software for macs

[evolutiontheatre]

anyone know of any software for macs? specifically perhaps a lighting design program, like wysiwyg?

and if there's any free stuff, that would be cool too!

[Chris Chapman]

Go with VectorWorks since that is almost the industry standard. Dig around online and you might find an old, creaky copy of MacLux Pro. It won't run on Intel based Macs though. VectorWorks runs nicely in OS X environtments.

Chris Chapman
TD, Greenville Performing Arts Center

[soundlight]

MacLux Pro is a great program for really basic stuff. You can learn how to plot in about twenty minutes. Really easy, but absolutely no 3D visualization.

[tfactech]

Originally Posted by Chris Chapman

Go with VectorWorks since that is almost the industry standard. Dig around online and you might find an old, creaky copy of MacLux Pro. It won't run on Intel based Macs though. VectorWorks runs nicely in OS X environtments.
Chris Chapman
TD, Greenville Performing Arts Center

You can still get MacLux Pro online at their site... and I've been using it on my MacBook Pro 17 for almost a year now... They are starting the development of a new program call LXFree... Though it is beta right now, it has good possibilities. Like Chris said... Vectorworks is just about top dog in the industry for us Mac folks...

[phil000]

vw 08 is free to students

Edit: see the CB Glossary for the link. -DL

[propmonkey]

what about lighting offline editors? so far i found etc's eos for mac but cant find a strand, grandma, hog, or any others

[icewolf08]

Originally Posted by propmonkey

what about lighting offline editors? so far i found etc's eos for mac but cant find a strand, grandma, hog, or any others

That is why god invented Parallels and VMWare. So you can run OLEs for Windoze and DOS based consoles. In fact, if done correctly with those pieces of software you can, theoretically, turn your computer into a console.

[jdandreas09]

that is what i use
you can get a free full copy if you fill out the student request form
a week after i filled it out they sent me a dvd to instal it
i have yet to pay a sent
and there tech suport people are realy helpfull and nice to a person who dosent know what they are doing
i do not know if you can get 2009 for educational use
but i im useing 2008

[Pip]

Originally Posted by jdandreas09

that is what i use
you can get a free full copy if you fill out the student request form
a week after i filled it out they sent me a dvd to instal it
i have yet to pay a sent
and there tech suport people are realy helpfull and nice to a person who dosent know what they are doing
i do not know if you can get 2009 for educational use
but i im useing 2008

Yep! Works great, I'm running it too! The only thing is you get little, very unobtrusive watermarks on the top and bottom of your pages.

[jdandreas09]

Originally Posted by Pip

Yep! Works great, I'm running it too! The only thing is you get little, very unobtrusive watermarks on the top and bottom of your pages.

yes but it is worth it