--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | BRIGHT IDEAS (2) description: BRIGHT IDEAS | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. 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With so many questions coming in from our amazing followers, it’s simply not possible to get to them all in a day, or within the confines of an Instagram S0 tory! [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2020/07/led-qa-with-tom-littrell) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_0438-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-4-magic-sheets-and-pixel-maps) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [A Designer’s Eos Toolkit Part 4: Magic Sheets and Pixel Maps](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-4-magic-sheets-and-pixel-maps) By [Guest Blogger](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/guest-blogger) 16-Oct-2018 *In this [series](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/A-Designers-Eos-Toolkit), guest blogger [Cory Pattak](https://www.corypattak.com) discusses Eos show file setup from his perspective as a freelance designer. In this post: Magic Sheets and Pixel Maps* [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-4-magic-sheets-and-pixel-maps) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/15194324_10104460657418580_6440454523742348517_o-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-3-effects-submasters-presets-groups-macros) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Designer’s Eos Toolkit Part 3: Effects, Submasters, Groups, Macros](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-3-effects-submasters-presets-groups-macros) By [Guest Blogger](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/guest-blogger) 4-Oct-2018 *In this [series](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/A-Designers-Eos-Toolkit), guest blogger [Cory Pattak](https://www.corypattak.com) discusses Eos show file setup from his perspective as a freelance designer. In this post: Effects, Submasters, Presets, Groups, Macros.* [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/10/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-3-effects-submasters-presets-groups-macros) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Photo-Aug-05-5-14-15-PM-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-2-patch-color-palettes-beam-palettes) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [A Designer’s Eos Toolkit Part 2: Patch, Color Palettes, Beam Palettes](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-2-patch-color-palettes-beam-palettes) By [Guest Blogger](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/guest-blogger) 18-Sep-2018 *In this [series](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/A-Designers-Eos-Toolkit), guest blogger [Cory Pattak](https://www.corypattak.com/) discusses Eos show file setup from his perspective as a freelance designer. In this post: Patch, Color Palettes and Beam Palettes.* [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-part-2-patch-color-palettes-beam-palettes) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Photo-Jul-21-4-47-55-AM-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-why-build-a-template-file) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [A Designer’s Eos Toolkit: Why build a template file?](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-why-build-a-template-file) By [Guest Blogger](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/guest-blogger) 18-Sep-2018 *In this [series](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/A-Designers-Eos-Toolkit), guest blogger [Cory Pattak](https://www.corypattak.com/) discusses Eos show file setup from his perspective as a freelance designer. This week: Why is it helpful for a designer to show up for tech with their own Eos building blocks? How might a designer start an all-purpose template file that can be used show...* [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/09/a-designers-eos-toolkit-why-build-a-template-file) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/viafilm-480x480.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [VIA University College explores chroma keying with Source Four LED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) By [Katherine Stamp](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/katherine-stamp) 13-Mar-2018 For students interested in film, storytelling and fashion, VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark is an international hub. [VIA’s department of Film & Transmedia](https://en.via.dk/research/creative-industries-and-professions/film-and-transmedia) houses the professional bachelor program Multiplatform Storytelling and Production. Technical Coordinator Thomas Erland Pedersen was... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lighthack_box1_partial-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) [FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) ### [Introducing #lighthack: the community-supported Eos project kit](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) By [Luke Delwiche](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/luke-delwiche) 27-Dec-2017  Today, we’re trying something new…and you can, too. Theatre-makers are truly MAKERS. We are people who find a problem and solve it. Budgets are never high enough, and so we experiment, learn, share — and then experiment more. ETC embraces this maker culture. We get it. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/artsycovershot-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) [LEDs](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/leds) ### [Think you know color? Grab some LEDs or gel, and try this chocolatey experiment.](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) By [Wendy Luedtke](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/wendy-luedtke) 12-Dec-2017 Looking for a fun (and tasty) way to explore color? For several years now, I’ve used candy to help teach color rendering. It’s a trick I learned from Terena Wilkens of Gustavus Adolphus College, who presented it at a USITT lecture on teaching color without a light lab. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lights-night-dark-abstract-750x500.jpeg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/04/color-matching-game-refines-programmer-skilz) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Color matching game refines your programmer skilz](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/04/color-matching-game-refines-programmer-skilz) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 3-Apr-2017 ETC’s Hollywood office has been known to play a competitive, color-matching game with two Source Four LEDs. Pitting two programmers against each other in a fierce, timed battle for iridescent glory, this is a game that hones the skills of even the finest programmers and lighting designers. 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