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New Lighting iPhone App - iSquint
Do you like your iPhone/iPod Touch? Do you like to read iSquint? Well, to take a line from Apple Read more
FREE Alternative Lighting Plot Software
Are you an up and coming lighting design looking to draft your plots digitally? Having a tough time finding the funds to purchase other drafting software on the market? No worries, Claude Heintz Design has you covered. These are the same people that brought us MacLux Pro for Apple OS8 & OS9.
Claude Heintz Design has [...]
ArKaos Announces New MediaMaster 1.2
ArKaos has just announced the release of their latest update to their popular media server software, MediaMaster 1.2. This new version of MediaMaster makes use of ArKaos’ latest generation of real time video technology to deliver incredible performance on any MAC or PC on which it is installed, including standard laptops. MediaMaster 1.2 is capable [...]
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Synthe FX Release Pixelnode for Quartz Composer
Synthe FX, the company that brought you the first lighting controller on your iPhone and iPod Touch has just announced the release of their latest software for the Mac, Pixelnode. Here is more from the Press Release.
Pixelnode is a plug-in that allows lighting and multimedia designers to turn Quartz Composer into a powerful live media-server [...]
ETC Releases Updates to Congo and Eos Family Consoles
Time for some update to almost all of ETC’s family of consoles. ETC recommends that you download and update your console with the current version of the console software as these two release’s mainly deal minor issues that have been fixed since the last version update.
More from ETC’s announcement:
Congo v6.0.3
ETC is happy to announce the [...]
FocusTrack 2.100, Available Now with QuickFocus
FocusTrack, the software that tracks the position and movement of your lights through your show has just recently been updated to include QuickFocus within the software. FocusTrack adds QuickFocus, for quick manual documentation of focuses and creation of cue-by-cue focus summaries.
More from the Press Release:
Continuing to respond to the needs of lighting professionals, the new [...]
ETC Releases Congo V6… Again
I swear that I have written about this before… oh wait I DID! If you did not notice, ETC un-released Congo V6. ETC found just a couple of things that made version 6.0.2 not hold up to ETC’s high standards. Have no fear, ETC has fixed the problem and has just re-released Congo V6.
Here is [...]
Cooper Controls Releases LightFactory Version 2.2
Cooper Controls just recently announced the release of their upgrade to the PC based lighting controller, LightFactory, to version 2.2.
LightFactory is a unique PC based lighting control system. Offering a no compromise approach of traditional dimmer control and fully featured moving light support. LightFactory was designed with the idea that every lighting engineer, operator or [...]
Jands Vista Preparing to Release Byron Into the Wild
Back at PLASA 09, Jands Vista introduced their latest software upgrade to their Vista line of consoles, Byron. Jands had demo’s of Byron running at LDI 09, but alas, I did not get a chance to see Byron running in person. But since then, I have meet Byron and he is a pretty cool dude, [...]
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ESP Vision’s Early Christmas Present – Version 3.0 on Sale!
During LDI 2009 , I wrote about ESP Visions announcement of Version 3.0 release with the great news that the software will run nativily on a Mac. Well, I just received an email from Lighting and Sound America that ESP Vision has an early Christmas present for everyone!
ESP Vision is giving you an early Christmas [...]
Preview of Synthe FX Luminair 2.0
While walking around the show floor this past weekend, I got a chance to talk to Synthe FX about their up coming release of Luminair 2.0. The developer and owner of Synthe FX, Ryan Hisey gave me a quick run through and preview of the iPhone app lighting console, Luminair 2.0.
Synthe FX has been developing [...]
ESP Vision Goes Mac Native
It was just announced yesterday that ESP Vision is bring their lighting visualization software to the mac platform. Since this such a new piece of news, ESP Vision has not had time to update their website or send out a press release as of yet.
From the previous release of ESP Vision, you may have noticed [...]
New Vectorwork Spotlight Plugin – Beam Draw3
Joshua Benghiat Lighting Design announces the release of version 3 of the Beam DrawTM Plug-In package for VectorWorks SpotLight.®
Beam Draw is a lighting designer’s complete solution to pre-visualize how a light plot will focus. Beam Draw determines the position, field angle, and focus point for lighting instruments, allowing designers to walk into focus knowing they [...]
