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Matrox Axio

Matrox Axio HD
Matrox Axio SD
Matrox Axio LE

Matrox Axio is a complete post-production solution that lets you get the best from the Adobe Production Studio software. The Matrox Axio family of HD and SD platforms is designed to give you the highest finishing quality coupled with the most comprehensive realtime feature set and the most versatile codec technology, completely integrated with the Adobe software. The new Matrox Axio LE platform delivers it all at an unprecedented low price point.

Matrox Axio makes Adobe Premiere Pro the foremost realtime HD and SD editor for demanding broadcast and post-production environments going far beyond the capabilities of systems that combine Premiere Pro with a simple I/O card. It also 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 CS2, as well as other industry-leading animation and compositing packages.

Matrox Axio features no-render HD and SD finishing in a wide range of 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 incorporates Matrox Power of X and Flex technologies to leverage CPU and GPU power to provide the ultimate HD and SD post-production environment.

The Matrox Axio family builds on solid expertise gained over several generations of Matrox DigiSuite and RT Series products. Well over 200,000 users worldwide currently enjoy the amazing value, stable reliability, and superior productivity of Matrox based realtime nonlinear editing systems. Close collaboration between the Matrox and Adobe engineering teams throughout development ensure the tightest hardware/software integration.

The Matrox Axio software and hardware components are integrated into an approved workstation and sold through a network of Matrox authorized dealers. These dealers also provide installation and training services to customers worldwide.

There are three Matrox Axio platforms to choose from, Matrox Axio HD, Matrox Axio SD, and the new Matrox Axio LE. All offer ultra high performance editing in HD and SD formats. They differ only in terms of the editing codecs supported, the method of performing Matrox Flex effects, and the audio and video inputs and outputs provided below.

Matrox Axio goes far beyond the capabilities of systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro and a simple I/O card. With Matrox Axio you get:

• 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
• Native support for additional codecs including: DVCPRO HD, offline HD, MPEG-2 I-frame in HD and SD, DVCPRO, and DV50
• Realtime mixing of HD and SD clips on the timeline
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
• Simultaneous HD and SD output (Axio LE)
• Accelerated export to DVD, all multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
• Audio VU meters on capture.