Recent content by Garen

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    scrollers

    Scrollers for S4's is a very big business. Most lighting arsenals on most broadway shows use scrollers with Source 4's. The problem is that they are expensive, and you may be able to find even another S4 for less than a scroller...as long as you have plenty of circuits.
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    Cheap Torch/ Fire

    THANKS! very helpful while i learned a lot :lol: !!
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    Having a base light plot to revert to after productions.

    In our High SChool black box we recently put up 12 fresnels that generally cover the cool stage w/ warm and cool standard lights. It was decided that they should be permanent - with coloring, and use at the current designer's disgression. ~G
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    sleight of light to transform living room into cathedral?

    Re: sleight of light to transform living room into cathedralShadows!, and the walls might want look very straight and verticle, as if they were colums reaching way up...maybe lighting from the ground straight up... ~Garen
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    Cheap Torch/ Fire

    Hi, I have been confonted with a challenge of creating a fire torch. I would like to try to build something that is cheap (less than 20$/torch) that also gives off light. I was thinking of some cheap cone-like shape with a regular incandesenct house light bulb inside, and putting a gel...
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    New Board

    I would stand buy Source4's ETC Express suggestion. They are excellent, logical, and powerful tool. Makes the programming very easy. I have had some bad experiences w/ NSI boards, and programming on an NSI is not specifically easy or logical. Plus they look nice!!!
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    Star Cloth

    If you still have some time, make sure you storm the stores on Dec. 26 for cheap xmas lights...I agree w/ most everyone else in this forum...except scrims run high prices...i dont see why any sturdy black fabrick would not work. Just get black thread, and if you can sew everything to the...
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    Breaking into the lighting scene

    if youa re really interested in lighting..there are usually local rep companies in the area that take volunteers. Volunteering = quick experience if they want that where you are trying to work...but I guess this will only work if you have some free time... ~Garen
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    Need some lighting design help!

    If you just want some "normal looking" light, but still gives texture these tricks might help..(i dont know if they have already been said) -cross your beams, dont have them all just going straight forward -pick some lavendars or light pinks to get a warm feeling, and then pick a light blue...
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    Water World Onstage

    I assistant LDed the show that Nephilim is talking about. Its completely doable. Colorless non-toxic toilet cleaner will be good, especially if you can put it in the "back" of your T section. Or you could use blue cleaner, like we did, it'll make it look very dark on a black background, giving...
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    Techie sayings

    I once had an LD who gave a "preshow pep talk" he said: "Dont f*** up, my 500$ scholarship is hanging on this show" haha ~Garen
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    Thunder and Lightning on Stage

    From the Lightning aspect, you can grab a couple of strobes, just the cheap ones that a lot of teens have (they go for 10$ and up) and just aim them where you want (some tape might be necessary, they arn't designed to be hung on a truss most of the time). When you need to do the realistic...
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    Lightwright

    LOVE IT !!!! NO ONE has to worry about the LD's handwriting again! But if you are a low budget school person like my school is, then the demo version has no setbacks except that it will not handle more than 75 fixtures, great for small theaters. A drafting program is necessary if you want to do...
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    Computer Controled DMX stuff

    you also want to consider that computers are not as reliable as light boards, if you are considering using this to run a show on. Also, you can get the free DMX control software, but the actual hardware is VERY expensive. 3000+. The hardware runs in USB to DMX conversion, external DMX conversion...
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    Cheap Moving Lights

    quite right, after all the pirate lights arn't so bad after all
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