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multiscreen projection
I am looking for an application that can feed 2 or max 3 projectors with different outputs from only ONE laptop, by e g a matrox with two or three ways. I know about all the professional stuff like watchout etc but is there anything simpler and cheaper than that?
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[Uli Ruchlinski] “I am looking for an application that can feed 2 or max 3 projectors with different outputs from only ONE laptop, by e g a matrox with two or three ways. I know about all the professional stuff like watchout etc but is there anything simpler and cheaper than that?”
The simplest and cheapest? Running PowerPoint or Keynote with the Matrox GXM system you mentioned.
If your content is all video, and you’re willing to spend a little bit of money, you could use Playback Pro on a Mac laptop with a Matrox GXM.
Of course, any of these systems will have some tradeoffs (flexibility and power for cost) when compared with a system like Watchout.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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I second Walter’s suggestion.
Keynote and PPT 2010/2011 will both handle videos, transitions and the like. Just make sure to set the canvas to the correct pixel count and ratio for the 2 or 3 part screen you will be displaying onto.
Otherwise, you may run into pixellation or stretching on playback.
Quick and dirty is sometimes the best tool in the box.
Rob.
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Freaky People Productions,
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Have you looked at the Matrox Tripple Head to Go?
It’s cheaper that a lot of the high end multi head cards.
You can drive 3 separate displays from 1 powerpoint presentation.
https://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
Hope that helps,
Seth
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