MATRIX Compositing™ is an integrated, high performance solution ideal for digital film and video postproduction. Designed and developed with state-of-the-art hardware and groundbreaking software, MATRIX Compositing provides the required performance and features that enable postproduction professionals to seamlessly acquire, process and deliver digital film material via a robust workflow.
Data IO
Network-based file I/O over Gigabit Ethernet
Compatibility with over 20 industry-standard image, video and audio
file formats incl. CIN, DPX, HDR, TGA, TIFF, MOV, JPG, BMP, PSD, etc.
2K I/O via HSDL (High-Speed Data Link)
Support for 8/10/16/32bit color depths and HDRI
Support for linear and logarithmic color spaces
VTR & Telecine IO
Real-time uncompressed single/dual-link SDI signal capture
8-channel AES/EBU audio capture capabilities
Clip logging and standardized EDL editing
RS-422 remote device control
Remote control of telecine opticals (Focus, Zoom, Gamma, RGB lights, etc.)
Desktop
One-touch cutting and splicing
Advanced SceneDetect tool with user-defined sensitivity threshold
Intuitive digital subtitling tools
Frame & timecode readouts
Quick access to Desktop's image processing tools such as Color Correct, Painter, etc.
Full-resolution playback with on-the-fly LUT previewing
Digital Subtitling
Subtitle list with subtitle Number, Text, Start, End and Duration fields
Automated calculation of optimal subtitle text size according to image format
Supports Sonic subtitle file format
Outline, Drop Shadow and Background Box options with color and opacity
User-defined warnings for insufficient subtitle length or spacing
Painting
Large variety of creative and correctional tools
Clone and Reveal tools with absolute or relative source frame referencing
Distortion brushes incl. Smudge, Spherize, Pinch and Twirl
Effect brushes incl. Blur, Sharpen, Find Edge, Dilate, Erode, Pixelate, Emboss, etc.
Eraser tool with History settings
Load and save customized brushes or brush libraries
Compositing
Resolution independent compositing environemnt
Mixed bit-depth support (8,10,16,32,floating point)
Nonlinear, node-based workflow
Infinite workspace
Simultaneous 2D/3D compositing
Multiple, independent viewers
Image Processing
Optimized on-screen rendering
2D and 3D multilayer compositing nodes
Wide variety of image processing, filter and effect nodes
Subpixel transformations
Mask & Key
Advnaced rotoscoping tools with unlimited, hierarchical vector shapes
High precision shape rendering
Complete set of chroma and tonal range keyers (RGB, YUV, HLS, HML)
Integrated Primatte™ Chromakeyer
Filters & Effects
High-precision image processing technology
Linear, Gaussian, directional and radial blurs
Image distortions incl. Pinch, Spherize, Twirl
Color Management
Support for ARRI®, Kodak®, Pandora and Mikros 3D LUTs
Create, save or load custom MATRIX 3D LUTs
Interactive 2563 3D color cube viewer
Log-to-Lin and Lin-to-Log Conversion
Out-of-gamut 3D LUT support for viewing illegal colors
On-screen vectorscope, RGB waveform and histogram views with real-time updating
Color Correction
Support for linear and logarithmic color spaces
Support for 8/10/16/32bit color depths
Real-time 4K interactivity (real-time playback up to 2K)
Thumb-nailed shot viewer for fast and easy navigation
Comparator tools for comparing versions
Shot-to-shot primary and secondary color grading as well as filters and effects
Color correction setup memory and re-application at the touch of a button
Animated pan & scan tools
Primaries
Film-style density controls (printer lights)
Telecine-style controls (lift, gamma, gain)
Color balance with tonal range distribution curves
Color re-mapping capabilities with RGB and HSL curves
Secondaries
12 independent slots for selective color correction
Animated hierarchical mask shapes (free-form, elliptical and rectangular)
Combinable shapes and keyers for secondary and spot corrections
RGB, CMY, HLS and HMS color range selection with softness values
Editing
A/B Roll editing timeline with unlimited tracks and layers
Multiple audio layers
Mixed resolutions, bitdepths and frame-rates in a single timeline
EDL, OMF and AAF conforming
Available throught MATRIX Compositing is an intuitive and efficient animation interface that enables users to animate virtually every parameter by the use of splines or expressions.
Animation
Consistent, application-wide interface
Large variety of interpolation methods (Linear, Bezier, Hermite, Cardinal, etc.)
Absolute and relative curve extrapolation (Linear, Repeat, Ping-pong)
Real-time visual feedback in the Frame Viewer while editing curves
Integrated Timeline and Expression editors
Unique Update Time feature for ultra-precise keyframe placement