Software version v6 for Congo and Congo jr consoles is now available from ETC. New features include Image Effects, improved Jam Mode, more masters, improved playback and more. Image Effects use the Effect Playback from v5 to associate a layout of channels (creating a graphical or positional relationship) with a source image or text.
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Philips Color Kinetics has announced two new floodlights with more than 8,500 lumens. The new eW Reach Powercore and iW Reach Powercore floodlights can accentuate building exteriors and landmarks with a choice of white or fixed color light, while reducing energy consumption and maintenance.
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Zero 88 has releases version 5.3.0 software for ZerOS consoles. Version 5.3.0 can be installed on Zero 88 Leap Frog 48, Leap Frog 96, Frog 2 and ORB consoles and adds a number of new features and bug fixes. Key features introduced in version 5.3.0 include a Non Tracking mode for cue stacks, support for multi-part cues and the ability to store user-defined views directly onto UDKs on ORB.
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ATLANTA, GA — Design and Production Inc. (D&P) and Digital Projection International (DPI) played a role in the $8.5 million renovation of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum, which now offers visitors a six-panel projector-supplied rotunda, an interactive touch-table and other imagery-infused educational experiences.
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PORT EVERGLADES, FL — On Dec. 5, the world’s largest cruise liner ever built, the 1,181-foot-long Oasis of the Seas, part of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line fleet, will set sail on its maiden voyage with lighting and atmospheric visuals provided by Martin Professional gear.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Working with LD Robin Haddow, HSL is supplying all lighting equipment and crew to the current U.K. and European tour for Massive Attack. Haddow worked with the band’s video and show designers, United Visual Artists (UVA), along with Massive Attack founder 3D.
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NEW YORK — For That Metal Show, which is returning for its third season on VH1 Classic, “we steered away from an ‘80s-style set and took the look in an entirely different direction,” said Jeff Baumgardner, show producer.
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NEW YORK — Coolux Pandoras Box made its Broadway debut this fall with the stage production of Memphis, using real-time tracking to bring a new level of visual interaction to the rotating set.
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The Wybron Cygnus 200W Wash incorporates red, green, blue and white elements in a single LED package to eliminate color shadows, allow for a wider palette of pastels and improve color rendering.
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LONDON — HSL provided over 250 Chroma-Q Color Block 2 LED fixtures to American lighting design firm Innovative Show Design for the set of the World Series of Poker Europe 2009. The event, presented by Betfair, complements the annual WSOP in Las Vegas and was televised from The Empire in Leicester Square on ESPN.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Robe moving lights have been installed into the new Sutluce Cultural & Congress Centre (SCCC), a 73,000-square-meter development managed by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
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CHICAGO — PRG’s Corporate and Trade Show Services supported the 30,000-square-foot booth for Heidelberg USA at the Print 09 trade show at McCormick Place. LD Jim Terry of Keynote Lighting & Design, whose design called for 137 automated lights, credited PRG’s Series 400 power and data distribution system for keeping costs in check.
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