Chris Stolz
Member
Thought I'd share a recent success projecting with PPT in Windows.
So I spent a lot of time trying to select the best projection mapping software for a production of Chess. In particular, I wanted a Windows solution that I could install at home to practice on a scale model. I played around with Isadora, HeavyM etc. but nothing had cue sheets, or was reliable enough to be run by someone who wasn't me. I eventually ended up with no selected solution until I got to the theatre and had a real set to work on. After our build was complete, I ended up giving PowerPoint a try. Well what do you know, the thing was square and PowerPoint WORKED GREAT! You can't skew images the way you can in mapping programs, but I was happy to use something that was easy for anyone to run and give up a little mapping power to do it. I ultimately ended up projecting only on surfaces which were square on to the audience.
One thing I can say for sure is that if I hadn't rented that 14K projector I would have been up a creek!
Pictures below!
So I spent a lot of time trying to select the best projection mapping software for a production of Chess. In particular, I wanted a Windows solution that I could install at home to practice on a scale model. I played around with Isadora, HeavyM etc. but nothing had cue sheets, or was reliable enough to be run by someone who wasn't me. I eventually ended up with no selected solution until I got to the theatre and had a real set to work on. After our build was complete, I ended up giving PowerPoint a try. Well what do you know, the thing was square and PowerPoint WORKED GREAT! You can't skew images the way you can in mapping programs, but I was happy to use something that was easy for anyone to run and give up a little mapping power to do it. I ultimately ended up projecting only on surfaces which were square on to the audience.
One thing I can say for sure is that if I hadn't rented that 14K projector I would have been up a creek!
Pictures below!