In this panel you have access to the complete list of projectors of the scene.
Thanks to the toolbar you can add a projector, search by name and delete the selected projectors.
In addition, you can activate or deactivate a projector by clicking directly on the “power” button next to its name.

The more actions button in the toolbar allows you to import or export the complete list of your projectors in CSV format (readable by any spreadsheet program such as Excel).
The import file format is:

  • 1 line by projector. All parameters are separated by ,
  • projname,resolutionx,resolutiony,lumens,throwratio,horizntalshift,verticalshift,positionx,positiony,positionz,yaw,pitch,roll
    e.g:

The export file format is:

  • the name of the projector
  • the position (x,y,z)
  • the orientation (yaw,pitch,roll)
  • the aspect ratio
  • the pixel resolution
  • the throw ratio
  • lens shifts (vertical and horizontal)
  • the power in lumens
  • the stack count
  • the brand
  • the series
  • the precise model
  • the name of the lens
    e.g.

Settings

The projector has many parameters:

Enable activates the projection in the scene
Position position of the projector in relation to its parent
Yaw rotation of the projector around the Y-axis
Pitch rotation of the projector around the X-axis
Roll rotation of the projector around the Z-axis
Near distance from which the projector sees objects (before this distance the objects do not appear in the projector’s view)
Far the distance from which the projector no longer sees the objects (after this distance, the objects do not appear in the projector’s view)
Color projector beam’s color
Show wire displays the wire of the view cone and the box representing the projector according to its size parameters (see below)
Show beam displays the projector’s beam
Test Pattern drop-down list of test pattern
Source current source, rendersurface or VNode output (see below)
Add to mask adds the projector in the calculation of blending masks (3D layer)
Mask group allows to create groups of masks to separate blendings
Luma fade simulates the non-projection of the black
Black level simulates the blackness that the projector can make
Aspect set the aspect ratio of the projector (16:9, 16:10,…)
Resolution pixel resolution of the projector, this value is only used in scene view modes
Throw ratio equivalent to field of view
Overscan set in % the projector POV overscan value
Vertical shift
vertical offset of the rendering cone in percent
Horizontal shift horizontal offset of the rendering cone in percent
Lumens luminous power of the projector, this value is only used in scene view modes
Stack count simulate a stack of projectors, this value is only used in scene view modes
Rotation applies a rotation to the projected image
Projection front/rear mode
Use database uses values from the database (see below)
Throw ratio min/max limit values for the selected lens supplied by the manufacturer (if use database is enabled)
V. shift min/max limit values for the selected lens supplied by the manufacturer (if use database is enabled)
H. shift min/max limit values for the selected lens supplied by the manufacturer (if use database is enabled)
Width width of the box representing the projector
Height height of the box representing the projector
Depth depth of the box representing the projector
Promote turns this projector into a camera
Shadow resolution improves the accuracy of the projection for faces almost parallel to the projection
Cast proj
Cast shadows
K1-K2-K3-T1-T2 optical distortion coefficients of the camera
load lens calib allow you to load lens calibration file

Luma fade & black level

basic projection
luma fade
simulate black level
simulate black level + luma fade

Shadow resolution

256
4096

Database

Kinetic includes piXap’s database of projectors and lenses to perform your implantation simulations.

To use it you just have to activate the option “use database”, a window will open and you will be able to choose the brand, the model and the lens according to your project.

Using the database to select a projector
Using the database to select a projector

Once your projector is set up you can change the lens or change the whole projector at any time.

Projector information after being selected from the database
Projector information after being selected from the database

Projections

Kinetic rendersurfaces and the outputs of the VNodes can be used as projected textures in projectors.
To do this you must drag and drop a rendersurface (or output) from its panel into the source field of the projector.

By doing this you have the possibility to play any content (video, image, live,…) directly projected into your 3D scene.

Drag and drop in a timeline

You can drag and drop any projector from your scene into one of the timelines. This will then create a rendering layer from that projector’s point of view.

Drag and drop in a graph

You can drag and drop any projector from your scene into a graph. You will then have access to the different values of the projector, in read or write mode.

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