TupeloTechie
Active Member
I have recently purchased two Strong Neeva LED Profile units and the ability to use less heat resistant gobo materials is intriguing.
It seems the consensus on trying to use a home printed transparency is that it really doesn't work. You never get a true black.
I know that Apollo and Rosco each sell a type of printed transparency gobo, that supposedly will produce a truer black, but it seems the price point just isn't competitive enough with traditional steel to warrant the switch.
Recently, simple plotter-cutter craft machines have gotten incredibly cheap, with smaller ones in the $100 range. Does anyone think a black vinyl cutout attached to a transparency film would withstand the heat from a 50w led source? If not, possibly there might be some sort of opaque black film that would hold up to the heat.
If this method works, creating a standard b/w gobo (with or without bridging) would cost less than a dollar, and you would be able to create as many as you want, in only a few minutes, with only a hundred dollar investment.
Any thoughts?
It seems the consensus on trying to use a home printed transparency is that it really doesn't work. You never get a true black.
I know that Apollo and Rosco each sell a type of printed transparency gobo, that supposedly will produce a truer black, but it seems the price point just isn't competitive enough with traditional steel to warrant the switch.
Recently, simple plotter-cutter craft machines have gotten incredibly cheap, with smaller ones in the $100 range. Does anyone think a black vinyl cutout attached to a transparency film would withstand the heat from a 50w led source? If not, possibly there might be some sort of opaque black film that would hold up to the heat.
If this method works, creating a standard b/w gobo (with or without bridging) would cost less than a dollar, and you would be able to create as many as you want, in only a few minutes, with only a hundred dollar investment.
Any thoughts?