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Matrox Personal Producer

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#38007From: PATRICK MACKINMar 20, 1993 3:12 PM
Does anyone know anything about the Matrox Personal Producer software for their Illuminator-16 card? A desktop video brochure I received indicates that this software will assemble and edit video, audio, graphics, titles, digital video effects and transitions under a MM Windows interface. Is this the toaster for the PC (limited to the Matrox board)? Is this as good as it sounds? I have a Targa+ 64 and Umatic SP VTR, but I'm in the dark ages on the assemble and edit end. Is there anything like this editing software available for the Targa+?
#38123From: Ken EdwardsMar 22, 1993 10:17 AM
Hi Partrick, It is my understanding that the Matrox Personal Producer is much like the Video Toaster, only for the PC. Bown & Wag (spell?) will soon come out with a system like it only for $500.00 ken
#38271From: PATRICK MACKINMar 23, 1993 10:44 PM
Ken, Thaks for your response. If you have a listing or know how I can reach this company, I would appreciate it. Hopefully it is software that will work on my Targa+ 64. The Matrox looks interesting, but I would have to purchase their board, an expensive redundancy. Patrick
#38281From: MARTIN G FOSTERMar 23, 1993 11:12 PM
Ken, PMJI, but that's probably Brown & Waugh and they seem to market low-cost "innovative" products. Don't expect a lot in the way of quality for that kind of money I'm not being a snob, or anything being strucken by poverty and broadcast-video-envy (a serious malady), but that's what I've found. Basically, I know what the good quality equipment is, I just can't afford most of it <g>.
#38143From: David TaffetMar 22, 1993 12:44 PM
Patrick – I was at a meeting last week where there was a Video Toaster and a video presentation of the Matrox. You could buy a Toaster and all necessary peripherals and do all your editing with it for less than the Matrox costs, and without investing in a proprietary system (as the Matrox is). IMHO…PMJI David Taffet