d3 Technologies’ d3 r11.3 software release supports 16K resolutions and includes new features such as Enhanced Video Capture, Video Input Patching, Audio Output Patching and Improved SockPuppet DMX Integration. The new d3 r11.3 can now be downloaded by existing d3 customers from the company’s website, and new products will be shipped with the new release installed.
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AUCHTERARDER, Scotland — The 40th Ryder Cup, held at the Gleneagles Hotel near here Sept. 26-28, got an elaborate video assist from Creative Technology that included 21 LED screens, each ranging in size from 8 to 100 square meters. CT also provided a 16 by 3.5 meter projection screen for the Media Centre and extensive gear and crew for the event’s video processing and broadcast needs.
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BOSTON — LD Derek Iorfida of JDI Productions (Johnston, RI) used Chauvet Professional gear including 24 Legend 412 moving heads, 18 Legend 230SR Beams and 30 WELL 2.0 fixtures to transform the look of the 15,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom at the Westin Waterfront Hotel here recently.
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CHICAGO — More than 100 industry professionals attended the Midwest Museum Sustainable Lighting Symposium, held Sept. 12 at the Field Museum here. Lightswitch Architectural co-sponsored the event along with The Field Museum, Xicato and Lighting Services Inc. Pictured here are, from left, LD Kevan Shaw, Lightswitch Architectural’s Thatcher Waller, Xicato’s Rohit Patil, Lighting Services Inc.’s Ken Kane and Scott Rosenfeld, representing the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery.
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ATLANTA – PPi announced the departure of senior sales event production manager Jason Shadix, pictured here, who is leaving to form Jason Shadix Designed Spaces, a new company.
Read More »Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Switcher Update 6.1 software includes new features for Camera Control such as copying of color settings across cameras, white balance display and synchronized fading of audio and video using Fade to Black. ATEM Switcher Update 6.1 is available now for download free of charge for all existing ATEM Switcher customers from the Blackmagic Design support page on the website.
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QUEBEC CITY – After first putting test units through a serious of tortuous trials, including more than 500 floor-drops from different angles, Show Distribution, based here, has been incorporating Harting’s Han-Yellock 60 connectors into the chain and gear box components purchased from another Germany-based manufacturer, Liftket.
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VALENCIA, Spain — For the pool area at Las Arenas Hotel-Spa here, José García from Sistec Lite used Work Pro’s LightMouse LM 5 to control the architectural lighting in the area.
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LONDON — When London’s Royal Court Theatre (RCT) sought to upgrade their existing lighting stock they turned to White Light for more than 50 of ETC’s Source Four LED Series 2 Profile fixtures across two venue spaces. LDs Peter Mumford and James Farncombe were the first to make use of the new energy-efficient fixtures. “Now is the right time to invest in LED,” noted Jack Williams, RCT’s head of lighting. Pictured here, a scene from The Wolf From the Door.
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