Christie Projector Mirage S+/HD/WU User Manual

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Preliminary Calibration 
As a final part of the manufacturing process, all primary colors in the projector are 
precisely set to pre-established values to ensure that overall color performance is 
optimized and is as accurate as possible. Upon installation at a site, however, lighting 
and other environmental factors may slightly change how these colors appear on your...

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4. Display the Color Adjustments by X,Y menus for all projectors. Each menu shows 
the x/y coordinates defining the “Max Drives” color gamut for this projector. Note 
the values shown in one (any) of the displays. See Figure 3.14. Or use the “Copy 
From” function to copy them into a “User” gamut in one projector.  
 
Figure 3.14. Jot Down a Set of ”Max Drives” X/Y Values 
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 To match reds, decrease 
“Red X” until full field red 
screens match. 
 To match greens, decrease 
“Green Y” until full field 
green screens match. 
 To match blues, increase 
both “Blue X” and “Blue Y” 
until full field blue screens 
match. 
NOTE: For speed, enable the “Auto Color Enable” checkbox. Each color coordinate 
you select will then automatically trigger a full...

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WHAT IS BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITY? When used to refine screens already matched for 
their primary colors (see Matching Colors in Multiple Screens, above) and overall 
light output, proper adjustment of Brightness Uniformity can create an exceptionally 
smooth screen in which: 
 No area of the screen appears more red, green or blue than another  
 No area of the screen...

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Step 1: General Setup 
1a) Adjust primary colors (see Matching Colors in Multiple Screens) to ensure 
matched overall color temperatures and light output between screens.  
 IMPORTANT  
Double-check that all WHITES and LIGHT OUTPUT are well-matched. 
1b) 
Enable the Brightness 
Uniformity checkbox. 
This will enable 
access to the 
uniformity controls 
and will apply the...

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Ensure that overall light output remains well matched from one screen center to 
the next. Where necessary, increase or decrease Lamp Power slightly to 
recover center matches. 
Step 2: Adjust Color (level of red/green/blue) in Eight Zones 
NOTES: 1) At this point, ignore the brightness of individual zones. 2) Always ignore 
menu colors. 
2a) On each screen, compare the...

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 Adjust corner White Uniformity last—each corner adjustment affects only 
this quadrant.  
 Repeat for each screen.  
 
Figure 3.18. Match Zones to Center Light Output 
Step 4: Readjust Color Temperature (level of red/green/blue) in Eight 
Zones 
4a) Return to Steps 2a & 2b and, if necessary, fine-tune the zones so that they all 
still exhibit a single color temperature....

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Figure 3.19. Edge Blending Concept 
For best results, use the same projector model and type throughout your display wall. 
In addition, avoid high-gain screens whenever possible—the optical performance of 
such screens demands minimal image offset, thus projectors must be located very 
close to one another. 
Edge blending software controls are located in the two-page Edge...

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 Blend Midpoint determines the white 
level at the blend midpoint (the point 
equidistant between the beginning and 
end of the blend). Increasing the Blend 
Midpoint setting creates a blend that 
appears brighter than the rest of the 
image. Decreasing the Blend Midpoint 
setting creates a blend that is darker than 
the rest of the image. A setting of 50 
means the midpoint...

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Figure 3.22. Set Starting Points for Each Projector 
4. SET BLEND WIDTH: On one projector, increase the Blend Width for an overlapping 
edge (for example, if the projector’s image is on left, its right edge overlaps the 
adjacent image—adjust Right Blend Width). Use the same setting on the second 
projector for this shared edge. 
5. Re-adjust width (both projectors) until...