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Chapter 6, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere
A/B mode preview
There are a few instances when you’ll see an A/B representation of your Matrox
effect in the
Matrox Effect Setup dialog box. This is because the segment
you’re editing has one or more of the following characteristics:
• A graphics roll, crawl, or animation.
• A video standard that doesn’t match your system.
• An unsupported video source (such as a QuickTime file).
¥Tip To see the segment with all applied effects, you can use the render-scrub
feature (
ALT+drag the Positioner) in the Matrox Effect Setup dialog box.
RT.X100 Xtreme realtime rules
In your Adobe Premiere projects, you can use various combinations of realtime
Matrox RT.X CPU-based effects, hardware-accelerated effects, and Adobe
Premiere realtime transitions, all with transparency.
¦NoteRealtime means that you won’t need to render the segment on the
Timeline to perform a realtime export to disk or export to DV tape (that is, there
is no red indicator bar above the segment). You’ll still be able to preview many
segments that require rendering, as explained in the previous section “What is
XtremePreview?” on page 169.
The Matrox CPU-based effects are color corrections, chroma keys, luma keys,
and speed changes applied to a clip. The CPU-based effects can be applied only
to video clips in real time. The Matrox hardware-accelerated effects are all the
other RT.X effects (such as page curls, particles, Premiere realtime transitions,
and fades). The hardware-accelerated effects can be applied to video or graphics
clips in real time.
This section explains the rules and guidelines you’ll need to follow in order to
keep your effects realtime, assuming that you’re using a recommended system, as
explained in “System requirements” on page 4.
Supported graphics formats
All single-frame graphics formats supported by Adobe Premiere are supported in
real time on Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme. This includes all titling formats that
Premiere supports, such as Adobe Title Designer .prtl files and Inscriber .icg
files. For details on the supported formats, see your Adobe Premiere User Guide.
¦NoteFor Premiere to use titling formats such as .icg, you’ll need to have the
manufacturer’s program installed on your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme system. For
example, .icg files require an Inscriber program, such as TitleExpress.