PaintScaping revolutionizes Hollywood with its mappings using AJA FiDO

FiDO Mini Fiber Converters Aja are helping PaintScaping to increase the size of your mappings, key to promoting key Los Angeles events.

PaintScaping is an American company specialized in mapping (3D projections) on emblematic surfaces. recently, has worked with Black Entertainment to project a rocket Delta IV Heavy about the Hollywood poster, has transformed Canada's Victoria Harbour into Santa's workshop or has obtained the Guinness record to the largest Video game projection. In all these projects, its technical backend features several AJA FiDO fiber miniconverters, which are used to move signals as workflows require 4K solutions.

The approach of each PaintScaping project varies from a technical point of view, depending on the location or whether the installation will be temporary or permanent. Normally, Projects require between 4 and 10 Projectors, although the equipment has come to use up to 28 Projectors simultaneously. Once the scope is defined, the PaintScaping team creates a 3D model of the projection mapping target using photogrammetry, used to select the viewpoint from which effects will be rendered.

From there, Artists start the animation process, create storyboards and, last, Prepare the content. During screenings, Converters are essential for routing signals, as he explains Mike Cianciola, Vice President of Operations. "We rely on AJA's FiDO mini fiber converters to switch from HDMI and SDI between media server and projector; They are really useful and reliable".

Although 1080 HD has been the standard in the projector industry for many years, 4K is gaining more and more followers. Some facilities are designed to get people closer to the screenings, requiring higher resolution images to minimize pixel visibility.

With this in mind, Cianciola has implemented 4K 60p as a commercial standard of PaintScaping. "We use AJA's FiDO 12G with tactical fiber to reliably move 4K signals over distances of more than 90 metre; are perfect for that”.

For reproduction, PaintScaping leverages servers MadMapper, Disguise and Alcorn McBride, as well as the most used creative tools include Autodesk Maya and Maxon Cinema 4D, with some Unreal Engine from Epic Games.

"The reliability and redundancy of AJA equipment is second to none.. It is known that in the production of events it is almost impossible to balance quality, Speed and price. We try to bring those elements together as much as possible to create affordable projects., Fast and high quality, which is one of the many reasons why AJA products are always present in our workflows", concludes the head of PaintScaping.

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