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Written by: Brad Schiller One of the newest automated lighting features that is getting talked about often is the Layout View, or Magic Sheet....
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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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Written by: Brad Schiller A career as an automated lighting programming can be both fun and rewarding. It is important to always improve your...
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Written by: Michael Graham When I was in about tenth grade, I lit my first rock show. It was in my high school foyer...
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Written by: Brad Schiller Automated lighting fixtures have many great features such as rotating gobos and color mixing. Some also include motorized framing shutters....
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld For years, lighting designers have been matching lumens between the lighting and video elements. The video was always brighter. For...
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Written by: Vickie Claiborne A while back, I wrote an article describing the process I used for pixel-mapping the RGB values from a media...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld Illustration by Andy AuFew shows are put on without a budget. In the 30 years I’ve been gigging, I may...
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By Brad Schiller Programming is largely about adjusting parameters and storing data. There are many different parameter types we adjust, but one is treated...
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By Brad Schiller Automated lighting fixtures and consoles are very complex systems based on millions of lines of computer code. No system is perfect,...
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By Guido Block Show lasers are changing the face of the entertainment industry. The most powerful light source on earth has got more and...
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Written by: Brad Schiller People everywhere struggle with time. They set alarms to signal when to awake or perform certain tasks. They wish that...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld No matter what show I design, I always strive for one aspect — to make my show look theatrical. It...
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Written by: Brad Schiller Our industry is very exciting as it is filled with many different types of technology. Automated lighting programmers are skilled...
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Written by: Frank Brault Over the last 20 years, advances in computer technology have benefited the entertainment industry. In particular, CAD programs have altered—for...
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Automated lighting programming often encompasses more than adjusting intensities and moving lights around a stage. Quite often, we find ourselves in circumstances that require...
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Written by Paul Berliner The history of lighting dates back to a distant time when there wasn’t any artificial lighting at all. In fact,...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld Each year I get a few calls from bands looking for a set or lighting design for their tour. It’s...
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Written by: Brad Schiller Automated lighting fixtures are extremely sophisticated, to the point that some people even refer to them as “intelligent.” While the...
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Written by: Vickie Claiborne From the early days of DMX-controlled media servers, something has been missing. Missing, that is, until recently. Two of the...
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By Brad Schiller Automated lighting manufacturers create some amazing products that we programmers are fortunate to get to operate. Quite often, their software developers...
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by Michael S. Eddy Whether you are programming the lighting to playback looks at the touch of a button, running complex, multi-cued presentations, or...
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Written by: Brad Schiller The popularity of LED lighting has certainly taken ahold of our industry, and nearly every production now incorporates some form...
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The full paperwork for the 1953 Broadway production of “Wonderful Town” has now been added to the valuable on-line collection of lighting history at...
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Written by: Brad Schiller This month, I am writing to all of you about a serious situation in our industry. Every production inevitably ends...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld Last month, I wrote about the benefits of working with some small lighting companies. But this article is dedicated to...
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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...
