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[Dan-Greaves]

Has anyone got a site where I can download a piece of software that I can digitally make light shows (obviously It would not allow u to actually run lights with it). I'm looking for anything really. Just so I can enjoy making light shows but for free.

[squigish]

That depends on what you mean by "light shows."

Most light board manufacturers allow you to download free, offline editors for their boards, which do everything the real board does except actually output information to the dimmers, and you can actually create a show on the offline editor, save it on a disk, and then import it to your board.

Try the website of your light board's manufacturer. (If I recall correctly, you posted a picture of a strand board in another thread).

[avkid]

are you talking about a visualizer?

[Dan-Greaves]

Yes, I want a free visualizer demo

[len]

Some (I used to say most, but there are so many new programs out that don't offer this) have a free visualizer that is part of the program. But a visualizer is different than wysiwyg type applications. They way they work is to do the programming on the desktop and then that is visualized on the visualizer. There's no way to create a light plot with them.

Martin LightJockey has a visualizer, but I don't recommend it, even tho I think LJ is the best pc based control system. The visualizer is complicated to set up and position fixtures the way you want them to. Plus, there's really no way to do conventional fixtures in it.

You might try Elation Compuware. I know it has a visualizer, but I don't know how good it is and I don't like the program.

[Dan-Greaves]

I just want a program where I can make a show and watch it.
I don't want to actually run lights with it!
Can somebody please insert a link to a download

[SuperCow]

Then you want either Martin LightJockey or MA 3D. Those are free. If you have some money for it, then look at Martin Show Designer.

[Dan-Greaves]

I have downloaded MA3D and installed it the help file is crap. Can someone give me a link to a couple of tutorials because none of my fixtures seem to be lighting up.

[JahJahwarrior]

is ma3d supposed to only work with the grandma board? because I have the dvd for it, but not the board itself and even the free dvd doesn't work because of region codes Ithink, and I don't hav a dvd drive in my pc to try playing it on. it doesn't work on my dvd player though. that's what I get for living in the US I guess. I can't get fixtures to light up in ma3d either...

[Radman]

For MA3D to work you need to be simultaneously running GrandMA Offline or onPC of the same version. Then you create a server in Offline or onPC and join from 3D. The "board" controls the "lights."