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SIGGRAPH '99 - Matrox(R) Video Products Group today announced Matrox RT2000(TM), a realtime nonlinear editing solution for corporate and event video artists, that provides an impressive array of professional features at the unprecedented price of $1,295 US. The revolutionary "Matrox Flex 3D(TM)" architecture of RT2000 exploits the explosive 3D graphics performance of the award-winning Matrox Millennium G400 accelerator to provide broadcast-quality 3D DVE and 32-bit, uncompressed, animated graphics in a native DV editing environment. MPEG-2 output for DVD, Video CD, and web video streaming applications, along with 1394 and analog video output for tape distribution, rounds out the solution. Matrox RT2000 will be demonstrated here at SIGGRAPH '99 in the South Hall, booth H1135.
The Matrox RT2000 bundle includes the Matrox Millennium G400 graphics accelerator, the RT2000 codec card, an attractive audio/video breakout box, and a complete content creation software suite -- Adobe Premiere RT realtime nonlinear editing, Ulead Cool 3D titling, Sonic Foundry ACID Music audio editing, and Sonic DVDit! LE DVD authoring.
"Most products are evolutionary, but this one is truly revolutionary. Matrox RT2000 is a quantum leap over any other editing product on the market in terms of price/performance," said Alain Legault, Vice President, Product Development, Matrox Video Products Group. "And it could only have come from Matrox. RT2000 leverages the synergy between Matrox Graphics Inc.'s expertise in high-performance 3D graphics and Matrox Video Products Group's mastery of realtime editing system design."
"Matrox is offering professional videographers a robust native DV editing solution," said Fermi Wang, General Manager, PC/Codec Division, C-Cube Microsystems (Nasdaq: CUBE). "In RT2000, C-Cube's processor allows the editing system to share a common bitstream with DV cameras and VTRs, optimizing image quality. The C-Cube codec provides dual-stream realtime DV editing and interfaces directly with the Matrox G400 graphics processor for realtime 3D effects. The RT2000 is well matched for this demanding market."
"Until now, realtime editing with 3D digital video effects was something cost-conscious video editors could only dream about," said Bruce Chizen, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Products and Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "With the launch of the Matrox RT2000 bundle with Premiere RT, Adobe's award-winning, digital video editing solution, outstanding quality, productivity, and creative freedom is within their reach, at an incredibly low price point."
Matrox RT2000 Professional Features
-- Dual-stream, native-DV editing with support for all DV formats
including Panasonic DVCPRO, Sony DVCAM, Sony Digital-8, and the
consumer DV format used by Sony, JVC, Canon, Sharp and Panasonic.
-- On-board 1394 I/O interface includes batch capture and camera control
-- Y/C and composite video I/O provides capture from analog cameras and
output to tape
-- Dual-stream MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame editing at variable bit rates from
10 to 25 Mbps
-- MPEG-2 MP@ML output for distribution applications such DVD, Video CD,
and web video streaming
-- Realtime broadcast-quality 2D/3D DVE and transitions with sub-pixel
resolution, anti-aliasing, and high-quality filtering powered by Matrox
Flex 3D architecture
-- Over 500 user-customizable realtime effects and transitions including
page curls, perspectives, scaling, picture-in-picture, organic wipes,
tiles, and many more
-- In the future, additional effects libraries including 3D warps, water
reflection, wave, emboss, and zoom will be available over the Internet
-- Realtime, 32-bit, uncompressed, animated graphics layer
-- 48 kHz stereo audio I/O genlocked to video ensures perfect lip-sync
-- Attractive audio/video breakout box simplifies cabling
-- Millennium G400 provides a high-performance console with a video-in-a-
window display. An additional graphics display adapter is not required
in the system.
-- Windows 98 and Windows 2000 support
-- "Matrox Infinite Capture(TM)" overcomes the 2 GB file size limit of
Windows 98 by providing seamless capture and playback of unlimited file
size within Premiere
-- Complete content creation software bundle -- Adobe Premiere RT realtime
nonlinear editing, Ulead Cool 3D titling, Sonic Foundry ACID Music
audio editing, and Sonic DVDit! LE DVD authoring
Matrox Flex 3D
Matrox Flex 3D is a fully programmable architecture that applies 3D texture mapping to video using a Matrox 3D graphics accelerator chip and graphics memory. Motion video or graphics are treated as source textures and mapped onto polygon-based 3D shapes such as page curls, planes, and particles. Broadcast-quality effects are achieved using special features that are built into the 3D-accelerator chip and exploited through the Flex 3D architecture:
-- YUV4:2:2 and RGB32 source textures and 32bpp RGBA output maintain true-
color integrity.
-- Tri-linear and anisotropic filtering ensure high-quality video scaling
and perspective.
-- Sub-pixel precision guarantees smooth DVEs and transitions.
-- Anti-aliasing ensures smooth edges.
-- True environment-mapped hardware bump-mapping produces an unlimited
variety of realistic effects such as emboss, ripple, shimmer, wave,
etc.
-- 256 levels of alpha-blending enable multi-layer compositing.
The fact that Flex 3D is fully programmable means that additional effects can be added via supplementary software. An unlimited variety of brand new effects, that have never been seen before, can be developed.
Availability
Matrox RT2000 will be available for Windows 98 in October 1999 through a worldwide network of distributors and resellers, as well as online, at matrox.com.
About Matrox
For more than 23 years, Matrox has been the technology leader in the development of computer-based digital video hardware and software tools. A privately held company headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Matrox employs more than 1,400 people dedicated to the design, development, and manufacturing of strategic products in all areas of the communications world: video, graphics, imaging, and networking. Over the last five years Matrox has been recognized with an unprecedented 600 international awards and has equipped more than 30 million people with leading-edge technology.
Matrox is a registered trademark and Matrox RT2000, Matrox Flex 3D, and Matrox Infinite Capture are trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Specifications, pricing, and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.
SOURCE Matrox Video Products Group
/CONTACT: Janet Matey, Marketing Communications Director, 514-822-6037,
janet.matey@matrox.com; or Stephen Albanese, Media Relations Specialist,
514-822-6028, Stephen.Albanese@matrox.com, both of Matrox Video Products
Group/
/Web site: matrox.com
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