PaintScaping revolutionizes Hollywood with AJA FiDOs

FiDO fiber mini 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 making mappings (3D projections) on emblematic surfaces. In this way, he has recently worked with Black Entertainment to project a Delta IV Heavy rocket onto the cartel de hollywood, has transformed Canada's Victoria Harbor into Santa Claus's workshop or has obtained the Guinness record to the greatest projection of video games. In all these projects, your backend technician has several mini fiber converters DOG FIDO, which are used to move signals as workflows require solutions 4K.

The approach to each PaintScaping project varies from a technical standpoint, depending on the location or whether the installation will be temporary or permanent. Typically, projects require between 4 and 10 projectors, although the team has used up to 28 projectors simultaneously. Once the scope is defined, the PaintScaping team creates a 3D model of the target. mapping projection using photogrammetry, which is used to select the point of view from which the effects will be rendered. From there, artists begin the animation process, create storyboards, and finally prepare the content. During projections, converters are essential for routing signals, as explained Mike Cianciola, VP of Operations: “We rely on AJA FiDO mini fiber converters to pass HDMI and SDI between the media server and the projector; they are really useful and reliable.”

Although 1080 HD has been the standard in the projector industry for many years, 4K is increasingly gaining popularity. Some installations are designed to bring people closer to the projections, requiring higher resolution images to minimize pixel visibility. Taking this into account, Cianciola has implemented 4K 60p as PaintScaping's commercial standard: “We use AJA's 12G FiDO with tactical fiber to reliably move 4K signals over distances of more than 90 meters – they are perfect for that,” explains Cianciola. For reproduction, PaintScaping takes advantage of the servers Food Maps, Disguise y Alcorn McBride, as well as the most used creative tools include Autodesk Maya y Maxon Cinema 4D, with some Unreal Engine from Epic Games.

"The reliability and redundancy of AJA equipment is unsurpassed. It is known that in event production it is almost impossible to balance quality, speed and price. We try to unite those elements as much as possible to create affordable, fast and high-quality projects, which is one of the many reasons why AJA products are always present in our workflows," concludes the head of PaintScaping.