[Dave Martin]

I’m looking for the Aurora Pipe online and I guess it’s discontinued, which means they won’t have anything for an Intel MacPro.

I’m sure the Kona 3 could do the same thing with a little tweak somewhere…no?

I’m interested in hearing more about your experience, perhaps this isn’t the forum for it, have you written about it anywhere?

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Thanks Rich

You nailed it. Were you able to monitor your large comp anywhere other than in AE on a computer screen? I was hoping I could use Kona somehow.

How did your anamorphic squeeze turn out. That was a suggestion for this project but I thought there would be a lot of pixel loss.

Thanks for the reply…

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

I’m sorry Bob…should’ve explained a little more….

I’m working on a screen blended video for a corporate show which will be projected from three projectors on a 100 foot wide screen.

Eventually The 3500 pixels will be sliced in after effects to an HD or media server format but to actually build the project I need to work in 3500 x 1080.

I was hoping to monitor on something besides the computer screen…

Thanks…

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Hello Bob!

Your big broad stroke advice is most welcome…thank you! I’ve clipped your comments and put them in the production notes already.

I did a search on screen blending and Bob Bonniol and ended up reading till 4 am last night. You are everywhere! I enjoyed the blog and I’m going to try and sign up for your gig in Vegas this year. Thanks so much for your guidance…

Oh yah…and I look forward to using some wipes! 😎

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Thanks guys…I appreciate the input.

Bob…do you know a good place I can read up on the screen blending/multi-display process with After Effects and FCP?

I’ve got lots of experience in broadcast but not so much here and I’d like to get as prepared as I can…

Thanks again for your advice!

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

What kind of speed might you expect from the four bay firmtek and sonnet card?

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Dave Martin]

Oh…and I have 1 1/2 months so that’s good! 😎

Dave Martin

– MacPro – MacBook Pro –

[Dave Martin]

Thanks Bob

This makes perfect sense and I will see if we can arrange extra HD playback. I believe there will be three projectors with a blend of 350 pixels.

I guess either way it won’t effect my workflow though will it? I’ll work in 3500 x 1080 in After Effects and just crunch through it.

Would you have any other design tips? I understand we don’t want to use solid colors (movement in the background is good for the blend) and I shouldn’t use pure white or black in the background.

I’m thinking I should design in a low rez (1000 x 300?)comp…get approvals and then rebuild…would that make sense? Things I should keep in mind?

Thanks so much for your help Bob…

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Sounds like it’ll take some time!

Thanks Nick!

Dave Martin

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[Dave Martin]

Thanks Nick

How long is your piece at 720×3840? That just sounds like it would really run fairly slow in AE if you had a lot of complicated elements. I’ve tested a bit with my 3500 x 1080 and it certainly didn’t respond like we would like it too…any other tips besides the 1/4 resolution?

Thanks so much!

Martin

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