When a hurricane strikes, the strong storms often cause nasty electrical interferences, failures, brown outs, spikes, and more. To be extra prepared in your theatre, house of worship, business center, or wherever you happen to use ETC equipment, we recommend backing up and saving your show files...
In this series, guest blogger Cory Pattak discusses Eos show file setup from his perspective as a freelance designer. In this post: Effects, Submasters, Presets, Groups, Macros.
There’s no doubt about it—LEDs are shaking up the industry as we know it. There is a lot to be excited about as venues make the transition from tungsten light sources to LED. One of the largest areas of impact is color capabilities.
Hot on the heels of a successful USITT, we packed our bags, loaded the trucks and made our way to Germany for the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt (April 10-13). Here are a few highlights from the show floor and beyond…
For students interested in film, storytelling and fashion, VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark is an international hub. VIA’s department of Film & Transmedia houses the professional bachelor program Multiplatform Storytelling and Production. Technical Coordinator Thomas Erland Pedersen was...
In this recurring series, Nick Gonsman of ETC NYC sheds light on aspects of the theory and practice of entertainment lighting control. Today’s topic: Display Focus, Control Tabs and Magic Sheets.
A panel of top Eos programmers convened at ETC’s CUE conference for an evening of live-programming war stories, show file strategies and cat memes.
There are moments in theatrical lighting when artistic vision is perfectly supported by current technology.
Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning play, Angels in America recently made a triumphant return to the National Theatre in London, marking 25 years since its UK debut. In this post, Dan Murfin, lighting control manager for the National, talks us through the unusual shared control system behind this...
This is the first post in a series of articles on Open Sound Control (OSC) written by field service engineer and programmer Sam Smallman.
