Designing for this scary big screen - how to ensure a quality output?
I'm working on an event in just over a weeks time that will be in a venue with a massive screen at a super tight ratio (5184 x 1920 pixels, 2.7:1). I need to create the presentation in Powerpoint (no real compromise, it has to be updatable company wide by a number of contributors). I think I've worked out how to size the slides (using max pixel width), but my concern is around ensuring the output is good. Will it letterbox if run off a PC laptop? We have a dress rehearsal at the venue to test, but I am not abe to be there that day, and the tech staff are not replying (and we are not paying the extra ££ to use them or their inbuilt system).
It's a big ticket internal event and I need to deliver something high quality to help them justify the venue spend. I'm ok making the slides, just super worried that when we get there it won't work.
Any help / advice / reassurance would be ace!
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- @Paul Bridges I did get a pretty detailed tech spec, but it mainly listed kit. Got some time with their team though which helped with understanding the best way to work
- @christopher conway yeah, colour parity was something that worried me, especially with a last minute change from Mac to pc to run the PowerPoint. But it all worked with the embedded profiles and looked better than I hoped.
- Thanks everyone. Has the event this morning and it all looked really good. Managed to get some time with their tech team to help get my head around it all and ended up with a full width background and the presentation PiP.
- You should have the specs of the screen. If it was me, I would mostly be concerned with how it displays on screen, what is the colour profile of the screen and the viewing environment. sRGB? rec709? or something specific to the screen or projector? (which would impact the readability). Is your laptop compatible with the screen (in terms of graphic card specs).
- Is there no way they can give you access to the room and tech to test it? Worth doing for such a big event. Also, make sure your images are above at least 70dpi at final size which will mean they'll need to be high res originally.
- Haven’t the venue supplied a tech delivery sheet?
- @Julian Saunders Thanks! I've definitely experienced that rule many time before! Unfortunately, this time me being there is not possible, and the extra spend is unlikely...
- Rather than offer you practical help, I'll try to add some objective clarity for you. Rule 1 - Whatever can go wrong will go wrong. So I think you have to either pay the extra money for the tech staff or find a way to be there for the dress rehearsal. Anything else is super risky! Hope this helps your thinking🤞
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