Digital
Lighting Simplified
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One of the current
rages in the production world is Digital Lighting - the marriage of lighting
and video - equipment that allows lighting designers to create, manipulate,
and project video content: anything from logos and still
images to animated backgrounds, virtual
scenery, dazzling ariel effects, and vibrant visual
accents - all controlled by a lighting console.
It is easy to see
the appeal of these systems:
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are Cost-effective.
They can be a complement to traditional video - or a replacement when
it is not affordable. Preexisting artwork (logos and the like) and content
from stock animation packages can be used when budgets don't allow for
custom-produced graphics and effects.
- They allow designers
to create Dynamic
visuals easily and quickly. The only limit is a designer's imagination.
- They are Expanding.
They are helping video to evolve from simply being the projection of
IMAG and Powerpoint presentations to being part of the creative design
- to being another tool for visually enhancing productions.
- They are Unifying.
As the role of video changes, these systems allow video to be tightly
integrated into the lighting and scenic elements of productions.
- They can be Simplifying,
in some situations replacing multiple fixtures that might have otherwise
been required to create intricate backgrounds.
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Digital
Lighting In Use
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Below are photos from
actual Landru Design projects in which Digital Lighting was used. Click
on the photos to see more images from each given event.
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Backgrounds/Wallpaper
Both of these photos are from a day-long women's conference. By changing
backgrounds, a different visual tone was created for each speaker or artist
- a tone that complemented that of a given session or piece of music.
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(Catalyst server
and 3rd-party projector)
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Virtual
Scenery
For these projects, different locales and/or times of day were suggested
for different show elements.
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(Catalyst server
and 3rd-party projectors, Catalyst server and multiple DL1s, multilple
DL2s)
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Logo/Image
Display
In the first image, a client-supplied logo was animated and masked to
fit within a truss circle.
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(Catalyst server
and DL1)
In the second, an
image of Christ was keystone- corrected and masked to fit a 3D scenic
element.
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(Catalyst server, 3rd-party projector, and Orbital Mirror Head)
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Visual
Accents
For these projects, Catalyst was used to provide visual accents that were
incorporated into the lighting for music programs.
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(Multiple Catalyst
servers and DL1s -and- Catalyst servers and 3rd-party projectors.)
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Select
product photos courtesy of High End Systems
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