Barco R92112011, User Manual

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7. Advanced
7.8.5 Soft edge
Overview
• Introduction
• Accessing the Soft edge menu
• Soft edge edit
• Black level
• Blanking
The soft edge adjustment can be done on the hand held remote control unit RACU as well.
7.8.5.1 Introduction
What can be done?
When working in a multichannel setup the Soft edge feature enables an image blending that gives the appearance of a single image,
thus achieving realistic immersion for the majority of simulation and virtual reality applications.
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Soft edge : purpose
What is the Basic Principal of (electronic) Soft Edge ?
The principle of edge blending is achieved by linear modulation of the light output in the overlap zone so that the light output in that
zone equals the light output of the rest of the image.
Adjustable overlapping area
50%
100%
50%
100%
image 2 image 1
image 2 image 1
Light output per image
Total composite light output
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Soft Edge Basic Principle
Internal versus external (Alpha planes)
The projector offers 2 methods to achieve soft edging :
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