poor display quality

[Matthew Dobrski]

Although being almost technofobic and with 40 years experience in showbiz, the laser light show is a new teritory for me. The goal is to occasionally display an simple logo and/or animated text on the wall of small club. After intensive research I opted for CS-1000RGB projector with 30kpps scanner, coupled with QuickShow software and dedicated laptop. Unfortunately the results are way below acceptable, in terms of the projection quality. No matter what I do within QS setup options, the logo images or fonts are distorted heavily. Lowering scan rate to around 5K helps a little at the expense of terrible flickering. Apparently galvos can't handle anything more complex than simple waves or cones in foggy air, which is a big NO in my club. Of course better (faster) snanners - perhaps these not made of bamboo wood - may be the answer. Unfortunately the budget is limited to $2000 max for the system, including computer. Am I hitting the wall here (pun intended), or something can be done to eliminate my frustration?

 

[Bob@Pangolin]

The chance is that your image contains to many points.

Try to remove some of the logo to minimize points, or indeed, you need faster scanners.

I don't have a good view of your current setup. It could also be that you have an to large scan angle..

What happens if you make the projection zone really small?

 

[Matthew Dobrski]

Indeed, too many traced points may be too demanding for this scanner. I'll try to edit trace even further than I did already, but I don't believe in radical improvement. Yes, I tried minimizing the scan angle, but I didn't noticed any difference in display quality.

I'm pretty sure that I've invested in dead cow. Unfortunately my budget is limited to $2000 max, including controlling computer, software and interface. Sadly, the lw US refused to take this purchase back and reimburse me...