PLSN’s April 2023 “In the Volume” section starts off with news about disguise and XPLOR’s new partnership to tackle the skills gap in virtual production in the UK; how EMN Tech is teaming up with AOTO to build a virtual studio in Turkey; how Reno Studios is launching Taiwan’s highest-res virtual production movie studio in Taiwan, and how Vectorworks’ connection to NVIDIA Omniverse expands designers’ opportunities in the Metaverse.
Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) and Goose co-headlined an arena tour in the northeast with Lighting Designers Marc Janowitz for TAB and Andrew Goedde for Goose. Joining them on the road were Lighting Directors / Programmers Patrick Hayes for TAB and Tony Caporale for Goose. Their great teamwork and creative synergy resulted in two equal but distinctively different full blown shows every night.
The Long Reach Long Riders and Behind the Scenes will host their annual fundraising raffle at the USITT Conference March 16-18 in St. Louis, MO. This year’s raffle will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Long Reach Long Riders annual charity motorcycle ride. The Riders, who have raised over $1,000,000 for charity in their years of touring, will be riding June 3-9 in sunny Southern California.Read More »The LRLR Raffle and Behind the Scenes’ Mental Health Initiative at USITT
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Christie Lites & Fuse
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The LDI Show returned to Las Vegas after a busy year of live event productions across North America. The aisles were busy with production pros seeking to gear up for another busy year ahead, with exhibitors unveiling as many new products as steadily improving supply chain conditions would permit.
Robe is delighted to be back at LDI 2022 in Las Vegas, action-packed with a range of exciting new products and innovative lighting technologies on Booth 1943 that will stun and amaze visitors. New products shown at a U.S. expo for the first time will include Robe’s impressive and potent iFORTETM moving light and the iFORTE FSTM (FollowSpot) luminaire – both IP65 versions of the original FORTETM—currently Robe’s highest-powered TETM (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE™) LED luminaire.Read More »Robe at LDI 2022
Production company OTD Global called on the imagination and flair of new Israeli-based creative visual design practice, LEAD, headed by Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner,… Read More »Robe Hacks the Galaxy and Embraces the Moment in Berlin
with Oscar Dominguez – Emmy Award winning Lighting Designer at Darkfire Lighting
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Steve Cohen Production and Lighting Designer
COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces an expansion to the Chicago and Los Angeles areas by hiring regional account managers to serve as the company’s local representation. The new employees, Patrick Schmitt (Chicago) and David Dengler (Los Angeles), assumed their roles in March. In addition, Nemetschek Vectorworks is hosting two Vectorworks Architect 2013 training sessions June 13 in Chicago with an opportunity for attendees to earn three AIA learning unit hours.
COLUMBIA, MD – An updated edition of Light Plot Deconstructed for Vectorworks Spotlight is now available. Written by scenic/ lighting designer Gregg Hillmar, the guide is a companion handbook to the software to help readers draft light plots more easily.