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"like Akin said, tag the projection screen as area light, place a decal on top of it and check the "use object color" box. The screen should  illuminate the room with the colors of the decal. "

"I am uploading my dwg with associated textures.  I am not sure if I upload it here in this message or somewhere else."

"It might look a lot better as a light source.  Make it an area light, make sure to aim it toward the seats, and check the Use Object Color box.  I'm pretty sure this one could look a lot better.  Upload it if you want me to take…"

"Since I have a Decal for the screen, the material glow did not work.  I ended up placing an omnidirectional light in front of the screen, 60W.  I made sure that the light was set to Not Visible. It looks better now. "

"tag it as a light source or apply a material with glow. "

"Thank you all for responding. It's been driving me nuts but it makes sense and when I just make the object out of a solid then I don't have a problem."

"Thanks Roy, I've had this problem before and didn't realize why but it makes sense. I'll just start making solids and be done with it."