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Matrox Video Products Group has announced the RT.X2, a high-performance real-time native HDV and DV editing platform bundled with Adobe’s Premiere Pro.

Ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers, the RT.X2 is designed primarily for real-time native HDV and DV editing.

It 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 analogue inputs and mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time.

Key features of Matrox’s RT.X2 include real-time multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analogue and digital sources, real-time Matrox Flex CPU effects (colour correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more), as well as real-time and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects (2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more).

The platforms also supports 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, real-time mixing of HD codecs and SD codecs on any timeline, real-time mixed-format multi-cam, real-time high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline, and accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes.

WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3dsMax, eyeon Fusion, and NewTek LightWave 3D with dynamic Alt+Tab switching, and there’s composite, Y/C, HD/SD analogue component input and output. Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output is also supported.

Priced at $1995 (£1119) including Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, the RT.X2 will be available in May 2006 through a worldwide network of authorised dealers. A special limited-time in-box coupon offer entitles the purchaser to a substantial discount on an upgrade to Adobe Production Studio. For a limited time, owners of Matrox RT.X100 can upgrade to RT.X2 at a special price. Details regarding all promotional offers can be found on the Matrox Web site.

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