Tips & Tricks

The cost of producing Chip On Board (C.O.B.) LEDs is coming down, which is making producing fixtures with COB LEDs a lot more viable. Advantages… Read More »C.O.B. Technology a Boon to LED Fixtures

Well, they’ve done it again. The 4K LCDs are coming; LCD flat panels that have four times the resolution of HD (high-definition) video. Some manufacturers… Read More »4K UHD (Ultra HD) Is Coming, Along with New Connectivity Options

Steve Comer, LD for Jackson Browne’s tour earlier this year, discussed the virtues of “lighting the music” and the artist’s all-LED touring rig. “I don’t… Read More »Creative Use of LEDs Can Avoid Lighting Excesses

Safety concerns have been brought to the forefront of many designs this year, and for good reason. Things that were once generally accepted as being… Read More »Safety Efforts Under Way, but Lapses Still Evident

When working alongside a lighting designer, the relationship between the two of you becomes very important. It’s important to keep in mind some secrets that… Read More »Secrets Your LD Won’t Tell You

From the early days of DMX-controlled media servers, something has been missing. Missing, that is, until recently. Two of the more recently launched media servers… Read More »Real-Time Video Pre-Viz Now Available

I was talking with Edward Marks, co-CEO of The Producers Group, a kind of collective-turned-corporation that pools its multiple event technology resources for large-scale projects… Read More »Large-Scale Productions Support Gear Manufacturing in Asia

Automated lighting manufactures go out of their way to provide us with outstanding fixtures that are packed with hardware and software features. One example includes… Read More »New Fixtures are Packed with Nifty Color Tricks

Last month, I questioned a vendor on why he still wants to charge me $250 per week for the Vari*Lite VL3000 spot on tour. These… Read More »You Need More than Sexy Fixtures to Put a Show Together

You might think that LED sources would be more consistent, but the truth is that it is very difficult (and expensive) to get perfectly-matching LED… Read More »The Secret World of LED Color

Anyone in the business for a number of years knows Phay MacMahon. After all, he’s “Phaymous” — his nickname for the past 32 years or… Read More »Signing Off for Safety

What do you do with 20-year-old fixtures now? Can you even get 10 cents on the dollar, or should you just throw them in a… Read More »Some Used Gear Can Still Be Useful