When choosing an LED based product for illuminating people and objects, there are many factors one must consider. Output levels must balance or exceed other lighting and video elements, while the color quality of the white light is equally important. Prior to LED based fixtures,
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Now in its seventh year, the annual VELD EDM and hip-hop music festival was held in Toronto’s Downsview Park. The eclectic lineup featured some of the biggest names in music, including Marshmello, Martin Garrix, DJ Snake, Benny Benassi, Lil Yachty and more. Each year the
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(Photography: Brian Spady) Hard edge, spot, profile, performance and other terms are used to describe automated fixtures that can project a sharp image. Most of these units also make use of gobos for projecting images that range from the abstract to the literal. While fixtures
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(Photo by aLiveCoverage) Many automated lighting luminaires contain a mechanical iris, which reduces the aperture size of the main output. Martin fixtures, such as the MAC Viper Profile or MAC Quantum Profile, include this handy sizing tool. While the iris is commonly used to make
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Live entertainment has been an important part of human life for thousands of years. The technology to illuminate actors, musicians, and speakers has changed immensely, although the source of the light has only changed a few times through history. From sunlight to LEDs, the illumination
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Nearly every production whether television, concert touring, house of worship, theater, or special events, requires lighting.  The concepts and ideas for the lighting starts and is the responsibility of the lighting designer.  However, he/she is usually assisted by a crew of experts to achieve the
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Lighting Designers (LDs) are highly creative people that are tasked with using technology to assist and enhance performances with light. The job can involve simply lighting a person or object, or be as complex as creating stunning visuals synchronized with music. Over the years, lighting
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Have you ever returned from seeing your favorite band on tour curious about the lighting and effects used during the show? Many audience members don’t realize that the lighting equipment and staging actually travel with the band. The entire process of designing, programming, setting up,
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Great performance lighting is an art. The perfect mix of shapes and colors flowing smoothly throughout a set creates a visceral experience that accentuates everything else that happens on stage. This requires many parts working in tandem. Performances can often have tens if not hundreds
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One of the biggest technological benefits to lighting designers is the ability to create a multitude of different colors from a single lighting fixture. Most automated lighting fixtures allow for color mixing capable of creating millions of different hues. This is achieved via two different
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