MONTREAL, CANADA (Feb. 8, 2001) -- Matrox Video Products Group today announced that its RT2000 real time video editing card has begun shipping with the new Adobe Premiere 6.0 software in North America.

Upgrades for Matrox DigiSuite and RT2000 Owners
Customers who purchase any DigiSuite or RT2000 product bundled with Premiere 5.1 between November 11, 2000 and April 1, 2001 are eligible for a free upgrade to Premiere 6.0 (plus shipping and handling). Customers who purchased their DigiSuite or RT2000 product prior to November 11, 2000 will be able to order Adobe Premiere 6.0 at the upgrade price.

About Matrox RT2000
Matrox RT2000 is a native-DV and MPEG-2 nonlinear editing solution for corporate and event video artists, and video enthusiasts.  It provides true three-layer realtime editing with realtime broadcast-quality 3D digital video effects, powered by Matrox Flex 3D technology, at an unprecedented price.  MPEG-2 output for DVD authoring, support for a variety of web-streaming formats, along with 1394 and analog video output for tape distribution, round out the solution. The complete RT2000 MEGA Pack bundle includes the RT2000 codec card, the Matrox Millennium Flex 3D Edition graphics accelerator, an audio/video breakout box, and a complete software suite  Adobe Premiere 6.0 for realtime editing, Inscriber Title Express for professional titling, Pixélan Video SpiceRack Lite for realtime organic transitions, Sonic Foundry ACID Music for audio editing, Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE for DVD authoring, and Ulead Cool 3D for 3D text creation.

About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group creates digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, and web streaming applications. For more information visit matrox.com/video.