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    Design Projector Screen with Full Stage Wash Lighting

    We had a similar problem in our theater because our projector was essentially a glorified classroom projector that had to throw almost a 100 feet. Poor thing never stood a chance. We used the poor quality as a justification for a nicer one with our college president and bada bing, bada boom. We...
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    Hollywood Flat Seams

    We usually use 2" tape that is applied very patiently. We also try to keep the 2' section down closer to the ground to be obstructed by furniture like someone else already mentioned. We did Harvey a while back with 12' flat so we put the 4' section at the top and did a picture rail over that...
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    ETC Ion - Change channel twice in a 2-part cue

    I would probably just go with cue 1 with an autofollow to cue 1.1
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    Combo saw blades

    I'm a big fan of Diablo and agree with those above me. Combo blades are almost all we use since we have students in our shop. When we have a real woodworking project, we swap blades to get finer cuts. All tools have their uses but a hammer really sucks at being a wrench.
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    How did you build your Triscuit platform

    We have 16 Texas Triscuits with a steel frame and 5/8" plywood on top. If a show requires more platforming than sixteen 4'x4' triscuits, we usually just use some traditional 2x4 platforming. Our steel platforms weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 45 pounds I believe. If you want pictures I...
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    PowerPoint Works!

    We used powerpoint to project Anne's writings on the walls for "Diary of Anne Frank"Sometimes simple is best.
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    ion / eos submaster issue

    I'm a long time lurker, first time poster.I wonder if the solution is in looking at the problem differently. I would consider a set of macros that change the manual fade times. Then potentially a set of macros that take your groups down to a % and another up to %. Thankfully Magic sheets make...
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