<div><div dir="auto">Just spent months trying to get projections to work for our school. Here is what I recommend:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">QLAB all the way. It’s expensive, but totally worth it. There is a very small learning curve. In the end we needed a Mac Pro (it’s the only thing that could handle 2 projectors and a screen, but what ever computer you go with max out the graphics card that’s essential. I also recommend using the highest lumen projectors you can find like epson movie projectors WITH LENS SHIFT. Hope this helps let me know if you need more info, and I would be happy to help it’s an undertaken.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jacob</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:19 Steven Mclean via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I have a production coming up this fall that I think demands projections. While the content will be challenging (star fields with stars blinking on sequentially & perhaps star field rotating to suggest passage of time, rurn-of the century ship-board or ocean imagery, some specific views from an office, and, perhaps a montage of planets, nebula, and galaxies) I am right now considering the practical matters of how to coordinate it all.<div><br></div><div>Since the play will be produced in a 14'-ceiling black box space of some width but little depth, I am envisioning a back wall consisting of 3 screens (the side ones with a door in each). Since the form factor will be wide and short, I am thinking that 3 projectors will be necessary to cover it, but I envision the imagery moving across all 3 on occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>My previous forays into multi-screen projections have been low-budget-each projector connected to a discrete computer, power-point or freeware software.</div><div><br></div><div>I am hoping to look into using Q-lab and Triple Head 2 Go adapter by Matrox for the software and video output, connected to a single 3-year old MacBook pro. If anyone on the list has thoughts on this, and in particular:</div><div><br></div><div>Which TripleHead2Go? </div><div> TH2Go Digital Edition, </div><div>TH2Go Digital SE, </div><div>or other?</div><div>What would you recommend if an upgraded Mac is necessary & what minimum specifications?</div><div>Mac Mini</div><div>MacBook Pro</div><div>Mac Pro</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions welcome<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-1103475274297137573gmail_signature"><div><div>Steven J McLean<br><a href="mailto:stevenjmclean@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevenjmclean@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://designandtechtheatre.wordpress.com" target="_blank">designandtechtheatre.wordpress.com</a></div></div></div>
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