you can specify default cropping settings for your realtime matrox effects, as well as select which premiere transitions you'd like to play back in real time. for example, all of the matrox transitions are realtime, whereas adobe premiere's transitions require rendering. with the matrox realtime plug-in, however, you can select which adobe premiere transitions you'd like to play back in real time.

    to select your realtime effect settings:

    1 choose project ] project settings ] general.

    2 click the advanced settings button, then click the realtime effects tab.

   

    3 under default cropping for matrox effects, select enable cropping and specify in pixels the default cropping values that you want to be applied each time you create an effect using the matrox realtime plug-in. for example, if garbage video or black lines appear at the left and right edges of your video, you'll want to crop these edges so that they're not visible in your effects. be aware that your new crop settings will be applied only to subsequent clips you add to the timeline (that is, clips already on the timeline won't be affected).

    remarks

    unless you need cropping to be applied to your clips, make sure that enable cropping is not selected. this improves system performance.

    if you've applied cropping, make sure you apply the same cropping settings when you export clips using adobe premiere's export movie feature on matrox rt.x10 (see "defining your export movie settings" on page 53).

    if your project and export cropping settings don't match, incorrect cropping will be applied to your timeline immediately after completing the export.

    to restore the correct settings, save your project, then quit and restart premiere.

    4 under realtime premiere transitions, click the select transitions button.

    5 in the provided dialog box, select the transitions you want to play back in real time. matrox provides realtime playback by emulating premiere's non-realtime version of these transitions. if you don't like a realtime transition, you can clear (deselect) it to revert to premiere's version that requires rendering.

    some premiere transitions let you apply various settings that may cause frames to be dropped during realtime playback. if this happens, you should clear those transitions to turn off the realtime playback.

    6 click ok to return to the matrox advanced settings dialog box, then click ok again to return to the project settings dialog box.