Harkness Screens
Screen Light Verifier App / 2016
Project Details
Designed solely for measuring brightness levels from cinema screens using a white test pattern the Digital Screen Verifier from Harkness Screens is a quick and easy to use tool designed for cinema engineers.
Utilising ground-breaking proprietary technology, the Digital Screen Verifier from Harkness Screens is a unique utility that allows cinema engineers and exhibitors to ensure that brightness levels in digital cinema are regularly checked and maintained. Quick and easy to use, this relatively accurate low-cost light measurement tool allows brightness readings to be taken (in foot lamberts) using white test patterns from a digital cinema projector. Its unique functionality allows light readings taken in the field to be directly imported into Harkness’ cloud-based Digital Screen Archiver tool in real-time to form a semi-automated entry-level solution for screen monitoring and auditorium maintenance.
My Role
Commissioned by Harkness Screens to create an app that would allow engineers to take light readings from digital screens in cinemas, I was tasked with creating the needed functionality of this app. This began with gaining an understanding of the technology behind it.
To start I delved into research of what the apps technology was. Next, I created a userflow that demonstrated the precise process required for engineers to get their screen readings. Once reviewed by the client, a wireframe of the screens was developed which demonstrated the layout and functionality of the app. The wireframes, were then converted to branded, hi-def mockups. Working directly with developers a prototype was created in order for user testing to take place. The user tests led to a final pass on the interface design and then the final development of the app. With one last pass on user testing complete, the app was successfully launched.
