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For the 17th edition, both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held in the 62,000-capacity purpose built Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, with K-Pop stars and Gangnam Style singer Psy headlining the star-studded opening show.

With 'Diversity' as the theme, the large rental company Canlite drew on huge quantities of PR Lighting fixtures, deploying nearly 200 heads to perform specific tasks - comfortably the largest single brand represented. At the same time it met the specification of lighting designer, Han Soo Na, and his programmer Young Gu Kang.

The inventory included more than 100 powerful PR 5000 Spot, Wash and Framing variants - many of them positioned, along with XR 330 Beams on the top of t

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Produced by Insomniac, this outdoor celebration of music and creativity is now in its 19th year, but it's definitely not resting on its laurels. Case in point is the 2014 event's Sunken Garden stage, which was energized by an eye-popping wall of light designed by LD Steve Lieberman, using 136 Nexus 4x4 panels from Chauvet Professional.

"The lighting on this stage definitely made a powerful statement," said Todd Roberts of Visions Lighting (Brea, CA), which provided all of the lighting, staging, truss and video gear for the Sunken Garden stage "Everything on this stage worked to engage the audience."

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"We've been looking into LED fixtures for some time," said Williams. "Following the technology over the past few years, manufacturers have done a great job pushing it further. With the quality of products available in the market, now is definitely the right time to invest in LED."

Light quality and versatility were high on the list of requirements but matching ne

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ETC LED luminaires, controlled by an ETC Ion console, helped lighting designer James Tan achieve that lighting goal during a production at Singapore's Esplanade Theatre Studio.

Red takes place in spring 1958, in Rothko's New York studio. In order to create natural looking light shining through the window into the compact space, Tan used seven ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ luminaires.

"I decided to use LED fixtures that would be intense enough and could also ch

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14 March 2016

With the acquisition of Clay Paky, Osram is pushing forward its strategy of technology and innovation. The innovation-driven entertainment lighting market is very attractive, with mid-

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ProLight Concepts Ltd's product sourcing manager Chris Beesley took two weeks out from his busy schedule to manage the two stages and oversee the on-site installation of 100V background music systems and multimedia information displays.

First port of call for the outdoor stage was local rental company West Coast Hire & Events. The visual impact of WCHE's inflatable stage blended well with the tented village, this was then flanked with two large truss archway style flag and banner stands constructed from Global Truss F34 Series Quad Truss. The archways accom

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Designed for use in nightclubs, bars and other entertainment venues, the Rush DC 1 Aqua provides bright and compact LED water effect lighting for washes through crowds, lounges, across walls and above bar counters. The fixture features full electronic dimming, variable manual focus, variable effect speed/direction control and five selectable colours, including open white and split colour options.

"We understand the challenges integrators face when designing lighting solutions for entertainment and leisure environments," said Mark Buss, product manager, Rush by Martin. "The

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Making their European debut at PLASA London, these IP65-rated, high-output colour-mixing RGBA LED pods, panels and linear fixtures have the adaptability to be used across markets. They come housed in sleek, low profile white cases that are designed to blend into all types of architectural installations, as well as provide an elegant look when used in public spaces for event lighting. Robust and weather-resistant, the Colorist fixtures are also very economical and easy to set up and/or install.

All Colorist models come standard with IP-rated DMX tails that can be permanently installed in a covered structure or used for chaining together fixtures at temporary outdoor events like festivals. For added flexibility, the fi

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Opening before a sellout crowd at the 15,000-seat Palacio de los

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A colourful history has seen the Castle serve as a fortress, a military hospital, a prison and a temporary refuge for the homeless - amongst other things. More recently since the 1960s it has undergone extensive very tasteful redevelopment, and is now a busy event space with three main venues and a small theatre as well as being a top Slovenian tourist hotspot.

The CitySource 96s were specified by Tomaz Novak, the Castle's technical manager. They have been fitted with the integral Lumen Radio wireless DMX receiver cards allowing remote data control, which is especial

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All are welcome to come to attend the one-hour service to show their respects for Sue, however please bear in mind that only invited guests will be able to attend the function afterwards.

Those who wish to attend are kindly asked to email details of where they are from, their association with Sue and how many people are coming, to jim@chippenhamlions.org.uk.

Sue requested that people wear bright and cheery clothes, as this is the celebration of a wonderful life and not a funeral.

No flowers please - donations can be made to Dorothy House Hospice & The new cancer ward appeal at the RUH Hospital, Bath.

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The Satura Spot CMY's 320W LED engine delivers 11,700 lumens of power for an output across all colors that is comparable to 575W and even 700W discharge fixtures. It projects the flat field of light that designers favor with sharp zoom optics that emit a powerful, well-defined beam. For flexible beam angle adjustments, the Satura Spot CMY houses a 14-36 degree zoom with a uniform field of light that is maintained throughout the zoom range.

A CMY colour mixing system plus seven dichroic colours for added colour customization, including CTO color correction, blends a virtually unlimited variety of shades. A range of graphical ef

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Powered by CCI's new DimMaster LED phase cut power supply technology, dimmable LED fixtures can now be developed to match the dimming performance of incandescent fixtures.

Notably, say CCI, the technology supports the transition of high performance lighting applications to LED, by seamlessly blending highly cost-efficient LED lamp fixtures into existing incandescent lighting arrays. Users can make this transition without investing in new dimmers or consoles, and without new wiring, because dimming is driven by the power supply within the LED lamp fixture, the company says.

"DimMaster LED power supply technology enables retrofitted LEDs to match the full colour and dimming spectrum of incandescent lighting for architectural, theatre, church,

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Speaking at the PLASA Awards for Innovation and Sustainability 2014, held on the penultimate day of the show, PLASA's CEO Matthew Griffiths revealed some of the changes for 2015, which will redevelop the scope and delivery of the event. Under the leadership of Christopher Toulmin, PLASA's Director of the Events Division, the show is being remodelled to become a PLASA Member-focused event: developments will include moving from four days to three days, introducing a new floor plan concept, expanding the education offering and i

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Randall took full advantage of Hawthorn's Wysiwyg Suite, pre-programming the whole show prior to its one week production fit up at the CAST Theatre. Hawthorn was also contracted to provide technical support for the installation. The lighting package supplied included a range of Clay Paky fixtures including Sharpy, Sharpy Wash and Alpha Profile 800s.

The production featured classical Indian choreography to an original

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This is The Ultimate Eagles' fifth and biggest tour, and second using Elation lighting equipment. Pacific Sound & Light of Birmingham has supplied the lighting package for the When Hell Froze Over tour with lighting design by Nick Jemicz of Lighting Through Design.

"I have always been impressed with the CMY capabilities of the Platinum Spot 5R Pro as it is such a compact fixture," Nick says of the compact, energy efficient CMY colour mixing fixture that can be used as a spot or wash light. "The beams offer stunning, bright airborne effects with a good selection of color that I required for the design."

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Mythos, which recently won an Award for Innovation at the PLASA Show in London, is "a highly advanced form of hybrid light", say Clay Paky. "First of all, it is an excellent 470W lamp spotlight, which produces an outstanding large light beam, featuring a zoom that ranges from 4° to 50° (1:12 ratio).

"Light beam is sharp, with perfectly defined edges, from the first millimeters after the front lens right along its entire length. The zoom is optimised for focusing, which is separate from that of the fixed and rotating gobos. Its movements are smooth, fast and very quiet. Mythos also features a completely redesigned indexed visual effect disc, which may be superimposed on all the gobos (6 rotating and 18 fixed gobos), both in and out of focus.<

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The dinner featured a keynote speech by CEO Josef Valchar, an after-dinner speech by Patrick Woodroffe, followed by live entertainment from comedian and magician Paul Zenon. It was enjoyed by 300 Robe 'friends and family' including many who have been instrumental in the company's success.

Says Josef Valchar: "The dinner was a fantastic way to unite so many people who are and who have been involved in our journey".

The Robe story started from humble beginnings in 1994 when Josef and his business partner Ladislav Petrek founded the company and started making their own lighting and effects fixtures. In that relatively short space of time, Robe has become one of the world's leading m

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"This project was the second time that we have worked on a retail project for the club," said Phil Haldane, who led Black Light's installation team. "Our client for the job was 442 Design and, as we'd worked with them before on the club's shop at Brent Cross Shopping Centre, they were confident in our technical and creative abilities."

The brief for the project was to install sound and AV systems throughout the newly refurbished Armoury store.

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More than 600 LB-100 - each measuring 0.85m and containing seven RGB semi-transparent LED balls - are driven by 18 SGM TLD-612A, run by a Hippotizer Rackoon and suspended from the roof as a curtain wall in different lengths with a maximum of 6m. Decorated with small pieces of cloth,

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CRMX TiMo is small on form factor, but huge on functionality - featuring all of the same capabilities as the full sized CRMX OEM RDM modules in a package just 33.5mm x 18.5mm.

Niclas Norlén, CTO at LumenRadio explains: "We are extremely proud of TiMo and also to announce that we are the first wireless DMX supplier that fully compliant with the ETSI EN 300 328 (v1.8.1) '2015' revision. TiMo is fully FCC part 15 certified with a modular approval to 300mW - the highest allowed output power of any manufacturer within the Entertainment industry. I believe we will revolutionise the industry for the secon

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Lighting programmer Peter Small specified the Sapphire Touch to programme, control, and pixel map the 627 LEDs in the complex panels built into the touring venue's roof.

"The Sapphire Touch is excellent for programming Roundabout because of its speed - a lot of the console's features and hardware come together to allow this but a few that stand out are the large, bright, responsive touch screens, the 45 motorised faders (all electronically labelled) as well as the very well laid out programming section," says Small. "It also has advantages for us such as being able to handle the 13 u

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First up in v56 are new functions for fixtures, including precise 3D volume Focus calculations for beams and beam footprints, accurate Frost calculation covering the complete range of depth for LED modules, Gobo Edge abilities, Objective Mapping for Shapes (RGB rings, segments, etc.) and added Pixel Shift functions for High End's Shapeshifter instrument.

The latest version additionally adds further enhancements to its integration with 3D Multimedia Glasses and Head Tracker support, which allows users and their clients to be completely immersed in a 360° Virtual World of their show or event - a definite way to bring clients onboard quickly!

LC's powerful Render Engine has been augmented also, including more detailed beams, higher quality HDR (High Dynam

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Los Angeles based lighting designer Benoit Richard was responsible for lighting Underwood's energetic rendition of Waiting All Day for Sunday Night, a re-working of Joan Jett's classic I Hate Myself for Loving You for NBC Sports and San Francisco and New York based producers, Bodega Studios.

Richard's design included eight 35ft high vertical towers directly behind the stage, each of which was rigged with five CycFX 8 fixtures. He then placed 32 x Pointes in between the CycFX 8 for yet more variety, making an impressive Robe back wall of highly versatile fixtures.

It is the second year that Underwood has performed the opening intro for NBC's number one TV show, and also the second year