Sometimes automated lighting programmers are asked to do more than just program lights. Many productions involve video elements, special effects, audio triggers or other unique components that are triggered from a lighting console. Recently I have been involved with several productions that utilized methods of combining presentation software (PowerPoint or Keynote) and lighting to save money, reduce staffing, or simply to be creative.
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Sometimes I think I’m too old to learn new tricks. But that’s just an excuse for being set in my old ways. What I really need to do is practice what I preach now, and start making lists. I’m thinking that if everybody made little lists we would probably save on a lot of things besides aggravation. Things like gasoline, overtime and shipping bills.
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ROZNOV POD RADHOSTEM, Czech Republic — Robe acquired PCB production company Dioflex, its long-term electronic parts supplier, and is expanding with a $5 million logistics center that nearly doubles its warehouse space to about 43,000 square feet. An expansion of the company’s factory includes a new 10,000-square-foot plastics molding area.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — After five years on the project management team at XL Video UK, Phil Mercer has been named MD of XL Video’s Los Angeles office.
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The UVLED Bar 16 from American DJ is powered by 16 1-watt UV LEDs and draws 30 watts. It features 0 to 100 percent electronic dimming, 3-button menu display and a strobe effect.
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The new Art-Switch PoE4 from Artistic Licence can be used to connect up to four Art-Net nodes, such as Art-Lynx, providing both data and power for the unit and eliminating the need for external power supplies for each node.
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Mega Control Systems, a division of Mega Systems Inc, announces the release of its newest version of lighting control software for nightclub and lounge control, Disco 2.0.
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The Light-Drive Elite standalone DMX controller from E:cue Lighting Control, an Osram company, gives users a way to control RGB LED lighting without programming software.
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Specialist U.K.-based LED manufacturer i-Pix launched a new version of its BB7 LED luminaire with wider angles than the original 10º BB7 Beam Light fixture developed last year.
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Australia-based LSC Lighting Systems has extended the recent release of MDR Splitters with MDR DMX512 splitters that have RJ45 connectors.
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Goddard Design Co. announced the limited return of the μDMX test tool. The μDMX is a hand held, battery powered multiplexed dimmer protocol generator.
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Philips Vari-Lite is now shipping the Vari-Lite® VLX™ Wash automated luminaire. It features seven proprietary 120-watt RGBW LED chipsets, a patent-pending internal beam homogenization system that eliminates multi-color shadowing effects, CRI adjustment and adjustable color temperature between 3000K and 9000K.
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