At the same time, E/T/C UK also announced the fomation of a hire division, offering a stock of Barco R18 and Christie 25 high-power projectors, alongside its traditional PIGI scrolling film projectors.
Produced by the R&D department at E/T/C Audiovisuel in France, Onlyview allows easy, real-time creation of multi-screen video projections, with automatic control of overlapping and soft-edging. Aimed at events, conferences, spectaculars, TV production and fixed installations, Onlyview was created with the main aim of providing a highly creative tool, with real-time, immediate effects - avoiding lengthy rendering times completely.
The system can accept a high quality live video feed (HD or SD) and multiple media sources - including static image formats, video clips (AVI, MPEG2, QuckTime and swf) and sound files (WAV, AIFF and MP3); PSD (Adobe Photoshop) files can be imported as separate layers which can then be animated, and the system also includes an in-built text generator. Keystone correction is achieved via an easy-to-use draggable grid which can distort the image to fit virtually any surface orientation and contour. All effects can be created with timelines, all accessible at any time. Individual layers, or groups of layers, can be manipulated and timed individually.
Ashton commented: "We tightly targeted invites to the demos and the turnout was excellent. We saw a wide selection of individuals - production mangers, creative directors, producers, technicians, graphics experts - embracing every area of the industry - live events, rock 'n' roll, theatre, corporate presentations and television. The reactions were very positive all round."
