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Old January 1st, 2005, 10:04 PM

 
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I'm looking for some FREE light plot software or any ideas what people may have for an alternative. Currantly we just do the plot on paper but now alot of the techies at my school are starting to get computers so we're looking for a software to do it for us. I've found some online but the few that I did all cost money. So if anyone knows any that are free or even just a demo version that is free that would be great.
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SoftPlot has a demo. do a google search for them. otherwise, im pretty sure thats all there is. whats wrong with doing them by hand though? its a good skill every designer should have.
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yeah we're probably end up doing them by hand as well but it would be nice for us to be able to make a computerized version. I was also able to find a small amout of lights in the form of a visio template thing but it doesn't cover a large amount of lights.
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reallly?...ooo could you possibly send those to me? thanks.
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Yeah you now have them lol. Sorry everyone I don't have the link where I got them from (I didn't think to save it at the time) but if anyone else wants them I can send them easily through AIM or through e-mail so just leave a message.
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For anyone intersted, you can download SoftPlot from Rosco here. When I put my information in I got a 404 error. I emailed Rosco website support just now, so we'll see what happens with that.

I have yet to try the app, but from what I read just now it looks good.
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Does that work on Mac OS X, Zac? I get the same error as you did. I was 404'd!
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it doesn't look like it works in mac, according to the page im on it says its windows based, but take a look around, there may be a different version.
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I have virtual PC with Win 2k, so I would run it on that.

Unfortunately, most of the things in technical theater are PC based :-(
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I know. Life is hard for the enleightened ones who use Mac. I have VPC too, but I need to get my hands on a copy of Windoze so it will work properly.
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