Matrox Releases Support for Adobe Creative Cloud and Avid Media Composer 7 on Mac and PC

Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and Matrox Mojito MAX card tightly integrated with popular editing apps to maximize performance of I/O workflows

MONTREAL – July 15, 2013 — Matrox® Video today announced the immediate availability of full support for the latest releases of the Adobe® Creative Cloud™ and Avid® Media Composer® 7 families of professional video editing and content creation tools with the Matrox MXO2™ family of I/O devices and the Matrox Mojito™ MAX I/O card. The award-winning Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality video and audio input, output and monitoring to enable traditional tape-based workflows including deck control for frame-accurate batch capture and print-to-tape. They are also the only I/O solutions on the market that let users encode H.264 files for delivery to the web, iPad® and iPhone® up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality. In addition, MXO2 devices provide cross-platform Mac® and Windows® support and are still the only solutions that connect anywhere, Mac and PC, via Thunderbolt™, PCIe® or ExpressCard/34® — with the same versatile unit.

“These unified drivers support the latest releases of NLE software from Adobe, Apple and Avid”, said Wayne Andrews, product manager at Matrox. “They are designed to give our customers the freedom to work easily and efficiently with whatever app is best for each task as they craft and deliver their stories.

Price and availability
Matrox MXO2 devices are priced starting at $629 AU$ (Inc GST). Matrox Mojito MAX is priced at $1289 AU$ (Inc GST). Matrox products are available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. Support for Windows is part of Matrox driver release 7.5 and support for Mac OS is part of Matrox driver release 4.0. The drivers are now available to registered users as a free download from the Matrox website. To locate your nearest Australian or New Zealand reseller please visit: www.newmagic.com.au/where2buy

About Matrox Video
Matrox Video is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for accelerated H.264 encoding, realtime editing, audio/video input/output, streaming, A/V signal conversion, capture/playout servers, channel-in-a box systems and CGs. Matrox’s Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of multi-screen content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, telcos, cable operators, post-production facilities, videographers and A/V professionals worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information, visit www.matrox.com/video.

About New Magic Australia Pty Ltd (Australian and New Zealand Matrox Video Products master distributor)
New Magic Australia Pty Ltd is a recognised leader in the distribution and marketing of multimedia hardware and software, representing a carefully selected range of innovative, leading manufacturers and catering for both the professional and consumer markets. New Magic Australia established in 1993 is the Australian distributor of Blackmagic Design, Convergent Design, Cubix, Hauppauge Computer Works Inc, Rotolight, Cubix, Matrox Video Products and Sony Creative Software products. www.newmagic.com.au