Text looks too pixelated when played back

Here is the situation. We have a project to produce a banner for our school that will be played at an arena. This is to played on one of those huge banner screens that go around the entire place. The dimensions are 6046 x 32 (I know that sounds crazy, I'm still waiting form them to call back to confirm if those are the right dimensions). When I put the text on there it looks way to pixelated in play back. Any thoughts of what I could do to make it look presentable?

chapp_stl wrote:
I spoke with the powers that be and they said the original dimensions are correct.
This is not supported by your following statements but it my pleasure to misunderstand stuff.
chapp_stl wrote:
I'm just hoping we can send this off to the place that will play it to see how it looks before it's too late.
Yes, that would be great. I may have missed it before, you're sending them what? The only thing you'll get from Livetype is a Quicktime movie or a still image. If they want a still, do it in Photoshop. I'm still having a really hard time believing the stadium expects you to deliver this thing intact, self contained. It is more likely they want your design and specifications and then they'll create it using the display's proprietary software. Whatever runs the thing, it's probably on a PC. Make sure you know what you're expected to provide.
chapp_stl wrote:
Another question for those of you that have done this before, is it better to section the spacing out in thirds or fourths, etc.? We have a seven word sentence with our web address on it. I'm just hoping it doesn't cut off the words in the wrong spot.
There's nothing to break up. You make a sentence and animate it across the width of the format in one movie. Don't ya?
bogiesan

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