lighting

I have a light plot for a Nutcracker production. I was wondering if there are any other low budget suggestions to improve the plot. I apologize for it not being to scale, but I can't get into the venue until setup/ rehearsal day. Everything is owned by the venue except for the par64s on the 3rd...

Hey all, I recently came across two of these pantagraphs from Kliegl Bros. I'd love to use them as an easy method for hanging simple tail downs, however they are missing the cranks that operate them, along with who knows what else. I couldn't find any information on them from either CB or a...

Hello everyone, I have an ENTTEC DMX dongle and I need a free/cheap software (Sub $100) that I can use to control it. I need it to have a cuestack and patching, and it needs to work on mac. Does anyone know of anything that could come close to what I need?

In Our Town there are a lot of scenes involving a moon, how would I get this to happen? Any suggestions? Thank you so much.

Our school is doing a production of Our Town, and this is probably the most popular play done, so do any of you have any suggestions related to light design? I'm sure you guys have your own examples of this play. I know there is a lot of change in the cyc My theatre has 4 cell cyclorama, can...

All - make me an offer. I've included a picture from B & H so that you can see the retail pricing. I want to clarify - this is for TWO brand new 12 channel dimmers. It's a killer price, and I need to move the gear so please contact me if you have interest. We can figure out the shipping too...

So my high school theater is producing A Shayna Maidel in a little under two weeks from now. We have around 15 Lekos, 20 Pars, 2 Movers, 2 3-Cell Cycs and 6 Mini Cycs to use for this. We have a really small budget but are creative in pulling things off professionally. We have 3 lighting bars...

When it comes to cleaning the optics of movers (dichroic's, lenses, glass gobos) what is everyone's preferred weapon of choice?

Hello All, I am using MyDMX 2.0 to run the lights to a project I am working on. On the same computer, I also need to run Q lab for a few sound effect. Is there a way that I can make a QLab cue trigger MyDMX so I am not switching between applications? Thanks in advance, Joshua(BTW I am running...

My schools production of Almost, Maine is being taken to a one act competition and the only effects that would be available to take to another stage would be the northern lights courtesy of a projector. Any advice for approaching stage projections?

I've been doing the lighting design for Shakespeare in Hollywood recently and I wanted to use a gobo to project the Warner Bros logo (simple outlines, no color) on the house curtain.I'd order a custom steel gobo from rosco or something, but I'm mainly concerned about how the image would appear...

Hello ION users, I have a generic led fixture where the first channel is the intensity and the following channels are Red Blue Green, and I couldn't find a fixture profile with that channel layout. Does anyone know of a profile on the ION that has this channel layout?

hello, i was wondering if anyone could help me out ?i am looking for some CAD software that will work on a mac ?i am design lighting and sound and av at college and i need to make cad drawings !please help me and recommend some mac software and window but i Haven't t got that match space...

I'm advising my buddy who owns a small production company on lighting and 120k rigs came up. Are they still relevant? Granted I advised adding movers to the rig as well. But we're talking for 40x40 roof systems or the occasional small to medium sized venue. His lighting inventory is incredibly...

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