Matrox Axio LE provides a complete post-production solution that lets you get the best from the Adobe CS4 Production Premium software. It is designed to give you the most comprehensive realtime feature set, the highest quality native codec technology, and complete file-based workflows – totally integrated with the Adobe software.

Matrox Axio LE goes far beyond the capabilities of systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 with a simple I/O card.

The additional benefits you get include:

• Many more realtime layers of video and graphics in HD and SD
• Realtime mixed-format timelines
• More effects in real time including color correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, and much more
• Broadcast-quality, realtime 3D effects with soft edges, and realistic shadows
• Realtime native editing of Panasonic P2 and P2 HD and Sony XDCAM, XDCAM HD, and XDCAM HD422 clips (MXF files)
• Realtime native editing of Sony XDCAM EX clips (MP4 files)
• Support for Omneon media servers via native MXF file transfers
• Matrox EZ-MXF utility for native MXF file support in video for Windows (AVI) applications
• Native support for additional codecs including: DVCPRO HD, MPEG HD, MPEG HD422, offline HD, MPEG-2 I-frame in HD and SD, IMX, DVCPRO, and DVCPRO50
• Realtime playback of 32-bit compressed and uncompressed AVI with alpha
• Support for Panasonic VariCam
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
• Simultaneous HD and SD output
• Realtime MPEG-2 IBP capture from analog, DV, and SDI sources for DVD authoring
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Encore, and Photoshop; Autodesk Combustion; and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions) with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
• Audio VU meters on capture

Complete professional HD/SD I/O for Windows laptops and desktops Works with Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit) laptops and desktops

• Lightweight – less than 3½ lbs. (1600 grams)
• Fits in your laptop bag – 13" x 9½" x 2" (330mm x 241mm x 51mm)
• Can run off a field battery or its AC adapter
• HD/SD SDI, HDMI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
• Genlock – SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
• Unique Matrox calibration controls for 10-bit HDMI monitoring including blue-only
• 10-bit realtime hardware downscaling on output
• Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs – HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog
• Professional audio inputs and outputs including 5.1 surround sound monitoring
• Works with all the codecs supported by Adobe Premiere Pro including AVCHD, HDV, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO5, DVCPRO, and DV
• Captures to HD and SD codecs – 8- and 10-bit uncompressed and highly efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame
• Includes Matrox A/V Tools, an easy-to-use application for fast capture/playback of audio, video, and still frames
• File-based workflow support – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2,
• RED workflow support
• Works with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.2
• Provides WYSIWYG support for applications such as Adobe Encore CS4, Photoshop CS4, and After Effects CS4; Autodesk Combustion; and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions only)
• Also available with Matrox MAX technology for accelerated H.264 encoding with Adobe Media Encoder CS4 4.2
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support