Optoma ZU1700 Interchangeable Lenses DLP Projector Instruction Manual

Optoma ZU1700 Interchangeable Lenses DLP Projector

Specifications:

• Support Warp function with a maximum grid size of 65×33
• Edge blending with gamma adjustment
• Warp/Blend flash writing
• Test Pattern
• Support Stack Mode
• Multiple Masking
• Black Level Adjustment
• HSG Adjustment
• Hotspot Control
• Color Uniformity Adjustment
• Open the Project file from the projector with the configuration of a multi-projector system
• Enhanced Hotkey control items
• Add black level coloring by eyedropper mode

Product Usage Instructions

Getting Started

Onboarding Screen

Double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop to launch the tool. If you are using the software for the first time, it will display a series of onboarding screens to provide a visual explanation on how to use the software and its capabilities. These onboarding screens can be accessed later from File > Help

Onboarding Screen.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The tool comes with preset keyboard shortcuts that offer a quick and efficient way to perform actions. You can find the shortcut information under File > Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Setting the Scenario and Layout: GENERAL

Projectors Mapping

Instructions for setting up projectors in a general scenario.

Setting the Scenario and Layout: CYLINDRICAL

Projectors Mapping

Instructions for setting up projectors in a cylindrical scenario.

Setting the Scenario and Layout: CAVE

Projectors Mapping

Instructions for setting up projectors in a cave-like scenario.

Adjusting the Images

Adjusting the Black Level

Detailed instructions on how to adjust the black levels of the images.

HSG Adjustment

Instructions on adjusting HSG (Hot Spot Gain) for optimal image quality.

Color Uniformity

Guidance on adjusting color uniformity for consistent visual output.

FAQ:

• Q: How do I access the onboarding screens after skipping them?
  • A: You can access the onboarding screens again by navigating to File > Help > Onboarding Screen.

Warp and Blend Tool Introduction

The Feature list

Current Features

1. Support Warp function, the max grid size is 65×33
   • a. Linear Mode
   • b. Curve Mode
2. Edge blending with gamma adjustment
3. Warp/Blend flash writing
4. Test Pattern
5. Support Stack Mode
6. Multiple Masking
7. Black Level
8. HSG Adjustment
9. Hotspot Control
10. Color Uniformity adjustment
11. Open Project file from the projector with the configuration of the multi-projector system
12. Enrich the Hotkey control items
13. Add black-level coloring by eyedropper mode

**Getting started

**

Onboarding Screen

Double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop to the tool. If you are using the software for the first time, it displays a series of onboarding screens, giving you a visualized explanation on how to use the software and what you can do with it. The onboarding screens are skipped after being used once, and you can get it from File > Help > Onboarding Screen.

Warp and Blend Tool Introduction

Keyboard shortcuts

This tool is preset with a series of keyboard shortcuts that provide a quick and efficient way to perform an action. You can find the shortcut information at File > Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.

License Procedure

Start the projector licensing to get the authority for valid use of Visual Suite functions. Following steps to activate the license in projectors, make reference to below procedure.

1. Set the License at the Front Page to start the projector licensing.
2. The license dialog would automatically search for the projectors in the same network. This may take few seconds. User can add a projector which not found in projector searching list manually; type in the IP address and click ADD.
3. Pick up the projectors and click REQUIRE LICENSE to get the projector and exist license information to complete the procedure of license activation
4. Click UPLOAD LICENSE to load the valid license files to activate the special function of Visual Suite to access to projectors.
5. It is successful to activate the license when the projector shows activated and License Level in list.

Welcome Page to start the project

Welcome page to help user start a blending project or apply an existing configuration to the project. The button displayed below will take you to the settings flow when clicked.

Creating a new file

After the onboarding screens, the tool redirects to the welcome page, from where you can create a new file or open a previous configuration file. The page also provides a list of recent files. Check the installation position of your projectors, and complete following steps to create a new file.

Open a pre-existent configuration file from PC

User can save the settings as a configuration file on the computer. By loading the file, the saved settings are applied to the matching projectors.

Open configuration file from Projector

The system configuration file is saved to projectors when the setting is done. By loading the file, the saved settings are applied to the matching projectors.

Note: Before loading the file, make sure the required projectors are connected to the same network with the tool.

Complete the following steps to open a file from the computer.

1. On the welcome page, click OPEN-PC and select a file from the pop-up windows dialog.
2. The tool starts searching for the projectors required by the file.
3. If the application finds all matching projectors, it applies the saved settings to the projectors and redirects to the main workspace
4. When the application could not find all required projectors, it redirects to the welcome page.
5. Check the projector connection and try again. If the file still fails to load, create a new file instead.

Workspace basics

Learn about the basics of the main workspace and shortcuts of tool.

Main workspace

This tool is designed with an intuitionistic and user-friendly interface, allowing the user to effectively perform advanced geometric adjustments on the projected images.

Main workspace

Setting up the grouping of projectors

The setting goes to the SELECT PROJECTOR page, the list includes the projectors with valid license.

1. On the welcome page, click NEW.
2. On the projector list, select the grouping projectors.
3. The Tool automatically searches for the projectors in the same network. This may take few seconds.
4. To locate a projector, click the Identify button turn off the test pattern.
5. In the Filename field, type in the project filename and memory location. The file is saved automatically to the default folder of the software.
6. Click File > Save As button in top toolbar to save the file to the specified folder.

Setting the Scenario and Layout: GENERAL

The setting goes to the SELECT SURFACE page, and Select GENERAL surface.

1. The software supports diverse scenarios with different layouts, general wallpaper, surround (cylinder) and cave.
2. Set the numbers of Height, Width and Stack in the layout setting fields. The total number of layout projectors must match with the number of grouping projectors.
3. Click NEXT for the projector mapping.

Projectors Mapping

The setting goes to the PROJECTION LAYOUT page.

1. Click one of the layout frames to select a projector from pop-up projector list for layout mapping.
2. Select a projector, and click OK.
3. Repeat step a. and b. to select a projector for each layout frame. Make sure that the layout of the projectors are matching with the actual projection position.
4. Click DONE to complete the projector mapping; the step is not able to return unless redo the previous steps.

Setting the Scenario and Layout: CYLINDRICAL

The setting goes to the SELECT SURFACE page, Select CYLINDRICAL surface for surround blending application.

1. The software supports diverse scenarios with different layouts, general wallpaper, surround (cylinder) and cave.
2. Set the numbers of Height and width in layout setting fields. The total number of layout projectors must match with the number of grouping projectors.
3. Click NEXT for the projector mapping.

The setting goes to the PROJECTION LAYOUT page, at the Cylindrical scenario, only supports 1xN layout.

1. Click one of the layout frames to select a projector from pop-up projector list for layout mapping.
2. Select a projector, and click OK.
3. Repeat step a. and b. to select a projector for each layout frame. Make sure that the layout of the projectors are matching with the actual projection position.
4. Click DONE to complete the projector mapping; the step is not able to return, unless redo the previous steps.

1. Click one of the layout frames to select a display port from graphic card port list for port mapping to image cropping area.

Warp and Blend Tool Introduction

Setting the Scenario and Layout: CAVE

The setting goes to the SELECT SURFACE page, and Select CAVE surface.

1. The software supports diverse scenarios with different layouts, general wallpaper, surround (cylinder), cave and custom (irregular layout).
2. Set the each side number in the layout setting fields. The total number of layout projectors must match with the number of grouping projectors.
3. Click NEXT for the projector mapping.

The setting goes to the PROJECTION LAYOUT page, at the CAVE scenario.

1. Click one of the layout frames to select a projector from the pop-up projector list for layout mapping.
2. Select a projector, and click OK.
3. Repeat step a. and b. to select a projector for each layout frame. Make sure that the layout of the projectors are matching with the actual projection position.
4. Click DONE to complete the projector mapping; the step is not able to return unless redo the previous steps.

Adjusting the images

This tool offers three ways to adjust the images – warping, blending, masking, black level and HSG. To switch between the functions, use the function tabs at the right top corner of the main workspace.

Warping the images

Image warping is used to make an image look visually correct when it is projected onto a non-planar screen. Use the settings on the WARP page to change the image shape.

Warping an image

Complete the following steps to warp an image.

1. Choose a projector by clicking on its layout frame or choose it from the Layer tab.
2. At the Test Pattern toolbar, select the grid test pattern on projection.
3. At the Line field, select the line warping style from LINEAR or CURVE according to the screen type.
4. At the Grid Point field, select the number of grids on the screen. Start with a minimal number of grids (2×2) and gradually increase the number when adjusting. If starting with a larger grid number, you will lost the current adjustment when trying to reduce the number.
5. At the Test Pattern toolbar, click the ALIGN button to align the test pattern lines with the grid points.
6. At the Move Pixel field, adjust the slider or enter a value to set the number of pixels that the selected point moves each time. Shortcuts: Press Ctrl + Up arrow to increase the pixels, or Ctrl + Down arrow to decrease the pixels.
7. Select the points you want to move. The chosen ones turn to orange.
8. To warp the image, click and drag the grid points to move them, or use the keyboard arrow keys.

Select a single point

• Click the point or use the W, A, S, D keys to select a point

Select all points on a line

• Place the mouse cursor anywhere on the line, and press Ctrl + V to choose a vertical line, or Ctrl + H for a horizontal line.

Select all points inside a region

• Click and drag the cursor to select a region, and release the mouse to select all the points inside.

Note: To make the warp easier, start with the outer area of the  screen, and then move to the center area. As shown in the left image, adjust the red points first, and then move the blue ones.

9. Click Preview to see the warping of projection content, then click Preview again to return to the test pattern.

Warping for image blending

When performing edge blending on two adjacent images, slightly change the shape of the overlapped area helps align the two images more precisely. In the example below, two projectors are placed side by side, and warping the overlapped edges of the images helps achieve a better edge alignment.

1. For better alignment manually, set two test patterns with the same number of grid lines, but different grid line color.
2. Adjust the warp control points for grid line alignment on overlapped area.

For example, point A of left projection is moved down to align the top line of right projection, and point B of right projection is moved down to align the bottom line of left projection.

Blending the images

Edge Blending

Image blending is an image process to merge two or more partial images to a complete image. Use the settings on the BLENDING page to blend the images.

Following steps to complete image blending.

1. Click on layout frame or choose one from the Layer tab.
2. Set the background and grid color of test pattern on toolbar as below,
   • Set the same background color to all projectors.
   • Set the same number of test pattern lines to all projectors.
   • Set different line color of test pattern to adjacent projectors.
3. Click the Edit icon on the edge that you want to apply the blending.
4. Set the blending in pop-up dialog as below, Switch on the Enable toggle button to enable the blending effect.
   • At the Overlap field, set the overlap width for blending by image percentage or pixel value. The percentage and pixel value is based on the projection resolution.
   • Adjust the Gamma setting to change the inflection and gradient of gamma curve.
   • Click OK to apply the blending setting to the edge.
5. Enable the blending effect, the selected edge is applied with a gradient effect.
   • Click Preview to see the blending effect on projection content, then click Preview again to return to the test pattern.

Masking

Masking function allows you to mask out a part of a screen, creating a special visual effect. You can create a mask using the preset patterns, or use an image from an external source.

Note : The mask function only accepts external image in BMP/JPEG/PNG format with a color greyscale of 0 (black) or 255 (white).

creating a new mask

Following steps to create a new mask,

1. Click on the layout frame or choose one from the Layer tab.
2. Set white background color to all projectors.
3. Switch on the toggle button to enable the mask effect.
4. At the Shape field, select a shape to adjust the size and position for the mask on the screen. User can right-click the mouse to reverse the mask area of shape in “Invert color” or change the shapes’ layers in “Layer setting”.
5. Click and drag the mask shape to move the position.
6. Use the control point on the mask to change the size and shape.
   • Left mouse click and drag one of the adjustment point to adjust the mask shape.
   • Right mouse click to rotate the mask shape.
7. Click Preview to see the mask effect on projection, then click Preview again to return to the test pattern.

Loading a mask

Following steps to load the image file to mask the screen.

1. Load the image file at BMP/JPEG/PNG format with a color greyscale of 0 (black) or 255 (white).
   • Note: The mask image does not support any modification, such as position moving, resizing or rotation.
2. Click Preview to see the mask effect on projection, then click Preview again to return to the test pattern. 

Hotspot Reduction

Image blending is an image process to merge two or more partial images to a complete image. Use the settings on the BLENDING page to blend the images.

Following steps to complete the brightness effect.

1. Click on layout frame or choose one from the Layer tab.
2. Click on Brightness Point to add the brightness effect on the projection.
3. Adjust the area of brightness effect by dragging the corner control point as below,

Black Level

The black image would be brighter on the most overlap area than the rest area. User can adjust the black level on the rest area to get the uniform black image, but less contrast. Please make reference to below black level effect.

Adjusting the Black Level

Following steps to adjust the black level:

1. Make sure that the black level adjustment is under dark field for good observation of black level variation.
2. Click on layout frame or choose one from the Layer tab. Enable the Pattern of black level on projection.
3. Select the Grid Point value. The grid points control the adjustment of black level area for edge alignment with adjacent overlap area, up to 32 points adjustment for each black level area.
4. Set Move Pixel to control the movement for accurate alignment of adjacent black level area, user can set the value accordingly.
5. Select adjustment areas using the control points. You can select two areas to adjust, one for the non-overlapped area, and one for the black border.
   • a. Click on the point you want to move.
   • b. Drag the selected point to change its position on the canvas, or use the keyboard arrow keys.
6. To adjust the black level color of the selected adjustment area, click on one of the area and adjust the black color in Color Picker dialog.
7. Enter the RGB value or drag the slider to set the color of the selected area.
8. Click OK on the Color Picker dialog to apply the value to the selected area.
9. Repeat step 6 to 8 to adjust the color of the adjustment areas until they look like the same with the overlapped area.
10. To adjust the black level color of the selected adjustment area, click on to enable the eyedropper color palette and adjust the black color in Color Palette dialog. 
11. Enter the RGB value or pick the color from color palette to set the color of the selected area.
12. Click OK on the Color Palette dialog to apply the value to the selected area.
13. Repeat step 10 to 12 to adjust the color of the adjustment areas until they look like the same with the overlapped area.

HSG Adjustment

HSG function allows you to adjust the HSG setting of the projector.

Color Uniformity

Color uniformity is to adjust the uniformity gain of the projection image to improve the uniformity performance.

Complete the following steps to adjust the color uniformity:

1. Switch to the Color Uniformity function tab. The test pattern automatically changes to the image of Color Uniformity control points.
2. Choose one position and double-click to get the uniform color display.
3. Click APPLY to set the uniformity gain to the projection image.

Note: Start with 4 grid point number for the adjustment and increase the points gradually.

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