Warp & Blend

Barco Pulse electronics have warp and blending capabilities embedded within the projector software. You can control the warp and blend functions directly from the projectors’ user interface (UI), Prospector our web-interface (recommended) or via JSON-RPC command protocol to perform warping and blending through your own proprietary solutions. Geometry corrections performed in the projector ensure minimum system latency is added, as all image processing is done in one single step through Barco’s proprietary SSP™ technology.

When a projector is installed off-axis, in the corner of the room, high in the ceiling, inside the side wall, as this example shows. This will normally create image artefacts like a keystoned image overshooting the screen.

With Barco Residentials capabilities like shift and warp technology we can easily return the image back to a perfectly aligned image without showing any artefacts in the image.

With the knowledge Barco brings to the table, we could offer to help the integrator and the designer to install a projector where you normally would not think it was possible. As a result, you are not only getting a perfect image, but we can also make sure the technology is perfectly integrated in an architecturally pleasing way.

We did install a 3-projector blend in a garage in Beverly Hills, this installation needed both warp and blend technology used together. The image was 22 meter (75 feet) wide. Three Balder Cinemascope units were used.

In installations like this, Barco Residential will offer their expertise and can support the install on site. With the built-in warp and blend technology together with external Barco processors or computers to handle the content, we can easily turn three projector images into one seamless curved canvas.

The calibration starts with alignment of the picture. The image will overshoot at first but with the built in 4-corner warp and bow correction technology, the projectors bend the image to follow the curvature of the screen.