As projects increase their demand for media content, better workflow solutions have become the focus for developers of media server control and design software. Media servers are evolving, and users are beginning to push these programs into their creative workflows that begin during the early conceptual phases of a project, way before programming the show begins. Collaboration between software apps like Vectorworks and MA3D have also opened the door a bit to better workflows by allowing easier import and export of 3D objects between programs. How does this relate to being a visual designer? Because as lighting programmer, I’m already familiar with these types of lighting programming and design tools, and I can now use them effectively for folding video and LED elements into the designs.
-Vickie Claiborne, from “Video Digerati,” PLSN, Oct. 2019 page 78
