Projection animation

Sawyer · August 20th, 2003

I have a client looking for an animation that he wants to use for a projection display. He motioned that the overall screen would be over 4' wide. [img]eek2.gif[/img] Now what kind of resolution do I need to render to to have a good looking projection output?

Thanks

David Barbarash · August 20th, 2003

Hmm... tough one. With a projector, things don't come out to fine differences between pixel count and image sizes. Think about a powerpoint presentation (that I know weve all been forced to sit through.) The projector itself will set the resolutoin it displays at, usually less than 1024x768. So I would just use whatever looks good on your monitor, but keep in mind that things are usually a little washed out in a projected image due to light interference. So, without actually answering your question, I'd go with a nice easy to render resolution that doesn't cripple your computer. Good Luck!

David Barbarash

Sawyer · August 20th, 2003

Thanks for the reply. This is such a short notice project that I think they will get what they get.

choochee · August 20th, 2003

We had such a thing before. Used regular 800X600 with no problems. The computer running the show had a screen resolution that matched it and projectors usually just project the desktop resolution and that's it...

mbr · August 21st, 2003

I did that a while back and I gave them 640x480 and they had a 8' screen. I contacted their tech guy and just asked him what he wanted. Other than that, it was the standard issue.

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choochee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Israel Age: 39 Posts: 102 Name: Yossi Rachevsky	We had such a thing before. Used regular 800X600 with no problems. The computer running the show had a screen resolution that matched it and projectors usually just project the desktop resolution and that's it... __________________ www.n-trace.com visit us !

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David Barbarash Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Staten Island NY Posts: 55 Name: David Barbarash	Hmm... tough one. With a projector, things don't come out to fine differences between pixel count and image sizes. Think about a powerpoint presentation (that I know weve all been forced to sit through.) The projector itself will set the resolutoin it displays at, usually less than 1024x768. So I would just use whatever looks good on your monitor, but keep in mind that things are usually a little washed out in a projected image due to light interference. So, without actually answering your question, I'd go with a nice easy to render resolution that doesn't cripple your computer. Good Luck! David Barbarash

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mbr Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles and Connecticut....and Denver Posts: 1,266 Name: Markus Byron	I did that a while back and I gave them 640x480 and they had a 8' screen. I contacted their tech guy and just asked him what he wanted. Other than that, it was the standard issue.

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