Event Panel System

Elation Professional

Event Panel System is an RGB LED color-changing panel that comes with its own battery pack and 288 high-output 10mm LEDs (48 red, 120 green, 120 blue). It includes 14 built-in programs, a variable strobe effect (one to 18 flashes per second), 0 to 100% dimming, RGB variable fade rate color mixing, and flicker-free operation. The panel can be controlled remotely from up to 30' away, using Elation's ELAR WR Wireless Infrared Controller, included with the system. The remote gives operators control over the built-in programs, strobing, blackout, and RGB mixing, and the IR receiver on the panel can be placed by the user into the proper position manually. It can be operated with a standard DMX controller or run as a standalone unit in four different modes. Featuring a 40° beam angle, the system outputs to a distance of 65' to 85'. A 12V power supply to recharge the battery is included with the system. It draws 36W of power and will run for 10 hours of full-power continuous use. Rated at IP20, the system is not intended for permanent outdoor installation, extended outdoor use, or operation in rain or inclement weather.
www.elationlighting.com

Goboland

Gobo Tweaker

Gobo Tweaker incorporates any design from the Goboland Premier Steel Collection into an all-in-one tool, complete with orientation handle for alignment of images within the gate of an ellipsoidal. It is designed to fit into a standard gobo holder with the handle protruding out of the gobo gate. Heat dispersing holes in the handle ensure this manipulation can be made without burning fingers, while a clip holds the Gobo Tweaker in place. The units are made of non-reflective, black-coated steel and are available in B-size from the Premier Collection. Custom designs can also be produced in this format.
www.goboland.com

DreamBox

Robe

DreamBox is a multifunctional toolbox with two DMX ports and one USB 2.0 port that communicates with a PC or laptop via USB. With additional Robe software, DreamBox provides fixture software updates, DMX control, and RDM functionality in its aluminum housing with no extra PSU needed. The unit also supports the new control protocol featuring AutoPatch and Fixture Status Monitoring. It can be used in combination with Robe Media Fusion software as DMX input from any DMX console and brings RDM communication protocol into DMX control systems via DMX/USB or USB/DMX converter. It supports Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, CE.NET, Linux, and Mac OS X, 9, and 8 operating systems.
www.robe.cz

SoftPlot 9.1

Stage Research, Inc.

SoftPlot version 9.1 new features include more reporting options (a group schedule report and two new color cut reports), additional option selections in the CAD import window, command button shortcuts, a new focus status view mode, and multiple pictorial views of fixtures. The upgrade also offers an inventory tree listing with a new sound category of symbols for creating sound design drawings. The legend builder now provides selection or rotation of graphic symbols used in the legend, and instrument types may be removed or included in the legend. Default font sizes have been modified to be a more useful size, and the legend outline has been changed to draw at width two instead of one. With enhanced data export to Lightwright 4, DMX universes are now exported by extending the dimmer or DMX setting, and focus status and focus points are now exported. All export fields default to LW4 field names, and accessories and DMX-controlled accessories are now also exported. Additionally, users can now select all categories of a selected manufacturer to more easily find a desired gobo during gobo inventory importing.
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LightFactory Version 1.3.2

Dream Solutions

LightFactory Version 1.3.2 has a number of major enhancements including a full tracking backup function, the ability for one LightFactory system to control others, and the ability to set a master fade override for channel groups. The Magic Update function automatically updates palettes when updating a cue. Property/Attribute effects now support out of order fixtures, and media effects now play more than one audio file simultaneously. Also added are fully generic color palettes and auto creation of CYM and color wheel chases. Effects playbacks have also been enhanced, and a new copy button is now included in the channel display. Additional new features include bi-directional communication with LightConverse visualizer and full capture auto focus features.
www.lifact.com

Showbiz® T8 2' High Output Cinema Linear Fluorescent Lamps

GE

The 2' Showbiz® T8 High Output Cinema Linear fluorescent lamp provides the same light output and color stability as standard T8 lamps, but now comes in a shorter design to better accommodate space constraints in film, TV, and still photography applications. Still measuring a slim 1" diameter and offering colors that match tungsten (3,200K) and daylight (5,500K) reference spectra for film, the lamps feature a 95 color-rendering index on the 3200K color and 97 color-rendering index on the 5500K color with the use of rare-earth and full spectrum phosphors. Each offers 90% lumen maintenance over 2,000 hours of service for brightness stability. The color emissions of the Showbiz T8 lamp respond to the spectral sensitivity curves of film and electronic imaging media, eliminating the common green spikes often apparent with older or less advanced products.
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