Brian Tetter from Frederick Christian Fellowship Church in Frederick, MD brings us this awesome triple wide projection set.
From Brian: This is the base stage set seen in “Giant Gold Ornaments” we did back at Christmas. It’s a combination of a version of “LED by the Spirit” and some triple wide projection. First we started with a basic design similar to the “LED by the Spirit”, but we enclosed the LED strips in a half of a 2″ PVC pipe with Coroplast and diffusion gel on top to get an even light. We reused the electronics built for “Glowing Pieces” to save money. The rest of the set is white Coroplast. 2 pieces for a center screen, and then sections built at 90 degree angles lifted off the floor for the side pieces. We had to lift the pieces high enough so the projectors would catch them since they were closer to the projectors. We used 3 projectors and ran the images masked through ProPresenter and a datapath for the triple wide image.
How did you get the projector to project only onto the side screens without it bleeding over onto the walls? I really like the screens. Is the center screen just coroplast?
I second Eric’s question. Where are the projectors located for the side elements, and how did you ‘mask’ the projection to only hit the front and side of the boxes?
The screens are all coroplast. the side pieces are 4mm on a wood frame. the center screen is 10mm for stability.
the 3 projectors are hanging at the front of the stage. I’ll upload a picture if I can.
We use pro-presenter with a triplewide image through a Datapath. we made the mask using MaskeR-Aid. It lets you “cut” areas out that you want to see of the image leaving the rest masked out.
https://crowdcontrolgames.com/products/masker-aid
https://www.datapath.co.uk/datapath-products/multi-display-products/datapath-fx4-sdi
check out “Glowing Pieces” for the projector locations
just added new picture showing the projector locations
Thanks so much for the photo with the projector!! I now have another question, super unrelated to this post. We are looking to purchase new chairs for our church, and I want some just like the ones in your newest photo. Do you know where, or who I could contact to find out where to purchase chairs like those? Thanks!!
sorry, just saw post. I’ll have to go back and see if I can find any info on the chairs. we have had them for 15 years
Hey Brian, thanks for sharing this! It looks amazing. Can you please share the dimensions of the Coroplast screens? It looks like the sides are the same dimensions so both the center and side dimensions would be great. Thanks!
sorry, just saw post. the center “screen” is 2 4×8 pieces of coroplast making a 4′ by 16′ long screen. the 6 upright pieces are 2 in 1 screens at right angles which you should be able to see in the unlit picture. one side is 33″ deep and one is 13″ deep and 8′ tall. they sit on a black 28″ high platform so they will catch the projection since they are out from the back wall
What is the make and model of your video projectors? Did you have to buy a stronger lens for each?
I know they are NEC. I think this is the model for the side projector NP-PA853W, maybe 8000 lumens. the center 3 are 7000 or 7500 lumens
Hey there! We are trying to mimick the same design at our church. I was curious to see what the dimensions were for the black pieces of wood, the pieces to make the arrows, and which led strips+DMX connections you used for this design. Thanks!
Hi Brian! Did you put LED strips into each piece of Coroplast or is the LED strip at the bottom projecting upward?
the LEDs are only in the thin strips, one row down the center. the large pieces of coroplast are being projected on by 3 projectors with a triplewide image. no additional lights or LEDs are on the coroplast.
Hey! Love this idea, how did you adhere the diffusion paper to the coroplast?
I sprayed a large sheet of diffusion gel with spray adhesive and laid the coroplast pieces on top. when dry, I cut the gel around the pieces to fit.
Ola Brian Tetter, Quais cabos você utilizou para ligar a placa dataph até os projetores?
Hi Brian Teter, What cables did you use to connect the Datapath Fx4-SDi to the projectors?
the datapath SDI outputs SDI, so we used one SDI cable for each projector. At each projector we put a converter box to convert the signal to HDMI to the projector
On the LED Light fixtures was the gel on the inside or the outside of the fixture?
outside
So, are there only one set of LED strips? Or is it on all of the thin strips?