pootwaddle

Thanks for the ideas. I will definitely check the frame rate.

What we are attempting is a live-action 2d puppet.

The image on the "whiteboard" will actually move and our puppeteer will

voice the interactions with the characters onstage with the

Television. Rather than a pre=recorded "show" this character on the tv

will be able to speak directly to people on stage.

I would hate to go through a network switch and PC if I don't have to. However,

I see the coolness of the special effects processing that a PC would bring to the

table.

I guess we can see as we rehearse. We would have to find the PC since

our only PC is currently used during the program for sound effects and other

music.

This was done in the 70's using a process called aniforms.

here's a link to some information about that process...

http://www.mindspring.com/~barneysarmy/aniforms.html

Thanks again. I feel this is putting me closer to the right

process!!

Very interesting idea - almost exactly what I need.

I need to do some searching to see if the document camera will

feed directly into the HDTV or if there is an adapter that will

make it work.

The document cameras I see so far all are usb, presumably to

a computer.

At least you have given me a good starting point for searches.

Thank you!!

Hello everyone. My group is a group of Fire Safety Educators

We are a very small group and we travel from elementary school to elementary

school (all the elementary schools in our city) and teach the students fire safety

like having 2 ways out, stop drop and roll, call 9-1-1 in an emergency, etc.

And I think that we can use CCTV to help us in our education programs.

We want to use CCTV to "broadcast" an image on a whiteboard

to a hi-def TV on stage, "live" in real-time.

We are wanting to look like an old-time Television broadcast, complete

with some snow and a vintage test pattern at the beginning, then

"tune in" our whiteboard.

I would like to broadcast in black and white, if possible.

If we can go direct from camera to the TV that would be great (cheapest option

since we don't really have much of a budget)

My plan is to build a bracket to hold the camera at a given distance from

the whiteboard (it is only 11 x 14 inches in size) along with some lighting to try

to keep the lighting even.

Please help me with some suggestions for cameras and other equipment

to set this up with as little "fuss" as possible since we have to set it up each

morning in less than an hour, and take it down after the program as quickly as possible

as well.

Am I completely crazy to think this may work?

Thanks for reading this, and any suggestions you may have.

We have just a couple months to build and implement this.

Bryan