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By Vickie Claiborne With today’s productions relying more and more on visual impact, the video and lighting elements of a show play huge roles...
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When it comes to technology, there’s a question that surfaces time and time again: when is it appropriate to implement the next big thing?...
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By Richard Cadena A stagehand was setting up for Willie Nelson’s line check on the first day of his Luck Reunion festival outside of...
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By Chris Lose We tried the bar napkin sketches. We tried arts and crafts models. We tried making concerts out of doll house furniture....
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By Brad Schiller By now, you have probably been home for weeks, if not months, and you have undoubtedly attended countless on-line training seminars....
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As lighting manufacturers continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in luminaire technology, the practical application of that technology falls upon the...
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By Brad Schiller Lighting programmers must have proficiency when it comes to preparing and maintaining the patch in their show file. Without a patch,...
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By Vickie Claiborne We’ve all heard the saying, “the only thing you can count on is change.” And change is constant in the world...
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By Chris Lose We have passed the dystopian 1984. We passed the space odyssey 2001. We are into 2020, and the future is officially...
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By Chris Lose Traveling for work is hard. Being the partner left behind is even harder. It’s not a competition of who has more...
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By Chris Lose If one thing is true, it’s that everything dies. I will die, you will die, everybody and everything that you know...
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By Brad Schiller I recently purchased a new “smart” television, and now it wants me to update the software. Reading over the release notes,...
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By Brad Schiller Automated lighting fixtures have many different features to assist in creating a multitude of looks on stage. Gobos, colors, prisms and...
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By Brad Schiller There are several key manufacturers of lighting consoles in our industry, and each has its pros and cons when it comes...
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by Brad Schiller Before any race car driver gets to the starting line, he or she will run the car through a series of...
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By Chris Lose We are not lighting for the human eye any longer. We are using computers to send digital signals to excite millions...
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By Chris Lose Whoever said there’s no such thing as a bad idea never owned a Ford Pinto, never watched Sharknado and never drank...
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A live broadcast of an “Introduction to RDMnet” is being presented by the ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest organizers Sunday, July 21 from 7:00 p.m. to...
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by Brad Schiller Lighting programmers are both creators and keepers of essential lighting data. Often this data may need to be combined with other...
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Projection bombers are blowing up the landscape and detonating excitement. Lighting has always made powerful moments even more impactful. Up until recently, our work...
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by Brad Schiller Scientists generally believe that the average human can see millions of different colors, or at least different hues/shades of color. The...
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By Chris Lose The best followspot day is the day when no one mentions the followspots at all. —Chris Lose Thank you, Eddie. The...
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by Brad Schiller Lighting programmers must put a high level of trust into their lighting consoles. Not only do we count on them to...
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By Chris Lose Repeat after me: I am not invincible. I will break down. I cannot work forever. I will need money to survive....
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In the spirit of the season, Elation Professional is offering free access to an Elation Educational Experience (E3) course held by one of the...
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Coldplay’s The Spheres World Tour finally arrived in Australia, playing to thousands at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium and Sydney’s Accor Stadium. As with many previous...
