Andrew Davies Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hi Can any one recommend the best way of mocking up what a projector projecting onto a curve would look like? Mad idea that has been sold into the client. No money to do blended projection etc / mapping so I am keen to show them how it would look. I don't believe texture mapping would work as in real life the image is coming from one source? Any suggestions much appreciated. I am on 2018 with Designer / Renderworks. Thanks, Andrew Quote Link to comment
scottmoore Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Quick solution would be to create a gobo and project that onto a curved surface using a lighting instrument. Not the most elegant approach but it will work. 1 Quote Link to comment
mjm Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 52 minutes ago, scottmoore said: Quick solution would be to create a gobo and project that onto a curved surface using a lighting instrument. Not the most elegant approach but it will work. Exactly how I would solve the problem 1 Quote Link to comment
Andrew Davies Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Thanks chaps! Quote Link to comment
AWD Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I have been asking for this for years... There absolutely should be a simple way to do this and choose projector type, output, lens etc etc and it function in the same way the screen tools do. Using the gobo & light workaround really isn't a great solution. Maybe ok if you have to do this once but a nightmare when you have multiple projectors that need to project onto a stage, set, musicians etc and show what it is actually going to look like with projection. 1 Quote Link to comment
aarfing Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Agree, tying projections to a single, flat screen is not sufficient . We need a dedicated projector tool. 2 Quote Link to comment
acdeslx Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Here! Here! Almost all my shows use projection and a lot of them don't just use screens. Please make that enhancement, VW! Quote Link to comment
AWD Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 might be useful to go support Dave's request here: Quote Link to comment
scottmoore Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Basically, we just need a suitable projector “instrument” that would allow for the basic functionality of a projector; lens, zoom calculations, orientation, etc. Whether that becomes part of the plug-in tool or, more likely, a separate device probably doesn’t matter. Quote Link to comment
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