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FCP OutPut Question for Video Wall Display “Please Read”
Hi All,
I’ve been given a very odd output request. A client of ours is having a fashion show and is using a video wall for display during the event. 2×2 vertical monitors. I’ve been asked to prepare video @ 43″ W X 72″ H. Rotated 16×9. And I’m laying off to Digi Beta. Is their some kind of convertor that lets you set this up exactly? I know I have to rotate the 4×3 picture CCW. I know I have to blow the picture way up. I know I have to distort the picture so that it looks anamorphic and will stretch out on a 16X9 set up. But this seems like a very random way of doing this and I know the client will kill us if this isn’t done correctly. Any help could save lives.
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Probably easier to do everything normally and just rotate the displays.
It’s a difficult process especially if your client is clueless about video formats. The output from the digi will be feeding a multi-output scalar box that will feed the monitors. You want to get your hands on the scalar or the scalar’s manual a few days ahead of launch. You also want to talk to the geek running the system right now.bogiesan
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Oh well. Thanks for the help.
That’s the rub, there isn’t anyone to speak with. Their has to be some kind of step by step way of doing this exactly to spec. The search continues. Thanks again. -
While I’ve made programs that play in a vertical screen, I’ve never done it for multiple monitors in a video wall. I did it all in AfterFX. There are different control boxes for video walls that can affect which feeds to the system are displayed where. You need to find find what equipment they’re using. Then you can contact the manufacturer for all the details.
Maybe a search on the AfterFX forum for video wall will turn up some guidance. I seem to recall reading a thread about how someone approached this issue. I think they made a composition for each screen then added those comps into a master comp that displayed them as one. That way the synchronization could be checked. If you need to supply just one stream to the video wall, it would be that master comp’s movie. If you need 4 streams then just the individual comp’s movies.
Check out Alcorn McBride. They make a line of digital players used in many museums, themeparks, etc. If your client hasn’t chosen a playback system, maybe you can influence that decision. I’ve worked with Alcon’s tech support and they’re first rate. https://www.alcorn.com/
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