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. […]
Landru Design Announces New Vectorwork Plug-in: Staging ToolSet
Landru Design out of Nashville, TN has just announced the release of their latest Vectorworks plug-in, Stageing ToolSet. The 3-piece collection of tools creates Hybrid (2D and 3D) models of […]
Field Template Releases New 1/2″ Striplight Placemat
Steve Shelley, the owner of Field Templates sent me a note about his latest drafting template, the new 1/2″ Striplight Placemat. More from the Field Template Press Release: FIELD TEMPLATE […]
Review: A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition
Towards the end of 2009, Steve Shelley, noted lighting designer and drafting template guru, released the second edition to his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (published by Focal Press). […]
Love Never Dies – A Glimps Into the Design Process
Rob Halliday, a new friend and fellow Lighting Design and writer let me in on a little known web site yesterday. The site is a journal of Mrs. Paule Constable, […]
Two Rigging Draft Standards Up for Review from ESTA
Looks like ESTA has just announced the release of two drafts of rigging standards for review to the industry. If you have any interest or knowledge of rigging, you are […]
New iPhone App: DMX Color Mixer
I just heard about a new iPhone app that was released from 40oz Apps, DMX Color Mixer. You might know one of their other iPhone apps for lighting, DMX to […]
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 […]
Friday Flickr Lighting – Alive Lighting
This weeks randomly Friday Flickr Lighting Porn comes from Alive Lighting. You might better know the designer as Jim Hutchinson or Jimonlight.com. Jim is a member United Scenic Artist local […]
Where is the Industry Heading: An Interview with Gregg Hillmar
This months column, Where is the Industry Heading is an interview with Gregg Hillmar. You may have heard my talking about Gregg recently with the release of his latest book, […]
LEDs + Snow = Lighting Goodness
If you didn’t already know, the International headquarters and base of operations for iSquint is in Washington, DC. Starting Friday night, the Washington DC metro area was under a blizzard […]
Friday Flickr Lighting Porn – Boneyard Prayer
This weeks randomly chosen Friday Flickr Lighting Porn comes from Harold on Flickr. I would love to give Harold a little more credit here, but I just can not find […]