LED screen animation
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- ********
hi
anyone have experience with LED animation?
Im making an animation for a football stadium screen ( the ones around the field )
I have some pretty weird specs from them
(160x48 - avi) which seems ridiculously small.Im just wondering about font issues, legebility etc.
any body thats done this before and can offer some 'LED guidlines' would be great help.The creative/production didnt supply any kind of guidelines and ive made an animation they wanted, lots of particles etc, im just worried its gonna look like shiaaaat
- ifeltdave0
Those dimensions sound correct. Every lightbulb on the screen is essentially one pixel, and considering most people in the audience will be far enough away, the image will look fine.
Fonts, make sure your colors are contrasty, you use whole pixel sizes / positions, and that you choose one that works for the design but is also legible. A Gotham-Light, for example, would be a horrible choice.
If at all possible, request to be able to preview your work on the screen, so you can adjust colors, sizes, etc accordingly. Your computer monitor is NOT a stadium screen. Distance, viewing angle, and weather conditions will all affect how your stuff looks on the screen, so seeing it will do you worlds of good.
- ********0
yeah i guessed each bulb was a pixel, the stuff i have been supplied with - footage etc is not ideal.
also they wanted gradient colours and particles, dunno if it was good idea but but thats what creative wanted so thats what they get. i doubt i will get to test it.
so if you see a shitty looking screen at the world cup, it was me :)
- CALLES0
those are the right specs
- CALLES0
i have done many. dont forgt that it is small resolution but then it's clea from far away. you need also very high contrast
- fyoucher10
Work with a pair of these on
- CALLES0
and also probably 20 30secs loops
- elwan1st0
1920 X 56 Pixels avi
i need any software to make animations myself
- Miguex0
stay away from 1px lines, (make them 3px) and try not to use a lot of detail, it all depends on how far or close the pixels are on the panel
I have worked on the translucen mesh ones that you can see through when they are off
and with the top of the line (nearly HD looking) ones
you can compare on the video below, the center screen has great resolution, and the ones on the sides are more on the standard end, you can see flickering going and the space between pixels.the center one, you have to be steps away to see the led separation, I was blown away some of my content I was not able to use because you can see pixelation going on, but my most recent stuff at 720 look out of this world, and I was really far away from the stage