ProjectionTools
What are the domeprojection.com® ProjectionTools?
domeprojection.com ProjectionTools is the most versatile automatic display calibration system on the market for calibration of arbitrary screen shapes.
It is scalable from portable, easy-to-use Single-Cam AV version for installations which can be captured by one camera (also support of fisheye lens) to Pro AV or Pro Sim requiring multi-camera calibration and up to hi-end fix AutoAlignment installations.
ProjectionTools will enable you to use any warp and blend solution or media server you choose.
Are you interested in ProjectionTools?
ProjectionsTools – which suite is the right one for you?
Single-Cam AV
The Single-Cam AV package allows you a set-up of a multi channel single camera calibration with a final result of high accuracy and flexibility. A fast set-up and speedy recalibration makes it ideal for staging, rental and events.
Pro AV
The Pro AV suite is the software package for the precise setup of large media installations. Depending on the size and complexity of the projection screen, one or more cameras or camera positions enable a quick and easy measurement.
Pro Sim
Pro SIM is the toolset for simulation and training environments with the demanding requirements of realistic visualization with high precision and accuracy. By adjusting the brightness, clipping, fade-out and blending and black-level correction you will experience realistic immersive flight or driving simulations.
ProjectionTools Single-Cam AV
Projection quality at speed!
The Single-Cam AV auto-cal suite of ProjectionTools allows you a set-up of a multi channel single camera calibration – yet delivering a final result of high accuracy and flexibility. The single camera’s fast set-up and speedy recalibration makes it ideal for staging, rental and events.
ProjectionTools Pro AV
Large Multi-channel Media Installations
ProjectionTools Pro AV is the software package for the precise setup of large media installations. Depending on the size and complexity of the projection screen, one or more cameras or camera positions enable a quick and easy measurement by means of our tool Creator.
The mapping will be configured and exported two-dimensionally using the Mapper 2D. On top, our ProjectionTools allow absolute image brilliance by adjusting the brightness, clipping, fade-out and blending.
ProjectionTools Pro Sim
Simulation and training environments with high precision and accuracy
ProjectionTools Pro Sim is the dedicated toolset to install and optimize visual display and projection systems for simulation and training environments and meets the demanding requirements of realistic visualization. Precise measurement of the screen and of the projection will be done by using the software tool Creator. Afterwards, the eye points as well as the virtual cameras will be adjusted in the module Mapper 3D. The blending will then be optimally determined according to the virtual cameras. By adjusting the brightness, clipping and fade-out, you will experience realistic immersive flight or driving simulations. Especially for night scenes, black-level corrections can be calculated for each projection. For a high-end experience during night simulations, specifications for optical blend masks can also be derived from the measured data. These blend masks, called NBlend, offer the highest image quality and unsurpassed black. Especially in the fading ranges of the simulation, no transitions in brightness will be seen.
Version Comparison
domeprojection.com® ProjectionTools are currently available in three suites.
All suites will provide you with tools which are easy to use and flexible to fetch out the maximum quality of your projection display.
The software is licensed per channel, which is typically one projection-channel. If the projector is fed by multiple sources, it might be more. Each channel has one correction set (warping, blending, black level correction).
Overview ProjectionTools Features
| Single-Cam AV | Pro AV | Pro Sim | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capture | Uncalibrated Cameras | single | single | single |
| Fisheye | single | single | single | |
| Calibrated Cameras | single | multiple | multiple | |
| Camera Positions | single | multiple* | multiple | |
| 3D Reconstruction | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Mapping | Planar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Perspective | ✓ | |||
| Cylindrical | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Spherical LogLat/Polar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Custom | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Multiple Mappings | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Virtual Cameras | ✓ | |||
| Export | domeprojection.com® Generic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Warp Software | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Warp Units | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Media Server | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 3D-Engines | optional | |||
| Advanced3D | optional | |||
| Scripts | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Modules | Creator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Align | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| AutoAlignment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Mapper2D | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Mapper3D | optional | ✓ | ||
| Designer | ||||
| 4K Support | optional | optional | optional | |
| ATP Control | optional | |||
| Collimator support | optional | |||
| Cutter | optional | optional |
* – calibrated non-fisheye cameras required
Exporter
ProjectionsTools integrate a variety of hard and software into your visual system. The measurement data resulting from the projection will be exported and stored for a variety of simulation software, warp and blend hardware, projectors and graphics cards.
domeprojection.com offers the possibility of using MPCDI export and generic exporters. Thus you are able to integrate our calibration data into your software directly and independent of 3rd party warping and blending solutions.
The tables below provide a selection of possible exporters which are available. If your system is not supported please contact us with details about your project.
Media Server
Media Server
| Media Server | Pro AV | Pro Sim | Warping | Blending | Black-Level-Correction |
| Hippotizer (Green Hippo) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Watchout (Dataton) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Resolume | ✓ | ✓ | (✓)* | ||
| Pandoras Box (Christie) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Pixera (AV Stumpfl) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Wings (AV Stumpfl) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 7thSense Delta Media Server | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lightact | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| MX Wendler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| RSA Cosmos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sciss Uniview | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Ventuz | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
(✓)* – limited
Image Generators
Image Generators
| Pro AV | Pro Sim | Warping | Blending | Black-Level-Correction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Visionics Genesis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| e.sigma | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Motekforce | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| NITA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Quantum3D MANTIS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Saab JFIST | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sogitec | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Transas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| VBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| VI-grade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| VIRES | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MetaVR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| AVSIMULATION SCANeR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Prepar3D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
(✓)* – limited
Warp Hardware
Warp Hardware
| Pro AV | Pro Sim | Warping | Blending | Black-Level-Correction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3d Perception nBox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barco HDX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (✓)* | |
| Barco MCM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barco Pulse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barco Sim7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barco WB | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Calibre | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Christie Twist | ✓ | ✓ | (✓)* | ||
| Digital Projection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eyevis OpenWarp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Image AnyPlace | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| NVIDIA® Quadro (NWarp) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ZEISS VELVET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
(✓)* – limited
Warp Software
Warp Software
| Pro AV | Pro Sim | Warping | Blending | Black-Level-Correction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ImmersaView SimVisuals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ImmersaView Sol7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (✓)* | |
| NTHUSIM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | (✓)* | |
| NWarp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scalable Desktop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
(✓)* – limited
For details about the current ProjectionTools version visit our ProjectionTools Changelog page
For a printed version of the ProjectionTools information: see product brochures