Video Maping and rendering resolution

[carlangas]

Hello,

 

I have a client who is asking me to render stills at 14,000 x 8,000 pixels. this seems ludicrous to me and I tried to explain to him that he's fine using 3840 x 2160 renderings. he tells me that this is to be used for video mapping which I know nothing about. Has anyone rendered for video mapping and care to enlighten me on the subject?

 

Thanks!

Edited March 9, 2015 by carlangas

[Tommy L]

Probably video projection mapping. Depending on the quality of the projector they are using, you may need to render higher res than 3840 x 2160. The highest res Ive heard of for this type of application is 6k, which was projected onto a hockey rink for AR VFX.

Ask him what hardware he uses, then find the spec from the manufacturer.

[mehdyt]

I did some corporate renders last year using Dataton's Watchout for projection on a 22 x 5.5 meters complex multi-screens display ( Live feed , 3D animations & stills ) and was fine at 2880 x 786 , even used 786 x 256 still renders for a 15.48 x 5.23 meters LED screen.

As pointed by Tom check the hardware/software (how many projectors ?) that will be used for projection and the real world dimensions of the display .

Most of the time customers have no clue about the required resolution and will just ask for the maximum .

For my first mapping I was requested by the projection contractor himself to work at 7560 x 2520 ! ( ended at 2520 x 840 after a quick read through the Watchout manual )

14,000 x 8,000 is insane imho , have a look at some huge video mappings and their respective resolutions :

 

http://www.bordos.eu/applied.htm