COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek North America announced that Maxon Computer has updated their plug-in for Vectorworks 2009 and Cinema 4D R11. This plug-in supports direct file exchange for high-end visualization and allows Vectorworks users to transfer their models to Cinema 4D for visualizations and animations.
Read More »LONDON — UK A/V services company, PSP, has appointed Chris Stigger as project manager for its office here. Stigger has had many years of experience with SPS prior to his move to PSP.
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NEW YORK — “A lot of lighting designers have adverse relationships with photographers,” noted Seth Bernstein, guest designer for four fashion shows supported by Tinc Design & Productions during New York’s Fashion Week for Fall, 2009, which was held in mid-February. “We really tried to be on the same team with them.”
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SERIATE, Italy — For the third time, Clay Paky hosted its “Show Lighting Design” course, which was organized by the Design Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano on behalf of students and technicians hoping to learn more about designing shows for the theatre and other live events.
Read More »WILMINGTON, DE — Main Light has recently acquire Coemar Infinity S-series lights to support the needs of its rental customers staging everything from corporate events to theatrical productions and rock ‘n’ roll concerts.
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ADELAIDE, Australia — The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) has recently invested in 90 Robe 575E AT Series moving lights for its facility, which includes 14 meetings rooms, 11 halls, an outdoor performance space and a total of close to 10,500 square meters of pillar-free floor space for conferences, exhibitions and special events.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Wybron announced a new drive mechanism and new motors for its Eclipse IT series of mechanical dowsers, including the Eclipse IT Shutter, shown here.
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LONDON — XL Video is supplying 180 Spider 40 LED tiles, a Catalyst digital media server and crew for the Kaiser Chiefs current “Off With Their Heads” tour. These elements play a key role in Richard Larkum's lighting and visual design, and take the look and feel of the Kaiser’s almost non-stop touring schedule over the last two years to a new level.
Read More »CINCINNATI — J. R. Clancy’s Promote Safe Sets program will be at USITT to help theatre managers and technical directors promote backstage safety. It includes three steps: Train, Inspect, and Maintain. The session is scheduled for March 20 at 8 a.m. Although the session focuses on rigging, the techniques can be used for all types of safety training.
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AMSTERDAM — The Killers kicked off the first European leg of their 2009 “Day & Age” world tour with a lighting design by Steven Douglas using i-Pix BB fixtures, including 15 BB7s and 27 BB4s that departed from the more classic theatrical lighting looks of the previous “Sam’s Town” tour.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA — For the 2009 Golden Globes, an Eos console from ETC, along with a 2×20 ETC Universal Fader Wing, controlled the conventional and practical lights. Board programmer Gil Samuelian built all of the cue- and submaster-contents in Blind and was then able to modify the lighting smoothly during rehearsals before the show.
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WINNIPEG, Canada — Marc Raymond, Chairman and CEO of Epic Production Technologies announced that long-time associate Burton Tenenbein, has been named vice president concert touring.
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