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Best rendering for projection?
Working on a video that will be projected using a Sanyo projector with highest res of 1024×768 onto a 14′ wide screen. Looking for any advice from folks on settings and such for best quality playback from a laptop.
Also, can I assume with setting up a projector that I can pretty much ignore safe area and know exact image area?
Since we will have 3 videos, a couple of powerpoints, as well as some individual slides for some speakers we’re looking at a reliable playback software. One person recommended Song Show Plus and said that even though it’s for churches it works pretty well for queuing a variety of media. Any other options anyone is aware of?
Thanks,
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FWIW, I regularly do projection on screens ranging from 10 ft. to 40 ft. and always use a regular DVD that I’ve authored using Vegas & DVDA for playback.
Projectors have ranged from cheap (under 2,000 lumens) to semi-pro (around 5,000 lumens).
Other than washed out images in large rooms with a cheap projector, no one has complained but me 🙂If this is a one-time event, I question the need for playback software as the good stuff is never cheap and will have a learning curve that you may not want.
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Most of what they see will depend upon room lighting and the projector’s capabilities. I would suggest that you use a DVD and move as close as possible to the screen with the projector and not try to fill the entire screen. That will improve the brightness and perceived contrast.
John
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Thanks to you both. Turned out they had an older NTSC projector. Lots of lumens, not so much resolution. I re-rendered for NTSC which looked good on the projector considering, but the tech accidentally played the 720p DVI version. Lots of pixelation, but that’s life.
Thanks again for your help!
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