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Rosco Announces Wedding Gobo Design Website

On what is typically the most romantic day of the year and when most people pop the big question, Rosco announces their brand new Wedding Gobo Design Website.  Perfect planning guys! ;)

Rosco Labs has created a website that allows the “Bridezilla” to design her own custom gobo to project what ever she wants from selections of fonts, wedding themed graphics and borders.  Typically this would have been done either by a dealer or the manufacturer themselves.  Now, the bride to be can visually lay it out, try different things all right from her computer.

After they are done creating the gobo of their dreams for their dream wedding, click create my final design PDF and Rosco walks them through the steps to complete the order with an authorized Rosco dealer and BAM, their name is up in light!

Check out Rosco’s new Wedding Gobo Design Website at www.rosco.com.

Wrap Up of the Apollo Big City Bash – Washington D.C.

Editors Note: I would like to welcome John Hathcock to iSquint as a guest writer. From time to time, you will see write ups from John starting today with his write up on the Apollo Design Big City Bash Washington, D.C. Thanks John and welcome!

Yesterday was The Apollo Design Big City Bash that hit Washington, DC. Hosted in the aptly picked Chesapeake Room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, the BCB was a hit.  Guests were greeted at the door by Rita LeFavour from Apollo and a stack of sandwiches that would make Jered from Subway jealous and taken on a tour of the Apollo product line.

Starting at the entrance was a plasma screen running Apollo’s sister company, Blue Pony’s demo DVD.  Blue Pony offers users custom video clips, footage for digital signage, promo clips, etc.  Basically Blue Pony is the digital side of the gobo wheel and your DL-3’s best friend!  Moving on from there was Apollo’s gel display featuring their exclusive perf-gel (prepunched for hand tearing) and gel wraps (fluorescent tube wraps that can be installed without removing the bulbs). The gel wraps are a personal favorite, big improvement!

Next up was Apollo’s bread and butter: custom and stock gobos.  Let me tell you right now, we can put the debate on quality to rest.  Lasers are the highest quality manufacturing process you can get and Apollo just proved it.  On the display table was an M sized B&W SuperResolution Glass gobo that looked like a line breakup, oh if only! Rich Dale hands me a jeweler’s magnifier and said take a look.  OK, why not.  It was a multi-page article printed from Wikipedia.  It was fully legible and I was blown away!  Lets see and etched gobo do that!

After I recovered from my awe, I moved on to the first of the new offerings from Apollo: The Multiform LED’s.  Apollo is the exclusive US distributor for the Multiform Multispot 1009 and the Multibeam 1018.  Both units are available in a brushed silver finish with a free-standing yoke, on-board effects, 3-pin DMX, and Master/Slave functionality.  The Multispot features 9, 1w RGB Edixeon emitters with a blended output at a standard 30 degree field.  The fixture is compact and virtually silent even with a small cooling fan.  I am also betting its intentionally designed to fit inside 12in box truss with the shape of the fixture.  The Multibeam 1018 is the big brother with 18, 1w RGB Edixeon emitters and a more box like frame.  Both units have an excellent output for their price range and are set to compete against the offerings of Chauvet and Elation with the reputation of Apollo backing them up!

The next table featured Apollo’s Color Scroller and gate effects lines.  In recent years Apollo has closed the gap in the scroller market and (at least in my opinion) come out ahead of its competition.  Leading the pack is the MXR color mixing scroller with dual CYM strings.  Its newest cousin and recent upgrade is the Smart Color Pro series.  The SC Pro’s replace the standard versions as an industry leading design and feature set that places them squarely in the competition’s path. The best feature, you can change the scroll’s from the front window without any dis assembly!  Both the MXR’s and the SC Pro’s feature 4-pin DMX/power connections and LED addressing screens (NO MORE DIP SWITCHES!!!).  The MXR’s feature a 7.5in rear aperture and the SC Pro’s are available in 5.25in, 7.25in and 10in aperture sizes to cover all the fixtures in the market.

The final table featured the last of the new lines for Apollo, the Spotlight series of fixtures.  Designed primarily for architectural uses, the Spotlight series fills in an excellent niche that will help your clientele find that perfect look for their space.  Starting the line is the miniFresnel with a 7.5 to 53 degree beam, available in halogen or arc lamp. The miniFresnel features an excellent light field in a nice, compact design.  Next up were the miniProfile Spot and miniProfile Zoom.  Both available in halogen or arc lamp, they feature excellent, clean gobo projection in an attractive, small package.  Rich even mentioned that a gobo rotator will be available soon for the zoom fixture.

Moving on there was probably the most unique piece, the miniPAR.  At first I was like, its a pin spot…but it is so much more than that.  If the Chinese import pin spots are the BJ’s wholesale of the lighting world, these fixtures are the Nordstroms! This is the pin spot you want to hang in the Ritz Carlton, walk away and not worry about them calling you for replacements. Best part:  It’s got a dimmable transformer!

Rounding out the lot were two entries that were a little surprising: the D1000 cyc light and the miniLED.  The D1000’s are a totally new approach the the conventional cyc.  Using the industry standard lamps, the D1000 takes the cyc light and makes it user friendly again.  After a rather interesting look from Rich, I placed my hand on the back of the fixture while turned on. First thing that popped in my head was “I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. I will face my fear…” But it wasn’t necessary. The fixture was just slightly warm, but not a threat.  Focus was a breeze, there is a knob on the back you pull out and the fixture slides up and down.

Last but not least, the miniLED.  These are truly impressive little lights.  Featuring a matrix of 5 x 3w RGB leds, they have a nice even output and a fully blended color mix.  Designed for use by either DMX (5-pin) or a nice sized hand held remote, these fixtures would be just as at home in a museum as over your local pub counter.  They are the perfect closing piece to the new line.

Apollo’s done it again.  They have taken a niche market and expanded and revitalized it.  I can’t wait to see what will come out of the “horse’s mouth” next!  Oh, and did I mention there’s cinnamon gum now?

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Rosco Labs iGobo iPhone App Available on iTunes

rosco_igobo_buttonWe just got word via twitter that @Rosco_Labs announced the availability of their new iPhone and iPod Touch Gobo app, iGobo via the iTunes App Store (iTunes Link).

At just under 43mb, the iGobo pack over 2300 images of select steel, glass, iPro and effects gobos available from Rosco Labs.

Similar to other iPhone gobo apps out there, you can search and compare gobo’s in both black & white or color.  Additionally, you can rotate or spin gobos with the flick of your finger to see what sort of effect it will produce on stage. The library of gobo’s are broken down into categories for easy browsing and is similar to the view experience at www.rosco.com.

Visit the iTunes App Store to download your FREE copy of Rosco’s iGobo app.

Goboland Releases Black Steel Gobo iPhone App

goboland_iphone_appLooks like another Gobo manufacturer has gotten on the iPhone App bandwagon. Goboland has just announced the release of their very own iPhone app that includes their entire Black Steel Gobo catalog.

From iTunes:

GOBOLAND is an independent, specialized manufacture of high quality glass and steel gobos for all lighting fixtures.  Easily browse the award winning Black Steel Collection gobos.  The app doesn’t require an internet connection while you browse the 1200+ gobo patterns available in high quality Black steel or glass.

The app requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later and runs about 41.9mb.  Not the smallest file size, but when you think about it, that is over 1200+ images and one less gobo catalog to print or carry around.

The Black Steel Gobo Catalog is a free app through iTunes, linky linky.  We are a little annoyed that this is yet another gobo catalog app running on the iPhone.  Can’t we just add all of these into one place?

Goboland U.K. Launched at ABTT Show

goboland_bannerRecently announced at the ABTT (The Association of British Theatre Technicians) Show in London, Goboland, a newly formed gobo manufacture announced the opening of their offices in Dorking, UK with their head office located in Belgium.

Goboland brings together Wyatt Enever and Vicky Fairall. Wyatt was the founding member and former managing director of DHA Lighting and a longtime gobo developer.  Vicky is a former graphics manager also from DHA Lighting.

While there are plans to offer Goboland products in the United States, their primary market is Europe and the Middle East.  For more information on Goboland products, visit their website at www.goboland.com.

New Gobo iPhone App On It’s Way

Rosco iPhone AppWe heard from a reliable source the other day that Rosco Labs is in the works to release a new Gobo iPhone App of their entire Gobo catalog!

We just found confirmation of this on the Rosco website, www.rosco.com.  While details of the app are still missing in action, it is clear from the rotating image from the Rosco web page suggest that it is easily navigated to find a genre of gobos.

Visit the promotional page for the app to sign up to receive your FREE copy of the app for both the iPod touch and iPhone.

http://www.rosco.com/promotions/goboapp/

Apollo Design-A-Pattern Voting Begins

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All of the patterns have been submitted and approved for voting by Apollo Design.  Thus begins the online voting by you, the customer!  There are 43 patterns to choose from this year.  Anything from metal to full ColurScenic gobo’s.  There is a limit to voting though, only one vote per IP address.  We here at iSquint have submitted our favorite.  While we would love to share our selection, we do not want to sway your vote.  So visit www.apollodesign.net and…

VOTE NOW

Wybron Updates/Addes more Gobo’s and Gels to iPhone Apps

wybron_app_gobo2.pngWe just heard through the marketing department at Wybron that they have updates to two of their iPhone app’s, the Gel Swatch Library and the Moiré Gobo Library.

Wybron has added over 500 gobo’s from Inlight Gobo and over 1,300 gobo’s from Apollo Design.  This means that the gobo library include over 3,300 different gobo patterns to view. A new feature included in the 1.1 update is the ability to “flip” the gobo between front and back sides.

The new updated version of the Moiré Gobo Library has been added to the iTunes App store and can be viewed here.  the update is free to current owners while new users, the price remains $9.99.

The Gel Swatch Library now includes 150 Apollo gels in addtion to the Gam, Lee and Rsoco gel colors.  This gives the total amount of gels that can be reviewed to over 1,000. The update to the Gel Swatch Library will be added to the iTunes app store within the next two weeks and will be free to current owners. Be sure to visit the iTunes app store to purchase and download the update when released.

Apollo Design-A-Pattern Contest Almost Over

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Back at the beginning of February, we wrote about the announcement of the 2nd Annual Design-A-Pattern contest from Apollo Design.  This is just a friendly reminder that the contest ends in just 7, yes 7 days on April 30, 2009.  Be sure to submit your designs before then to be entered into the contest.

Contest Rules:

  • Entries accepted February 12 through April 30, 2009
  • Entrants must verify they are submitting ORIGINAL, non-copyright artwork
  • Metal, B&W glass, gray Scale glass and colored glass submissions are accepted
  • All qualified entries will be posted to Apollo’s website on May 4, 2009 until June 15, 2009
  • Site visitors will vote for their favorite pattern.
  • Top voted entries will be included in Apollo’s new patterns for 2010.

For more information and detailed guidelines on the contest, visit Apollo Design’s website at www.apollodesign.net and GOOD LUCK!

Wybron Releases New iPhone App: Moiré Gobo Library

wybron_app_gobo1.pngWe reported a week or so ago that Wybron was on the verge of announcing a new iPhone app.  The rumors are true, earlier this week, Wybron announced the release of their latest iPhone App, Moiré Gobo Library. More information from the official Press Release:

A new iPhone application by Wybron packs more than 1,500 gobos into a sleek device that fits in the user’s pocket. The Moiré Gobo Library lets users browse, search, and experiment with A-size gobos from GAM and Lee, with more to come. Adjust the focus of the gobo to simulate a blur effect, spin the gobo at different speeds and in different directions, and use the “TwinSpin” feature to overlap and spin any two gobos at variable speeds and in any direction.

The Moiré Gobo Library, which also works on the iPod touch, lets the user:

  • View gobos on a white or black background, simulating the look of the gobo itself or the image it produces on a dark stage
  • Search gobos by name and number
  • Sort gobos by name and number in ascending and descending order
  • Maintain a list of 12 most recently viewed gobos
  • Send comments directly to the developer with a feedback button

The idea for the Moiré Gobo Library came, in part, from the suggestions of customers using Wybron’s Gel Swatch Library, which features nearly 1,000 gel colors. The Gel Swatch Library was recently named one of Live Design magazine’s Products of the Year for 2008-09. It took home an ESTA Member’s Choice Award from LDI in October 2008.

“With our new app, you don’t have to buy dozens of different gobos and load them into a fixture to see how they’ll look,” said Scott Longberry, Wybron engineer and developer of the application. “Just turn on your iPhone or iPod touch, and you can play with hundreds of different gobos to see what happens if you overlap them, blur them, spin them – or whatever effect you want.” The app should be useful for a wide variety of lighting venues, including nightclubs, concerts, theatres, churches, cruise ships, and more, Longberry said.

To buy the Moiré Gobo Library for $9.99, visit Apple’s App Store through the icon on the iPhone or iPod touch, or go through iTunes.

Photos of the Moire Gobo Library App:

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Rumor Mill: New Wybron iPhone App

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Our spy camera’s are every where these days. Including deep with in the mountains of Colorado Spring at Wybron‘s worldwide headquarters.  It is rumored that Wybron is set to release a new iPhone/iPod Touch app for lighting professionals any day now.  From the Mr. Blurry camera shot, it looks like some sort of Gobo library.  From what we can tell from the photo is that gobo’s will be able to spin at a scalable RPM as well as in or out of focus based on sliders on the bottom.  The gobo appears to be GAM’s gobo 206, Traccery Window.  We are assuming that the library would have all the major player’s that produce gobo’s but can not confirm it at this time.

When questioned about the rumored iPhone app, Wybron was quick to say nothing other then “How did you know???”.  While they did not directly confirm the rumor, in a way they did.  Look for more information to follow in the next couple of days.

Apollo’s Design-A-Pattern Contest Announced

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It is official, the 2nd Annual Apollo Design’s Design-A-Pattern contest is announced! Here is the basic information.

  • Entries accepted February 12 through April 30, 2009
  • Entrants must verify they are submitting ORIGINAL, non-copyright artwork
  • Metal, B&W glass, gray Scale glass and colored glass submissions are accepted
  • All qualified entries will be posted to Apollo’s website on May 4, 2009 until June 15, 2009
  • Site visitors will vote for their favorite pattern.
  • Top voted entries will be included in Apollo’s new patterns for 2010.

For more information on submitting your artwork and the guidelines of submission, visit Apollo Design’s website at www.apollodesign.net.

Good Luck!

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