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Specifying your Matrox WYSIWYG settings
2 Click WYSIWYG.
3 From the Video Format list, select the format that you want for your video
output. This sets the size of the canvas on which your composition/image is
outputted. You can select the format that matches your composition/image,
or you can select a different format, such as to monitor an NTSC
composition/image on an HD canvas. Also, if you’re using an HDMI
monitor that does not support 1:1 pixel mapping, select your monitor’s native
resolution as the video format to view a 1:1 representation of your
composition/image.
¡ Importan t To avoid unintended output results when working with Matrox
WYSIWYG, we recommend that you set the MXO2 main channel to
Follow application, and make sure that the MXO2 output that you will use
for monitoring is set to output the main channel (see “Specifying your video
output settings” on page 62, or “Specifying your video output settings
(MXO2 Mini)” on page 66).
4 If the selected Video format does not match your composition/image, select
Scale to fit to upscale/downscale your project to fit the selected video
format.
5 If your project contains an alpha channel, Matrox outputs either the alpha
channel or image channel at any one time. Select
Alpha channel only to