Blog Posts

Tiny Tip: Reverse and Repeat

I program a lot in the movement arts.  Dance of all flavors, Aerial, and Musical Theater numbers are all familiar ...

Tiny Tip: Change Their View

Changing the designer’s views is something I avoid. It’s unnecessary labor that takes up too much time, not to mention ...

No-Budget Documentation

I was fortunate enough to be teaching a class yesterday (first in quite a while) and one of the participants ...

“I’ve restaged the show, but I want the same design”

Here’s one that doesn’t come up often: You return to a show, having been told they want the same design ...

Return to the Show File

When you return to a show file to recreate a show, it’s pretty easy and certainly very clear. But there ...

Show Files for the Non-Programmer

I’m truly obsessed with Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). I think one of the things I love most about learning a ...

Tabbed Magic Sheets

Related to last week’s tutorial, there is another way to have tabs control a magic sheet which allows for elegant ...

MA Views on an EOS

I just spent a couple weeks on a GrandMA2 on a film location. I was working as the Rigging Lighting ...

Tiny Tip: Cloning Color Palettes to New Fixtures in EOS

I have a gremlin’s delight every time I’m able to add another fixture into my my template. The process takes ...

EOS Triggering QLab

I have an illusionist tour that has very simple sound needs, so I’m having EOS trigger QLab for the sound ...