Lighting Variation

[Foxinabox10]

I want to use some sort of gel or other material in my fresnels in order to make their wash a little more random and less perfect. I need some sort of amber or yellow that has some randomness and a blue/gray.

[Lora]

burnt out gel? stick/staple different shades of gel together? I use profiles with breakup gobos.

[Radman]

Originally Posted by Radman

For one show I actually just scribbled on gels with permanent markers and I was happy with the effect, though it was mor subtle than obvious.

That still applies.

[Foxinabox10]

Fresnels don't take gobos though, plus they're really expensive.

[BillESC]

If I understand the desired effect you're after, take a gel frame and load the gel color you want and overlay it with a frame filled with aluminum foil that has random cuts and holes in it.

[Radman]

Originally Posted by Foxinabox10

Fresnels don't take gobos though, plus they're really expensive.

Whoops missed the fresnel part.

[Foxinabox10]

I'm not looking for random amounts of light Bill, but more random variation in the intensity and color.

[Radman]

Originally Posted by Radman

That still applies.

Whoops edited that post instead of quoting it.

[BillESC]

Due to the nature of a fresnels output I believe you'll achieve the desired effect with my approach and a little trial & error.

For more than one color try overlaying multiple fixtures with the same technique applied.

[drumbum]

Light is a funny thing. One of the most important things i have learned is how to be tricky. Yes, you should try overlaying different lights from differnt postions with differnt colors. But i would first look at why you are using a fresnel instead of an ERS (budgetary i understand). but i thnk what you might want to try to do is make a random split gel- take some burned out R02, and and cut shapes out of or from it . . . add in some neutral density, some blues in the holes that you've cut out. Don't try to make it perfect, it will drive you nuts. once framed, put a cut of R119 in front of it (so that the light passes from the lense to the split gel to the silk to the stage). It adds a nice soft edges to the colors, making them blend together.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you trying to acheive with this?