Living Large!
Posted October 21st, 2008 by adminIn the last article we talked about presenting printed paper documents on your projector, and also mentioned that this method works with any file that you can open on your computer. This method also works to replace another tried and true analog courtroom presentation method: printed enlargements or blowups. Many attorneys choose to create enlargements for their trials, and digiGroup still has many requests to create these for clients’ presentations. We even have attorneys who, while using a digital presentation system, still want us to prepare blowups. For some presentations I think blowups can be very useful, however digital presentations are generally much more dynamic. Most of the enlargements that I come across are pictures enlargements. One of the greatest benefits of using a digital presentation of images is the ability to direct the viewer’s attention by showing the complete image on the large projection screen, and then quickly changing the area of focus by zooming in on a specific section, then showing the entire image again and perhaps zooming in on a different section if necessary.
As long as you start with a high quality image you will be able to zoom in to any detail that you want to call attention to. Let me give you an example of a case that I was reviewing with Michael Jones of Digital Evidence in LA. In that case a woman was hit by an inattentive driver. The defense counsel stated that the woman jumped out into the traffic and the driver swerved and the woman impacted on the passenger side of the bumper. He cited the photograph that the crime scene investigator shot showing a light area of discoloration on the bumper. Michael was able simply zoom in on the image file and easily show that the discoloration was the headlight of the police vehicle behind the officer as he took the photograph.
Remember simple solutions work, and they work well.