Blog Posts

Custom Encoder Maps for Film

One of the annoying things about programming film lights in Eos is how color attributes can be put across your ...

Mental Health and the Lighting Console Programmer

I’ve wanted to write a post like this while also wanting to avoid it forever. Let’s talk about mental health ...

Submaster LTP

The movie I’m on has a ton of interactive cues all day long.  (For the live events people, this is ...

Recall from Park

As I continue on this TV production (now called Serials, since TV is…in flux of existence), I enjoy the moments ...

PSA: Eos, Netron and Per Address Priority

Sometimes, you solve a problem, only to find that you haven’t yet solved ALL the problems. Welcome back to Networking ...

Network Burn In

This show has been an adventure already.  I needed to set up a new networking/node inventory for my newer-to-me team.  ...

Select in Vectorworks from Lightwright

As some of you may know, I’ve been lucky enough to write the User Guide for Lightwright for this latest ...

My Nanlux 5000B won’t Update

I’m working with the Nanlux 5000B for the first time, prepping them for a series I’m on. Gotta say- updating ...

Layout View with Sidus Link Pro

*** Mark LaPierre is a programmer in film, television and theater based out of Albuquerque. He grew up in live ...

Ode to Lighting Standards

I was at NAB with Aputure this year to talk to people about Sidus Link Pro. I ended up speaking ...