Palettes/presets are certainly a programmer’s best friend. They help with quick sections of parameter values and have wonderful reference features. Additionally, the ability to place… Read More »Palettes and Presets: A Programmer’s Best Friend
Chris Lose turned to Tim Solar, crew chief for such bands as Linkin Park and The Killers, for help in compiling a daily checklist of… Read More »A Crew Chief’s Daily Checklist
We need to come up with a solution for all of the elusive fixture profiles that are costing us countless hours of hunting down DMX… Read More »The Great Library of Libraries
One of the quirks of lighting design is the hard-to-pinpoint, yet nevertheless very real way it works to shape mood, vibe and feel of a… Read More »Lighting Awareness vs. Impact
Since incoming bands have little to no time to work on the actual stage before their artists perform at a festival, having a previz suite… Read More »Prepping a Festival’s Previz Suite
If you’ve ever wanted to build your own fixture library, it is possible, yet not always the easiest thing to do. Some library editors are… Read More »Building Your Own Fixture Library
Program as few position presets as possible. Programming too many positions is time consuming and most of them won’t be used because you won’t have… Read More »Building a Punt Show: Tip 3 of 10 – Positions
The worlds of lighting and video (and consoles and media servers) are colliding. As media servers continue to develop features geared toward working with LED… Read More »Lighting Console and Media Server Convergence
Having completed years as a house lighting designer and working at several festivals around the globe, I have become streamlined when building punt shows. Rock… Read More »Building a Punt Show: Tip 1 of 10
When setting up playbacks for a show, it is important to think about how they will be used and how they will interact with each… Read More »Pay Heed to Console Overrides
I recently took my wife to go see Pearl Jam in Quebec City. This was a bucket list show for her. I toured with Pearl… Read More »The Right Way to Ask for Comp Tickets to a Show
Working with other law enforcement agencies, the Houston Police Department has made 80 arrests so far in an investigation into an organized crime ring that… Read More »GPS Tracking Devices Help Police Crack Down on Thefts of Trailers, Valuable Gear