Matrox Releases Support for Adobe Creative Cloud and Avid Media Composer 8 on Mac and PC

Matrox editing cards and devices bring I/O versatility to popular editing apps 

MONTREAL – June 23, 2014 — Matrox® Video today announced the immediate availability of full support for the latest releases of the Adobe® Creative Cloud™ and Avid® Media Composer® 8 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.

“Our customers want the freedom to work easily and efficiently with whatever app is best for each task they encounter,” said Wayne Andrews, product manager at Matrox. “These unified drivers, with support for popular NLE software from Adobe, Apple and Avid, give them maximum versatility to create and deliver their stories their way.”

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.

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 7.6 and support for Mac OS is part of Matrox driver release 4.2. The drivers are now available to registered users as a free download from the Matrox website. To locate your nearest authorised Matrox 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, Cubix, Matrox Video Products, Schneider Optics Lenses and Sony Creative Software products. www.newmagic.com.au

Matrox and Matrox product names are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd. And/or Matrox Graphics Inc. in Canada and/or other countries. All other company and product names are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of their respective owners.