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Filling AT&T Stadium with Imagery for AdvoCare’s National Success School

MIG tied into the stadim ribbon boards to run content, tooStadium ribbon boards ran content. Photo by Jeff Monuszko

Filling AT&T Stadium with Imagery for AdvoCare’s National Success School

Multi Image Group’s Visuals Ride the Big Screens in the Home of the Cowboys

The annual AdvoCare National Success School is more than just an event; it is a destination. Held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX for the last five years — the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys — the annual training and sales conference focuses on celebrating the achievements of the company’s independent distributors, while also providing education, inspiration and motivation for continued successes.

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The choreography was conceived simultaneously with the projections.

Particle Dance

Daniil Simkin’s Falls the Shadow at the Guggenheim Museum Fuses Projection and Dance

For Falls The Shadow, a dance piece created for the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series and staged in the famed art repository itself, choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo and principal dancer/director Daniil Simkin teamed up with projection designer Dmitrij Simkin and costume designer Dior for an unusual convergence of fashion, technology and art. Four dancers had their movements captured by motion sensors, which generated 3D mapped visuals that were then projected back onto the floors and the ramp of the famed building.

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Configuring mixes within Catalyst

Outputs and Mixes

From the beginning of the creation of media server technology for live events, it has been common for a server to have only one or two video outputs. With the increase in popularity of LED walls, multiple projector projection blends, and 4K resolution content, however, the number of video outputs required from a server has grown and, as in the case of the d3, as many as 16 in a single d3 server are now needed in order to accommodate the demands of today’s visuals used in productions.

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The software lets users invite others to participate in a given project as 'members' or 'guests,' encouraging visual collaboration.

Previz

I’m reminded of an old commercial that went something like, “ When EF Hutton talks…people listen.” The “EF Hutton” in this case is Laura Frank. When someone with the level of experience and accomplishments of Laura suggests that I spend some time getting to know a new workflow tool, I listen. She is at the top of her craft in the world of screen management, having directed screen content on some of the largest projects in television and live entertainment.

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Blizzard Lighting G-Mix 200

Blizzard Lighting G-Mix 200

Blizzard Lighting is based in Waukesha, WI. I’m not sure where that is either, but it turns out it’s about 30 minutes west of Milwaukee. Blizzard Lighting is a newer company to the industry, but not as new as you may think. They have been manufacturing lights since March of 2010. In fact, their first LED moving light was called “Flurry Wash,” which certainly aligns with their theme of “cool” and “wintry.”

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A Programmer's Guide to Sushi

A Programmer’s Guide to Sushi

Irasshaimase! Over the years, I have noticed that a majority of the automated lighting programmers I know also enjoy eating sushi. There are, of course, some exceptions, but I feel pretty confident in saying that most do. It actually makes sense if you think about it; there are many similarities between the raw fish cuisine and the craft of programming automated lighting. The skill of the chef, the varieties of available options, the creativity and more all align between the two very different topics. Since I personally love sushi and programming, I feel it is time to really compare the two.

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Illustration by Andy Au

Thank You for Using Restraint

Sometimes, it’s the things that you don’t do that make all the difference.

I recently attended a show that was painful to watch and more difficult to experience. I couldn’t see the artists for half the show because the upstage wall was built with a tractor-trailer’s worth of LED strobes that were aimed at my face. No matter where I went in the audience, they seemed to track my eyeballs and flash open white on every downbeat.

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Specialz Assists Designer Cate Carter on Current Tour Designs

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LONDON -“The ethos at the heart of Specialz is the company’s completely open nature to a designer’s ideas and concepts.  Backed up by a breadth of experience, skill and, what could be best described as industry savvy, Dave and his team offer a unique service to us as a client.”  states Cate Carter , who needs little introduction as one of busiest and most successful LDs over the last decade; her portfolio is long and illustrious with the likes of Editors and Ellie Goulding currently out on tour.  Carter’s company, Bryte Design is a design production house run in conjunction with her business partner, lighting designer Mike Smith and Visual Producer Pablo Beckett.

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Delvcam Introduces a 4K Media Player with 10 HDMI Outputs

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MOUNT MARION, N.Y. – Delvcam, a US based design and engineering firm specializing in professional LCD video production monitors, introduces the DELV-4KMP110 Media Player with ten 4Kx2K@60Hz HDMI outputs and an Android 6.0.1 operating system. Dan Coscarella, product manager at Delvcam, stated, “Our new media player delivers high resolution graphics feeding HDMI extenders, displays or projector 4K UHD ecosystems at a cost-effective price.”

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Kraig Knight and Joe Adams Join Elation Professional as Regional Sales Reps

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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that industry professionals Kraig Knight and Joe Adams have joined the company’s growing sales team as Regional Sales Representatives. Both Kraig and Joe come to Elation from manufacturers rep firm PSLP (Professional Sound and Lighting Products), where they represented Elation products for years. Kraig Knight serves as Elation’s new Regional Sales Representative for the Rocky Mountain region while Joe Adams covers Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

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