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A spotlight does just what its name says it will do. Light a spot in a crowd to draw attention to it…But, of course, there… Read More »In a Tight Spot

They’re less than 140 characters each, so we can pack all of the Quick Tips from the PLSN Sept. 2011 issue into a single newsletter.… Read More »Make that TIPS of the week…

Lighting people have been trying to interpret sound for decades. Lately, they’ve been getting better at it. Visual artist Quayola, working with record producer and… Read More »Turning Music into Visuals with a New Level of Precision

There are some cases where a complex show can be run without requiring a DMX controller. Most of the time, these “stand-alone” configurations work best… Read More »Running Fixtures in Standalone Mode

LD Robb Jibson embarked on his fifth year designing for Incubus, which kicked off its If Not Now, When? U.S. tour Aug. 17. (U.S. dates… Read More »Incubating Visual Ideas for Incubus

I have a friend who excels at designing stuff that is totally off the hook. His forays into unbridled turf on his lighting designs is… Read More »Designing Outside the Box? Take a Cue from Paul Normandale

For Cowboys & Aliens, director Jon Favreau prefers to create effects live on the set, known in the industry as “in camera,” rather than to… Read More »Using Lasers and Lumens for Otherworldly Effects

The presence of Asian exhibitors in general, and Chinese companies in particular, was larger at InfoComm this year – not surprisingly, considering that the InfoComm… Read More »The Shifting Paradigm of Outsourcing and China

Even with all the new technological advances at your fingertips, the latest apps and gadgets are not going to conceptualize the program.  Whether it’s a… Read More »Video Pre-Viz: Start with the Storyboard

One of the biggest problems when visualizing is making the transition from the virtual stage to the real rig.  Many things may or may not… Read More »Avoid Pre-Viz Disorientation