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New Lighting iPhone App - iSquint

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ETC Support and Training – Pick Your Flavor

In life, we are always on the hunt for tips, tricks and deeper understanding of the world we live in. This holds true for lighting desk and how we operate them. Some of us may have a strong hold on how a particular board works and operates while others may not. Then there are [...]

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#LDI2009 Last Day to Save $100

Today is your last day to save $100 dollars on registration for the 2009 LDI Show in Orlando Florida next week, November 17-22. There are a bunch of classes and sessions being offered this year in the sunshine state.  This is your last chance to save some money to go to some of these worth [...]

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Vectorworks Top 10 Spotlight Tricks Webinar

Vectorworks is having a gotomeeting.com webinar on Thursday October 22nd. Learn some of the tips and tricks from industry professionals when using Vectorworks Spotlight.
More from Vectorworks:
We asked designers across the world about their favorite tricks in Vectorworks 2010, and the results are in. Join us on October 22nd when we reveal the Top 10 [...]

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Lightwright 5 New Features YouTube Video

At the release of Lightwright 5 at the beginning of September, John Mckernon, the developer of the software put together a YouTube video of some of the new features found in the update.
Be sure to check out the video. John does a great job explain some of the key differences between LW4 and LW5 as [...]

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Making Informed Lighting Choices for Your Venue Webinar

Are you in the market to upgrade your lighting equipment for your space?  Baffled by all of the choices of lighting gear out there?
Never fear, Creative Stage Lighting has you covered. On Thursday, August 27, yes tomorrow, from 3:30pm-5pm EST, Creative Stage Lighting will be holding a webinar of Making Informed Lighting Choices for Your [...]

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ESTA Announces eSET Portal

The ESTA Foundation has launched a new site geared towards providing entry level entertainment technicians a educational portal to learn and better understand terms and fundamentals within the entertainment industry.
The Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician (eSET) goals are to provide technicians with knowledge and skills to function across all fields of the entertainment industry [...]

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Webinar: Choosing Consoles and Moving Lights: The Latest Trends in the Marketplace

We received a message from Kevin Loretto of Creative Stage Lighting about their latest webinar coming up on May 28th, Choosing Consoles and Moving Lights: the Latest Trends in the Marketplace.  The webinar will be moderated by Kevin Loretto and Michael Nevitt, both with Creative Stage Lighting.
Topics Include:

What does your production require?
Planning for future growth
Networking [...]

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Review: Richard Cadena’s New Book Electricity for the Entertainment Elec. & Tech

A month a ago, we announced the upcoming release of Richard Cadena’s latest book, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician form Focal Press. iSquint is honored to have received an advanced copy of the book to do a review.
About The Author
Mr. Cadena is the editor of Projection, Lights and Staging News (PLSN), an ETCP [...]

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Console Trainer Announces Interactive Quick Start Guide for WholeHog

ConsoleTrainer.com has recently released a new Interactive Quick Start Guide for the WholeHog lighting console. The interactive guide is laid out to provide helpful insight on common uses and problems faced when programing the WholeHog console.  The online guide consist of cross-reference links and embedded training videos broken down into topics by chronological order. [...]

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