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Hey everyone,

Hoping you could help me think something through. I have a client that wants to use a stock piece they have in their warehouse. It's a 7' wide x 30' tall screen. They plan to use it to scroll names throughout an awards ceremony (picture the opening to StarWars). The client intends to supply a single powerpoint presentation with the scrolling content.

I was hoping to use three DL.2's stacked to accomplish this using the collage generator? Each projector would be responsible for a projection area of about 7' X 10' to fill the 30' screen. I figure this is a little closer to a true 4:3 aspect ratio.

Anyway, do I have any chance in this working or should I go another route?

Thanks for looking!
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    A single file would probably be the best approach, and 5 minutes should be just fine for the DL.3s. Make sure that the DL.3s are networked so you can use the network sync to keep the 3 servers sync'ed up on video playback. This will be pretty essential with a slow scrolling video like you describe. Also, make sure that the video is created to the DL.3 content specs, which can be found here:

    www.highend.com/support/digital_lighting/CreatingCustomContent.asp

    If the content is not created properly, the sync won't work.

    As far as your image size, to get the 10' vertical size you are looking for, I would say you'd want to go with at least a 30' throw. The vertical size at a 30' throw is 12.5', which should be able to cover the overlap of the collaging, as well as any image size loss due to keystoning. If you can, going out to a 35' throw might be even better, as that will get you more flexibility. You can find the image size chart here:

    www.highend.com/pub/products/digital_lighting/DL3/Projection%20chart%20DL3%20Standard.pdf

    That's for a standard lens, which will work just fine for your set up and keep you from having to pay extra on your rental for alternate lens.


    Hope this helps. Please let me know if I can help any further.

    Thanks,
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    A single file would probably be the best approach, and 5 minutes should be just fine for the DL.3s. Make sure that the DL.3s are networked so you can use the network sync to keep the 3 servers sync'ed up on video playback. This will be pretty essential with a slow scrolling video like you describe. Also, make sure that the video is created to the DL.3 content specs, which can be found here:

    www.highend.com/support/digital_lighting/CreatingCustomContent.asp

    If the content is not created properly, the sync won't work.

    As far as your image size, to get the 10' vertical size you are looking for, I would say you'd want to go with at least a 30' throw. The vertical size at a 30' throw is 12.5', which should be able to cover the overlap of the collaging, as well as any image size loss due to keystoning. If you can, going out to a 35' throw might be even better, as that will get you more flexibility. You can find the image size chart here:

    www.highend.com/pub/products/digital_lighting/DL3/Projection%20chart%20DL3%20Standard.pdf

    That's for a standard lens, which will work just fine for your set up and keep you from having to pay extra on your rental for alternate lens.


    Hope this helps. Please let me know if I can help any further.

    Thanks,
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