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Chapter 12, Using the Matrox WYSIWYG Plug-ins
Overview
Together with your Matrox MXO2 hardware, the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel and Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins let you display the contents of your
composition or animation on your video monitor. This lets you see the exact
color temperature, safe-title area, and any interlaced artifacts as you work.
You can preview video played back using the following applications that are
supported by the Matrox WYSIWYG plug-ins:
• Adobe After Effects.
• Adobe Photoshop.
• Autodesk 3ds Max.
• Autodesk Combustion.
• eyeon Fusion.
• NewTek LightWave 3D.
Configuring the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel
The Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel lets you specify the settings you want for
previewing video on your video monitor. To use the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel, right-click the icon on your Windows taskbar. If you don’t see the
icon, check your taskbar properties and make sure that you’re showing the icons
for your Matrox applications. If you still don’t see the icon, choose
Start > All
Programs > Matrox Mtx.utils > Matrox WYSIWYG Control Panel
.
The Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility uses the Matrox WYSIWYG Control
Panel to display specially designed graphics for calibrating your HDMI monitor
for video. For details on calibrating your HDMI monitor, see Chapter 7,
“Calibrating Your HDMI Monitor for Video.”
¦NoteBy default, the Matrox WYSIWYG output to your video monitor is
enabled. To disable it, clear the
Enable WYSIWYG Output option in the
Control Panel.
1 From the Project Format menu, select the format that matches your
composition or animation, such as
NTSC 4:3.
2 Choose Output Configuration to specify the video output settings you
want for previewing your video. The available settings depend on your
selected project format (editing video format), and are the same as those
provided when using Matrox A/V Tools as explained in “Specifying your
video output settings” on page 174 and “Specifying your video output
settings (MXO2 Mini)” on page 178.