Creating a 2 screen video from scratch
Posted: July 22nd, 2013, 6:36 am
I want to make a video that runs over two full HD LCD screens side by side and to run it from one mac-mini. I haven't used the arraysync or array shaker software before. I would like to know if what I want to do is possible with the software and also how best to set it up - there seem to be potentially two approaches:
1. To create the video as two separate videos (both 1920 x1080) which I can then get to play on the two screens from the mac mini simultaneously (is this possible from one mac mini?) using ArraySync
2. To create one double width video sequence (3840 x 1080) and then use ArrayShaker (in conjunction with ArraySync?) to split it across the two screens.
There would only be one soundtrack.
As I'm starting from scratch which set up would anyone recommend? In many ways the second would be easier for me to be able to edit in FCP as I won't have to consider keeping two sequences in sync and can see the full array in one timeline. However I imagine working with such a big resolution will be much slower to render and process at every stage so maybe option 1 is better although more fiddly - are there other advantages to the first option too?
I don't have the mac yet, I was considering buying the current basic model:
2.5GHz Mac mini
2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
4GB memory
500GB hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
OS X Mountain Lion
Any thoughts on the two options would be very gratefully received - and also if anyone can confirm that what I want to do is possible with the software.
THANK YOU!!!
1. To create the video as two separate videos (both 1920 x1080) which I can then get to play on the two screens from the mac mini simultaneously (is this possible from one mac mini?) using ArraySync
2. To create one double width video sequence (3840 x 1080) and then use ArrayShaker (in conjunction with ArraySync?) to split it across the two screens.
There would only be one soundtrack.
As I'm starting from scratch which set up would anyone recommend? In many ways the second would be easier for me to be able to edit in FCP as I won't have to consider keeping two sequences in sync and can see the full array in one timeline. However I imagine working with such a big resolution will be much slower to render and process at every stage so maybe option 1 is better although more fiddly - are there other advantages to the first option too?
I don't have the mac yet, I was considering buying the current basic model:
2.5GHz Mac mini
2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
4GB memory
500GB hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
OS X Mountain Lion
Any thoughts on the two options would be very gratefully received - and also if anyone can confirm that what I want to do is possible with the software.
THANK YOU!!!