ETC's latest Eos family software update addresses these challenges head on, providing "unprecedented colour control options and a wide range of new features" that allow users to adapt their workflows for an evolving art form.
The new update provides an extensive toolbox for quick, easy colour mixing and selection. Want to adjust the colour of your sidelight? Use one of six abstract colour spaces - HS Wheel, HSB, CIE XY (1931), CIE UV (1996), RGB and CYM - to precisely select a colour, or use the tinting tools to tweak the brightness, warmth and saturation. Are LED colour fades giving you trouble? With Fade Tools, you can control the colour path of a transition to emulate the look of tungsten and gel or avoid an unwanted fade through magenta during a night time scene.
The enhanced Gel Picker helps you integrate LED colours with the rest of the rig, with better colour matches and a Show Colors view that auto-populates from Patch. Want that red dress to 'pop' a little more on stage? The Spectrum Tools present a graphic view of each LED, allowing you to hold the colour point of the light while ramping up the red emitter.
The new territory covered by 2.3 is not limited to colour space; the new software expands the physical scope of Eos's control as well. The release enables the use of the Eos Programming Wing, allowing ETCnomad, RPU and RVI users to take a programming surface with them wherever they go. Hotkey mapping has also been updated for clarity and to better work with global keyboards.
With the release of software version 2.3, Eos family consoles also gain the ability to communicate with outside apps and devices using OSC (Open Sound Control).
(Jim Evans)
