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14 March 2016

Christiaan Ballot and his team from Pretoria - Blond Productions - won the contract from Endemol South Africa to provide lighting, sound and AV for all the events outside the Big Brother House during the series, including the weekly evictions and the Grand Final. They also assisted with shooting inserts before the beginning of the production.

To cater for all the technical requirements, Ballot purchased six new Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs, and 12 Robe ColorSpot 250E ATs.

"They are awesome unit

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14 March 2016

Lighting Designer Greg Shipley chose to use Martin MAC 600s, MAC 500s and 300s, AC Chroma-Q Color Web Panels, Color Kinetics iColor Accent 4ft tubes and ETC Source Fours. The rig was controlled by a Whole Hog II.

The design consisted of a 48ft x 52ft box rig with six upright towers along the back wall. Each of the towers had Martin MAC 500s on top with Lady Vol gobos loaded in them. The towers were toned from the floor with MAC 300s. The remaining MAC 500 and 600s were scattered around the box.

(Jim Evans)

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LFI partners with some of the industry's leaders and experts to address essential topics in lighting and business practices. Topics include software and lighting applications, business and technology initiatives, design innovation, daylighting, case studies, sustainability and

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David Churches, managing director of Themes Incorporated commented: "We were so pleased with the reception that the video floor achieved - we always felt it was an excellent addition to our extensive event equipment stock, but it is reassuring when you see the reaction from clients at a prestigious show such as this.

Although we originally bought the system with dance floors in mind, we have received just as many enquiries to use it at product launches and promotions - this really illustrates the vers

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14 March 2016

An updated version of the LightJockey software is now available that adds new fixture profiles for the MAC 575 Krypton, smartMAC, Exterior 1200 and Exterior 200 LED. Free of charge to all LightJockey users, Version 2.7.8 is available for download from the company's website.

New to LightJockey Manager is LED-Trix, a new LED effects engine for control of LED lights. The LED-Trix plug-in facilitates the programming of colour mixing fixtures, such as LED-based lighting fixtures. But it can do more then just LED lighting fixture control - any RGB, CMY, HSI, RGBAW or single dimmer channel can be controlled by LightJockey LED-Trix.

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14 March 2016

The primary purpose of the product is the automatic 'fail-over' switching between two lighting consoles. In automatic mode, the product senses data on its 'A' input. If DMX512 stops on any universe, the 'B' input is selected. Rail-Flip also features detail configuration. This allows, for example, the user to configure how to handle data returning on the 'A' input.

Rail-Flip can also be switched manually which allows it to be used as a source selector between different lighting positions.

The product can be cascaded to increase the number of universes. Status and data indicators show both data activity and switch status. Rail-Flip uses electromechanical relays which ensure that the product will fail safe in a power

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14 March 2016

Coveled replaced a traditional halogen lighting system to illuminate display shelves of pewter products. Coveled provides low energy consumption of approximately 10W per metre and a long lamp life of around 50,000 hours rather than 20,000 with the previous alternative.

Lighting designers and specifiers were M-Lux of Malaysia. Coveled was supplied by Dialight Lumidrive's Asia partner and distributor Achieva Electronics of Singapore.

Locations were Raffles in Singapore, in Malaysia -Queensbay Mall Penang, the Pavillion Kuala Lumpur, Mid Valley the Garden Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Installation was also carried out at Roya

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HES sent its Los Angeles-based programmer/trainer Mike Hanson to assist LD David Agress and programmer Paul Turner. Agress had not yet experienced Showgun, while Turner had only recently undergone Wholehog 3 training at HES.

The Showguns were used to highlight the goals and to project logos. Agress says: "The Showguns will be part of my big-show list from now on. Really a wonderful light. They were the work horse and show horse of this year's NHL All Star Game."

Mainlight supplied the Showguns to production supplier Entertainment Design Group of Atlanta.

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The DIN Rail DMX Splitter provides six DMX ports and is designed with installers and system integrators in mind. The Splitter features a DIN Rail enclosure that allows easy mounting. All connections have detachable screw-connectors for a quick replacement of the unit.

The input port is protected through optical isolation, safe guarding the splitter/booster and its connected equipment against power surges and dangerous ground loops.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Using the stunning architecture of St George's Plateau as a backdrop, the show featured a cast of 600 to represent the City's rich cultural heritage, including artists Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart, a choir of 300, 40 aerial performers, 80 guitarists and hundreds of local school children.

All lighting equipment was supplied by Blackburn based rental company HSL and project managed by Mike Oates.

Lighting designer Stephen Page's brief from the creative team was to light a musical, multi-cultural event featuring a diverse mix of performers on a large outdoor scale in the middle of Liverpool's city centre.

The Vista controlled a lighting rig featuring over 200 moving lights, 360 ways o

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14 March 2016

Users of the original Light Palette V6 and V8 consoles will recognise the heritage of this software with its familiar command line interface.

Version 10 builds on the strengths of Strand's years of experience in lighting control and improves thepower of moving light programming with its Universal Attribute Control.

Features in this release include full command line programming, enhanced colour control including gel manufacturers' colour libraries, Smart touring options with magic update, directive updates and fixture offset.

"We now have partial show lo

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14 March 2016

Paul Cox, 51 joins Martin in the capacity of architectural lighting consultant with more than 25 years in architectural sales experience, and moves from Kreon Architectural Lighting, where he held the position of general manager of UK operations.

"Martin has a great architectural product line - second to none. There is no one else out there with the quality or range," says Cox. "We really have products that make people's jaws drop, like the smartMAC for example. It looks good and does what it says, and people just love it. I am really looking forward to the coming challenges."

David Stewart, who joins Martin as lighting consultant in the Show Segment liaising with end clients, has many years experience working on corporate and live events, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Oasis UK

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Inspired by the resemblance of two beech trees to a pair of lungs, Laurent developed his design for the trees to appear through light and colour to be 'breathing', accompanied on site by a synchronised breathing soundscape.

In Geneva the trees were lit by 42 RGB LED fixtures supplied by Look4ideas, and controlled by a single-universe Pharos Lighting Playback Controller (LPC1) which managed the synchronising of the audio effect, as well as time-of-day, special occasion and astronomical triggers for the light show.

For the London installation, a pair of plane trees in Potter's Field Park has b

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Donegan and his team will manage all new product design and development and will also continue to provide a lighting design and consultancy service. This new company is called onepointtwo.

Donegan has experience in all areas of the lighting arena with a career spanning 22 years. He is a member of the Society of Light and Lighting, the Institute of Lighting Engineers and holds a Master of Science degree in The Built Environment (Light & Lighting) from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He has lectured on retail lighting at Griffith College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Design and architectural lighting at University College Dublin.

onepointtwo offers architects, designers and engineers "a comprehensive and holist

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14 March 2016

The Tour Hazer II is a 1600W hazer built into an Amptown flightcase; the Data II is a 2600W high emission fog machine; both units are DMX-controlled and have recently obtained BGV-C1 certification from the German authorities to show that the machines, the fluid and the fog they produce have no adverse health effects.

David Morgan of Lighting Partners said: "Since taking on the Smoke Factory distributorship in 2007 we have worked hard to re-establish the brand in the UK. This tie-up with one of the

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14 March 2016

Luxious Lighting's Andrew Wilder of Los Angeles programmed the display using a Wholehog 3 and Hog 3PC. "I used all stock library content that comes with Axon, except for the Hard Rock Seminole logo," Wilder explains. "I also combined it with a satellite music video feed that runs in the casino. The Axons are housed in a small room, behind the fountain, set up in two rows of four, with projectors. I've mapped the Axon content into a sphere and they're rear-projecting."

The Wholehog 3 not only controls the cont

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Lindquist brings over 20 years of sales experience in the electrical distribution industry working with architects, contractors and owners. She has been involved in the design and sale of numerous specialty lighting products for casinos, themed restaurants and retail venues. She was also one of the first in the Midwest region to promote Color Kinetics LED lighting in the architectural marketplace.

Gopher Stage Lighting provides lighting, control systems, technical services and stage draperies and rigging throughout the upper Midwest.

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14 March 2016

"Finally, a versatile xenon light designed especially for both floor and inverted use," states Emmy Award winning lighting designer Bob Dickinson. "Its exceptional output, comparable to that of the 7k at a third the size and weight with one-third the power consumption, is a great advancement in xenon technology. I am looking forward to using A&O's

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14 March 2016

The course, hosted by Spotrental, the largest stockist of Strong products in Europe and one of the manufacturer's official European distributors, was attended by participants from the UK, Holland and Greece, as well as US-based experts from Strong itself.

The course is the latest in a developing programme of training that will be extended to cover Australasia, The Caribbean, Central and South America and South Africa in the next 18 months."We started the scheme in 2005 when we realised that no-one was providing this training," says Jack

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14 March 2016

The new lights were specified by Sundial technical manager Andy Webb, who wanted a warm colour temperature fixture to blend in with the generic rig and to contrast with their discharge sources. "It was a logical step. In the past, to deal with the need for tungsten washes, we have had to hire ColorWash 575E ATs and use the CTO correction."

For the McIntyre show, the ColorWash 750 AT Tungstens were used to up-light 4 sections of gauze dressing the stage space.

Webb will be utilising these, plus eight more, on Di

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14 March 2016

The EssentialWhite series is designed to deliver the inherent advantages of LED sources for common white light applications that don't require sophisticated control systems. The product series incorporates Philips' knowledge of LED technology, efficient LED drivers, mechanical and thermal engineering, optics and binning management - providing "easy-to-use LED solutions that meet specifier-grade standards". In line with a growing number of standards and mandates, the products comply with the California Energy Commission's 2

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14 March 2016

The VersaTubes are part of a design collaboration between Emmy award winning lighting designer Bob Dickinson and Scenic Artist Brian Stonestreet. Mounted into moving set pieces that open and close to reveal performance areas on the stage, the configuration of the VersaTubes takes advantage of, not only the point source effect of the tubes, but also reflected light due to the finish on the set pieces, says ShowPro.

The final product is a fascinating combination of high-tech digital lighting and classic theatrical light box effects. "It's great to see such a creative and impactful use of LED display on this show" says company president David Smith. "This further exemplifies the visual convergence of video a

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14 March 2016

The moving lights were almost entirely sourced from the Clay Paky Alpha range, comprising 12 of Hawthorn's Alpha Profile 1200s, 32 Alpha Spot 575 HPEs, 24 Alpha Wash 1200s and 24 Alpha Wash 575s. On top of these, the rig housed the new Alpha 300 range, with 24 HPEs and 12 Wash lights.

Also featured for effect were 24 GLP Impression LED moving heads. These units were even rigged to the automated 45ft cherry pickers just to make things more interesting. The arena side walls were lit with IPIX Big Boy LED floods.

The main set piece (an eight-storey building site scaffolding) was back lit with Studio Due City Colours, while each bay of

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The Lightspace range comprises three systems - Lightspace Play; Lightspace Design and Lightspace Dance - based on an interactive floor/wall system using 400 sq.mm low-res LED tiles. Each tile contains 4 x 200sq.mm RGB pixels and four pressure sensors, through which the user can interact with the Lightspace surface.

Lee Engineering directors Phil Leedal and Ian Nelson state that the technology fits perfectly within their Education and Special Needs portfolio - a key market for the Lancaster-based company; but there are also systems specific to the entertainment and architectural markets.

(Jim Evans)