Check out all our different Matrox RT.X2 Bundles and choose the one best for you.
Professional realtime native HDV and DV editing
If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting the most from Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Production Studio, you need Matrox RT.X2. It's ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. Designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing, Matrox RT.X2 also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame codec so you can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2's analog inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time. No matter what your desired workflow, Matrox RT.X2 delivers maximum realtime productivity. No other platform gives you so many ways to get the job done in record time.
Bundled with Adobe Premiere Pro, Matrox RT.X2 goes far beyond the capabilities of software-only editing and systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro and a simple I/O card. With Matrox RT.X2 you get:
Matrox RTX2 Features
• Many more realtime layers of video and graphics in HD and SD
• More effects in real time including color correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, and much more
• Broadcast-quality, realtime 3D effects with soft edges and realistic shadows
• Capture from analog sources to compressed MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD and SD
• Realtime mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on the same timeline
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
• Accelerated export to DVD, all multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
• Audio VU meters on capture
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output
Should you choose to upgrade to Adobe Production Studio, you’ll be happy to know that Matrox RT.X2 lets you work seamlessly with the other Adobe applications, fully supporting Adobe Dynamic Link and providing WYSIWYG video output support for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, as well as other industry-leading animation and compositing packages.
Matrox RT.X2 is based on the award-winning Matrox Axio architecture that incorporates Matrox Power of X and Flex technologies to leverage CPU and GPU power. You get a high-performance, future-proof HDV and SD editing environment while joining the ranks of well over 200,000 users worldwide who currently enjoy the amazing value, stable reliability, and superior productivity of Matrox-based realtime nonlinear editing systems.
Key features
• Realtime multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects - color correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects - 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
• Native HDV and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing
• Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing
• Realtime mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on any timeline
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
• Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline
• 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 with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
• Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output
• Includes Adobe Premiere Pro
Specifications
General
Full-length PCIe 1x card
FCC Class B, CE Mark Class B
Video features
Inputs and outputs
1394 pass-through
composite
Y/C
SD/HD analog component
Independent DVI-D output for full-resolution HD monitoring
Video standards
SD
ITU-R 601
525i at 29.97 (NTSC)
625i at 25 (PAL)
486p at 23.98
HD
1920 x 1080i at 29.97 fps
1920 x 1080i at 25 fps
Internal video processing
8-bit 4:2:2:4
720 x 486
720 x 576
1440 x 1080
Realtime video codecs
Capture
HDV 1080i via 1394
DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD from 10 to 25 Mbps
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD from 50 to 100 Mbps
Playback
HDV 1080i
DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO
RT.X100 legacy format
Matrox Axio offline clips
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD from 10 to 25 Mbps
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD from 50 to 100 Mbps
Export
HDV 1080i print-to-tape
DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD from 10 to 25 Mbps
MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD from 50 to 100 Mbps
Audio features
16 bit, 48 kHz
Analog audio I/O dependent on system audio
Stereo monitoring
