Spacing wall washers over a screen

Do you have the ability to place them, test them and then move them? I think a lot of it has to do with the type of bulb you are using, the light pattern it will emit and how far off the screen they are. I used floods in 4 inch cans centered about a foot from the screen. I placed one in the center and then split the difference to the sides for my almost 8' wide screen. Looks fine to me.

My advice would be: Divide the screen width into 3 equal sections, and center up a light on each third of the screen. For example, on a 12 foot wide screen, one light at 2', one at 6' and one at 10'.

call m crazy but on a 12 foot screen wouldn't 3/6/9 make more sense? that would be "even" where you rmodel would have 2ft on the sides and 4 feet in the "middle"?

3/6/9 spacing would evenly space the fixtures, but not their light output. 2/4/10 spacing delivers a more equal amount of light to each third of the screen.

I did as you suggest on my last theatre, and it still bugs me when I look at the way the light is distributed.

thanks!- makes sense - i was thinking the even 2ft light spread per side would look more consistent but can't decide if the layout would annoy me.