Matrox Once Again Unleashes the Power of X in .X10 Xtra

by News Editor
Published on Apr 15, 2003 12:00 AM



At The Ational Association of Broadcasters convention, Matrox Video Products Group announced Matrox RT.X10 Xtra, a video editing card said to let PC users quickly and easily create home movies, business videos, and school projects they can be proud of, even if they are new to video.

Based on Matrox's Power of X architecture, RT.X10 Xtra leverages scalable CPU power with the performance of dedicated hardware to give users realtime editing functionality at a very affordable price.

‘’Matrox RT.X10 Xtra builds on the success of the Matrox RT.X10 realtime editing platform that has won numerous international awards.’’ said Stephen Albanese, Matrox product manager. Now Matrox RT .X10 includes a variety of tools that help even novice users get professional results fast including realtime color correction, realtime broadcast-quality titles and customizable 3D effects such as page curls, organic wipes, spheres, cubes, 3D tiles, particle effects and picture-in-picture. Realtime lets users create dramatic or humorous effects. Multi-track audio mixing makes it easy to add soundtracks and music.

Matrox RT.X10 Xtra lets users work with both analog and DV camcorders and VCRs. The RT.X10 Xtra bundle includes a new capture and realtime 3D effects card with a 1394 port, an analog audio/video breakout cable, the full version of Adobe Premiere 6.5 editing software, and Sonic Solutions DVDit! SE DVD authoring software and is priced at $599 US, a price that is comparable, or even lower, than many software-only realtime editing applications, including Adobe Premiere itself.