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    Automated Fixtures DWG files for Martin instruments

    Cool, thank you for your help, managed to get something working.
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    Automated Fixtures DWG files for Martin instruments

    Does anyone here Have DWG versions, as opposed to the MCD files, of the Martin moving head instruments? It would be a great help if so.
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    Avolites Pearl to Hog 500

    You might want to check used lighting.com. I was trolling around looking at consoles myself. Here is one that may be right for you.High End Hog 500 | Used Lighting - Used Stage & Theatrical Lighting Equipment, LED, Trussing
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    saving data from ma pc to usb

    After a bit of tweaking I figured out it was a vista issue. The fix for this was as you said to run MA PC as admin., as well as set vista to run as xp for that program. Then all the files have to be saved in a folder labeled "CompressedShows" in order for the board to recognize it. With that it...
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    saving data from ma pc to usb

    The usb stick is just your everyday regular old usb stick. The console itself says that the file that is saved on the stick is not correct.
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    Hog 2 effects question

    it sounds as if the wrong personalities might be loaded go in to your patch and check. I have lost a patch more than once on an IPC.
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    saving data from ma pc to usb

    I am having trouble saving my show from Grand MA pc onto to a usb. It seems to save a file, but is the wrong format, not every really using MA PC, and just the console, I haven't addressed this issue before. Am I just overlooking a setting?
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    what correction for lighting in daylight

    Thanks that is very helpful. I was already leaning in the direction of the ND due to the weather around Seattle being a crap shoot. Fortunately this is a "talking head" gig where there are a few presenters that wander the stage, so I can have a static shot, no follows. Unfortunately it is...
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    what correction for lighting in daylight

    I will be using source four 575w instruments, and the windows are in the ceiling. We will be doing the show any where between 9 am and 2pm. We wouldn't be able to place any correction on the glass, and I do not believe they are tinted.
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    what correction for lighting in daylight

    I will be lighting a show in an atrium with possible direct lighting and am looking for opinions on correction. the stage area is being filmed with HD cameras and I was wondering if my usual L202/ L203 is the best route. I have had success with those in the past and got to thinking about other...
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    Source Four Gobo Size?

    Re: gobo size A or B..that is the questioncool thanks, that will help put this thing to bed. :)
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    Source Four Gobo Size?

    gobo size A or B..that is the questionRecently I have come across the debate over the best size gobo image for source 4 instruments. As usual a corporate client wanted an 8' projection of the company logo. I was handed a standard apollo glass gobo size B, the standard size. Of course it...
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    new here

    Hey there,just found this site and thought it might be a good place to chat about questions on lighting as well as maybe offer some help. I have worked within the rock world as well as corporate and acted as the in house LD/ME for the last 15 years.I work out of seattle for a production co and...
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