Section: Applications
New iOS App: ShowTool Swatch
Daniel Murfin, the UK App developer for the lighting industry has recently released a new app to the iTunes App Store, ShowTool Swatch. You may remember some of the other great apps from Daniel, ShowTool LD and ShowTool SM. ShowTool Swatch brings your gel swatch book to life. It’s the easiest and most beautiful way [...]
Read More ...ESTA Foundation Announces eSet App for iOS
The ēSET (Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician) body of knowledge developed and vetted by industry professionals has now been released as an iOS app available for download in the iTunes store. The body of knowledge has been available on the ESTA Foundation site but ēSET committee member Dana Taylor thought it needed to be [...]
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Synthe FX Updates Luminair to v2
It has been some time since we heard news from Synthe FX. Their latest Press Release tells us why! Here is more from the pr: Synthe FX is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Luminair for iPad v2, the next generation of the popular touch-based DMX lighting control app for live entertainment, film and [...]
Read More ...New iOS App: Palette iRFU For Strand Consoles
For all you Strand fanatics, good news, there is now a Remote Focus Unit app available for you on your iOS device! The app is not an official app from the Philips/Strand Lighting company, but from a third party app developer, Backstage Solutions. These are the same people that made an RFU for the Palette [...]
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Attn Lighting App Developers, Get Your Droid Apps on Amazon App Store
This is a call to action for all those lighting app developers out there. I recently took a step towards the droid side of the world. NO, I am not giving up my Apple ways. I still love and use my iOS device daily… most times hourly! I recently acquired a Amazon Kindle Fire. It is the [...]
Read More ...LDIMobile App and LDI2012
Big news first… Everyone has been wondering about LDI 2012. Will it be in Vegas, will it be in California, what about New Orleans? I was partial to the long fetched rumor of it being in Washington, DC. I think I started that one! Drum roll please…. LDI 2012 if in LAS VEGAS BABY! LDI [...]
Read More ...New iOS App – Easy Remote…or is it LumiDesk Remote?
Ok, this one is throwing me off a bit. The OFFICIAL title of the app in the iTunes App Store is Easy Remote, even the icon says Easy Remote. BUT, when you look at the screen shot of the app, it says LumiDesk Remote. Personally, I like the name LumiDesk!So which is it? NOW, here [...]
Read More ...New iOS App – LightLogic
LightLogic is a theatrical lighting control system for iOS designed to work as an independent system. Use custom controls to quickly and easily setup fantastic looking lighting states, manipulate fixtures using purpose-built controls, communicate using the built in text chat and create complex lighting interactions using animations (iPad only). The system is also designed to [...]
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Lighting Handbook App Now Available on Android Market
Andrew Derrington, the app developer of the popular Lighting Handbook app recently announced that the app has been translated to the Android platform. In this first release it has all the core features that the iOS version has, and in time will gain more features such as Searching, Submit a fixture, Lighting Calculator & Electrical [...]
Read More ...New iPhone App – ETC Cue Session App
Are you heading to Wisconsin this weekend for ETC’s Cue Sessions? Before you head out the door, make sure to download ETC’s latest iPhone app, ETC CUE. Here is more about the app: The CUE App is designed to provide information to the attendees of ETC’s first ever end user conference: CUE. This app contains [...]
Read More ...Andrew Derrington Introduces New iOS App; Lighting Calculator
iOS App developer Andrew Derrington is at it again. He has been hard at work on his third lighting app for the iOS platform, Lighting Calculator. Some of his other iOS apps include the Lighting Handbook and the Electrical Formulas app. I know what you are thinking, these apps seem to be the same thing [...]
Read More ...InfoComm 2011 Show Apps
InfoComm 2011 is right around the corner! It happens this week in Orlando Florida from June 15th through June 17th. I’ll be heading down to InfoComm tomorrow to cover the show for both PLSN and iSquint. If you are in town, find me, we’ll meet up and have a good time… I AM SURE OF [...]
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