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MillimeterMatrox Axio Release 2.5 Now Shipping
Dec 15, 2006 11:15 AM
Matrox Video Products Group announced that software release 2.5 for the Matrox Axio realtime HD and SD editing platforms is now shipping. Release 2.5 provides significant new features including realtime native editing of MXF files for Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, and Sony XDCAM HD, as well as realtime native editing of JVCs ProHD HDV 720p format.
In this important new software release, we are building on Axios workflow flexibility. Editors can now use the new tapeless workflows, traditional tape-based workflows, or a mix of both. Axio lets them easily work with whatever formats their clients throw at them, said Ankit Patel, Matrox Axio product manager. The many other new features in release 2.5 will also increase productivity, letting Axio users do more work in less time.
New features in Matrox Axio release 2.5 include:
Native MXF file support for Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, and Sony XDCAM HD in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Native MXF file support for Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, and Sony XDCAM HD in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Native HDV 720p (JVC ProHD) editing at all frame rates
Support for Matrox HDV files and Matrox Flex CPU effects in Adobe After Effects
4:2:2:4 (YUVA) MPEG-2 I-frame and uncompressed codecs in HD and SD
DVCPRO HD support at all 720p frame rates
Panasonic VariCam support
Improved HDV editing performance
Realtime mixing of additional formats on the timeline MXF, AVI, MPEG, HD 1080i in an SD timeline
Realtime playback of Adobe native HDV files .MPEG and .M2T
Improved color correction tools
WYSIWYG video output for Adobe Bridge and Windows Media Player
Matrox EZ-MXF utility for native MXF file support in Video for Windows (AVI) applications
Eight new effects crystallize, cube, impressionist, lens flare, move & scale, old movie, ripple, twirl
The Matrox Axio leverages Adobe Premiere Pro for realtime HD and SD editing in demanding broadcast and postproduction 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.
