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Design & Drafting to Cease Development of LD Assistant™ Software

Design & Drafting to Cease Development of LD Assistant™ Software

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CHICAGO – Rufus Warren, Founder/CEO of Design & Drafting, announced today that the company is ceasing all further development of their LD Assistant™ lighting design software. Design & Drafting will continue to offer technical support to existing customers. The advanced design tools found in LD Assistant will remain viable for the next decade.

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Laserworld RTI PIKO RGB 20 Laser System

Laserworld RTI PIKO RGB 20 Laser System

Ray Technologies (RTI) presents their new RTI PIKO RGB 20 with a high precision diode module as substitution for the OPSL green laser source. This change in technology for the green colour spectrum became possible due to new diode arrays that have been developed by RTI’s R&D in Valley, next to Munich, Germany. The homogenous beam profile of the PIKO RGB 20 even fits small 4mm scanner mirrors, which results in high scanner performance, as the inertia of the scanners is kept very low. The CT-6210H scanners can do 60kpps at 8 degrees and still do 35kpps at their maximum scan angle of 80 degrees. Besides the small beam diameter, the RTI PIKO RGB 20 maintains a very low divergence of <1.0mrad, so the small beam diameter is not negatively impacting the divergence at all. The RTI PIKO RGB 20 laser systems are especially designed and tailored for high professional applications.

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Green Hippo Goes on Show in Florence at Showlight 2017

LONDON, UK– Stunning Tuscany hosts Showlight 2017 and Green Hippo heads to Firenze in force. The renowned event, held for those involved in entertainment and architectural lighting design, takes place every four years, each time moving to a different location, and 2017 marks its first Italian visit. This show, the 10th since its 1981 launch, takes place on 20-23 May in Florence, providing a beautiful backdrop for what promises to be a terrifically productive gathering.

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Palace Theatre Gets Versatile For Red Hot Chili Pipers with Chauvet Professional

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MANCHESTER, NH – Crossing genres in lighting is nothing unusual for Morgan Cerovski. The technical director at the 880-seat Palace Theatre, Cerovski is accustomed to having his rig light theatrical productions on weekends and then turn around with virtually no changes to serve up eye candy for a visiting band on Monday. Such was the case on March 10 when the Palace stage welcomed the Red Hot Chili Pipers after just completing a Friday-Sunday run of the musical Hairspray.

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Claypaky Lights The Search For Finland’s 2017 Eurovision star

[caption id="attachment_276428" align="alignnone" width="800"]Claypaky Lights The Search were used in Finland's 2017 Eurovision star[/caption]

ESPOO, FINLAND – The Claypaky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K20 were used to create the stunning lighting looks that backed the ten talented hopefuls competing to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 at the country’s national Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) ‘New Music Competition’ held in the Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo. Leading Nordic event, experience and entertainment service provider Bright Group designed and supplied UMK’s light, video and set design.

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Electrosonic Upgrades Projection and AV Systems in Daytona’s Motorsports Hall of Fame

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LOS ANGELES – When a projection systems upgrade was required for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA), Electrosonic was asked to design, install, program and commission projection and AV equipment for the Robert E. Petersen Theatre and the Great Moments exhibit. Electrosonic replaced the aging projector in the Robert E. Petersen Theatre with a 12,000 lumen Christie HD laser phosphor projector which displays three looped videos on the screen. 

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Dynamic Lighting a Conduit to Faith at Eastside Christian Church

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CALIFORNIA – Across Eastside Christian Church’s three Southern California campuses, lighting is used to help congregants take a respite from their hectic life and open up to new possibilities. “The lighting helps create the atmosphere to allow people to let their guard down and relax,” explains Cameron Bentley, Eastside’s Production Engineer and Lighting Director. “Our hope is that the lighting, the band, and the sound will then fade away and what’s left is the message of God.”

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Robe Gets in a Panic

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USA – Multi award winning American rock band Panic at The Disco continue their ‘Death of a Bachelor’ tour in the US with a striking production design created by Matt Larivée of Montreal-based creative practice Luz Studio, who worked closely with the band’s lighting designer, Alex Specht. Together they specified 50 x Robe BMFL Spots, 10 x CycFX8s and six PATT 2013s which are prominent on the rig.

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