VideoSreen 4 and Vectorworks Spotlight® 2010-2016

Versions of the VideoScreen tools are now part of the 2010 and newer versions of Spotlight®. These tools are the result of multiple years of our working closely with Nemetschek in an effort to bring high-quality, stable, and productive video tools into the shipping version of Vectorworks Spotlight®. This partnership was a logical and efficient way to combine resources to raise the quality level of an already solid set of tools, making them more unified, more powerful, and even easier to use. We are incredibly pleased with the results of this joint effort.

The VideoScreen tools on which so many users have come to depend are still very-much alive. Landru Design will continue to develop, sell, and support them alongside those included in Spotlight®. Though the Spotlight® tools represent a bulk of the new features and the core functionality that has so helped users' productivity over the years, additional features in Landru Design's VideoScreen 4 provide even more value, giving you great reasons to purchase, upgrade, and continue to use our tools:

Notable differences between the Landru Design tools and those included in Spotlight®:

Landru
Design
version

Spotlight
2010-2011
version

Spotlight
2012-2014
version
Spotlight
2015-2016
version

Runs in Vectorworks version 2011 through 2016 - with and without Spotlight installed.

Yes
No
No
No

Includes the option to define projection distance and have the tool make lens calculations for projection and blended screens.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Simplified VS4-Projection stock screen selection.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Additional VS4-Projection stock screen aspect.

Yes
No
No
Yes

Additional VS4-Projection and VS4-Blended Screen/Projector features, like projector zoom range illustration and goalpost foot options.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Has a version that includes
VS4-LED.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Additional text visibility and attribute options.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Includes "Note" field and ability to disable text backgrounds.

Yes
No
No
Yes

User-definable Class prefixes.

Yes
No
No
Yes

Asymmetrical screen borders in VS4-Projection and VS4-Blended Screen.

Yes
No
No
Yes

"Roll-Up" and "Roll-Down" screen support options in VS4-Projection and VS4-Blended Screen.

Yes
No
No
Yes
The ability to input and track weight(s).
Yes
No
No
No
Independent screen and projector aspects in VS4-Projection.
Yes
No
No
No
The ability to display screen-size text in VS4-Television.
Yes
No
No
No

Faster turn-around on potential modifications and new feature additions.

Yes
No
No
No
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