Set Display Prep | Red Mile Records

1 Add artwork

Drop images here or click to choose files. You can also paste. Logos look best as SVG or PNG. JPG, WEBP and GIF also work.

2 Show or client name

Names the folder and every file. Each show remembers the TV, look, colours and effects it last saved with.

3 Which screen

Add a custom screen size

Name

Width x height in pixels

Screen size in inches optional, sets border widths

Tick every screen to save for. Click a ticked screen to preview it.

4 Pick a look

Each card is a live preview of your image.

Start by adding artwork Drop a logo or image in step 1. This window shows it exactly as it will look on the screen. Save it in step 7 or with the button at the top.

5 Background

Solid colour studio

Or a materialnone

A material replaces the solid colour behind the logo and fills the border on framed looks. Soft focus and dark corners help a logo stand out in front of a busy material. The Logo on blurred copy look keeps its own background.

Text none

Words new line for a second line

Font

Size

Left or right

Up or down

Bold Soft shadow Keeps text readable on busy backgrounds.

Logo effects

Logo colour

3D depth off

Drop shadow off

Glow off

Tilt straight

Repeat pattern

6 Fine-tune optional

How the image fits

Image size 100%

Move left or right centre Move up or down centre

Border width

Sharpening Standard

Remove empty space around the image Helps logos that arrive with a big blank border. Make 4 slightly shifted copies Same picture moved a few pixels each way. Switch between them in long sessions so a still logo never sits in one spot for hours.

Texture and colour

These TVs are glossy, so artwork looks like a photo behind glass. A little texture and softer colour make it read like a printed piece. Both apply to the image and the border together.

Texture

Texture strength 30%

Colour softening

Darken the edges slightly Like the shadow a real frame casts on a print.

Set colour softening to Off when brand colours must match exactly.

7 Save

Add an image to get started.

Files0

Size

First file name

Default save folder Downloads

With a folder set, Save all files writes straight into it, one folder per show and one per TV inside that, with no zip to unpack. Point it at the media server folder.

File type

JPEG quality 92

Without a default folder, files download as one zip holding a folder for the show and one per TV. Unzip it into the media server folder, or copy a TV's folder onto a USB stick for that TV.

Help: the TVs and getting files on screen

The TVs

Small TV (Samsung Sero 43") rotates. 3840x2160 sideways, 2160x3840 upright. Turn it by hand (remote button, voice, or the SmartThings app) before showing an upright file.
Big TV (Samsung Serif 65") 3840x2160, sideways only.
Both are QLED, not OLED, so a still logo will not burn in.

Google Pixel wallpapers

Pixel 1080 x 2424, Pixel Pro 1280 x 2856 and Pixel Pro XL 1344 x 2992, upright, from Google's own Pixel 11 specs.
On the phone, open the file in Google Photos, tap the three dots, then Use as, then Wallpaper.

iPhone wallpapers

Each iPhone choice saves at that phone's exact screen resolution, upright, from Apple's own specs. One file covers every model listed under it.
On the phone, open the file in Photos, tap Share, then Use as Wallpaper. Pinch to fit if iOS zooms in.
Borders on framed looks are scaled down for phones so they stay in proportion.

Computer monitors

1080p is 1920x1080, 1440p is 2560x1440 and widescreen is 3440x1440. If you are not sure, check the screen resolution in the computer's display settings.
Open the file full screen, or set it as the desktop picture with the fit option set to Fill.

Getting files on screen

Media Player over the network. The TV's Photos app browses a media server on the studio computer and shows the image full screen with no Samsung border. Drop a file into the show's folder and it is there. Use Universal Media Server or Serviio, not Plex, which often loses folders on Samsung TVs.

USB stick. Copy one TV's folder onto a stick, plug it into the back of that TV and open the image in the Photos app.

Ambient Mode "My Album". SmartThings phone app only, pulling from that phone's photos. Samsung adds its own border, so our framing sits inside theirs.

Preparing logos

Ask the client for SVG. It stays sharp at any size.
Leave clear space around a logo of about a quarter of its height.
Near-black beats pure black. On these TVs true black shows as a dim grey box.
Darker, mid-toned art reads as art. Bright white reads as a lit screen.

Background colour names follow Samsung's Art Mode palette. Samsung publishes no colour codes, so these are close matches, not exact.