Brian Mccullough
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Create your comp 7677×1440 and do all your magic. When you are complete you create additional comps the size you need them and simply render out those sections. You can check out rendering regions of interest if you like, however I have found it easier to just create new comps like Left, Center, Right and position the 7677 comp into these new comps. Simple math will give you what sizes you need and where to position them. Make sure you work in tandem with techs who set up the video wall and run the gear. They will be your best friend helping you avoid re-rendering over and over again.
Good luck, it is tons of work but will look fantastic in the end.
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Check out the Live & Stage Events forum. Lots of different equipment and good suggestions there. Your thinking down the right path with the AE composition though.
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Sarah, Flash is the obvious choice today but i am an old Director guy with enough programming experience to be dangerous. Buttons or navigation will require learning code in either presentation, at least understanding it. Behaviors are provided, simple user friendly, drag and drop items.
Much depends on what you actually want to achieve. I can not state that enough. I use powerpoint all the time for shows and events, only speakers with big budgets, time and that are clear on the message in their speech get Director/Flash.
Been around long enough to know and avoid the visionary CEO with those tools.
While Director is cool (for me and other users) I’d shy away from it, I read somewhere Adobe does have plan to improve it but not sure why since Flash is so mainstream on the web.
Spicing up your powerpoint may be as simple as hiring someone to do your animations in flash and just supply you the file to import into ppt.
Brian
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Sarah, This sounds right up my alley. I do alot of work with AfterEffects but use Director as the vehicle to display it as opposed to Powerpoint. Changes are nearly impossible at the last minute for this but can be done. I only go this route creating high end visual support that is well mapped out.
I can certainly spend hours on this discussion but i will tell you one way to spice your powerpoint up and all you need is photoshop or illustrator to do it. Export your graphics as PNG files. In powerpoint they will hold their alpha, scale nice and they can be used from presentation to presentation with different backgrounds, etc.
WMV’s play nice in ppt and easy to import. SWF and QT also play however more of a trick to import. I have seen Keynote show up on many shows lately and it handles video very well, other than that a presentation is only as good as it is designed whether in Director, PPT, Keynote, Flash or whatever else is out there.
Hope this helps.
Brian