Colour-Tramp leads the way in the convergence of light and video by allowing the designer to choose their preferred medium. Lighting designers are able to use the free-of-charge 'off-line' version as an authoring tool for the client presentation, with the benefit that once the contract is won, the off-line programming can be re-used for the actual show.
The latest version release (1.45) contains a wealth of new features that have been requested by customers or simply needed for a particular installation. One particularly innovative feature is the concept of visual mapping fixture date. Colour-Tramp uses the power of Art-Net and RDM (Remote Device Management) to retrieve sensor information from the lighting fixtures. This could be temperature, voltage, lamp hours or any other feature the fixture manufacturer desires. Visual mapping allows this sensor data to be displayed in real time on a geographic colour-coded map of the installation. This is just one of the many features that makes the engineer's life easier and so reduces installation cost, say the company.
Colour-Tramp also sports a new effects engine capable of generating static or animated visual effects based on a library of geometric shapes; and shows created in Colour-Tramp can be exported to Artistic's installation products Light-Switch and Dimmer-Switch, and as this works with the off-line version, users don't even have to pay for Colour-Tramp, say Artistic Licence.
(Lee Baldock)
