User guide

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox Axio
About this manual
This manual provides you with information about installing and using your
Matrox Axio hardware and software, including how to use your Matrox Axio
system with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Style conventions
The following style conventions are used in this manual:
• When an operation is different between Windows Vista and Windows XP,
the operating system is displayed in brackets after the operation. For
example, right-click
Computer (Vista) or My Computer (XP).
• The names of files, directory paths, and manuals appear in italics. For
example:
$ The data is stored in the sample.wav file.
$ The file is located in your C:\Windows\System directory.
$ Please refer to your Adobe Premiere Pro User Guide.
• Menus and commands that you need to choose are displayed in the form
Menu > Command. For example, File > Save means click File in the
menu bar, then click
Save in the menu that appears.
• The names of keys are displayed in small capital bold letters, such as the
CTRL key.
• A plus (+) sign is used to indicate combinations of keys and/or mouse
operations. For example:
$ CTRL+C means to hold down the CTRL key while pressing the C key.
$ SHIFT+click means to hold down the SHIFT key while you click an item
with the mouse.
How video formats are expressed
With the exception of NTSC and PAL, all SD and HD video formats are
expressed in the Matrox Axio documentation and dialog boxes as follows:
VRp or i @ n fps
Where:
• VR is the vertical resolution. For 1440×1080 video, however, both the
horizontal and vertical resolutions are specified.
• p or i represents either progressive or interlaced video.
• @ n fps is the frame rate in frames per second.
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