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Visit us at LOUNGE11 with FACE in Belgium
The CueCore and Cuelux are visiting Belgium next week to join our Distributor FACE on their stand at LOUNGE11 in Antwerp.
Maarten Engels is joining FACE at the show to support the local launch of the CueCore solid-state control.
On the Visual Productions demo area of stand 1.10 visitors will be invited to see the complete interconnectivity of the new CueCore and to take a look at the latest version of Cuelux software lighting control working alongside this.
Cuelux is available from stock at FACE in Belgium and the CueCore will be available in July.
We look forward to seeing you at the show:
FACE Stand 1.10
Tuesday 31 May & Wednesday 1 June 2011
For further details please visit LOUNGE11 or our Distributor FACE
Job offer: C++ Software Engineer
Visual Productions is looking for a bright software engineer to help build the best control software in the lighting industry. It is a technically challenging job; we use various state of the art technologies to create platform-agnostic software for Windows, Mac and Linux. Our system extends from 32-bit embedded systems to desktop application and even web 2.0 user interfaces.
From our Haarlem based office we offer a full-time job with good conditions. Please contact us for more details.
Distributor Svensk Ljussupport takes Cuelux to LLB
Cuelux is on view at LLB in Stockholm, Sweden this week.
As the new Swedish Distributor for Visual Productions Svensk Ljussupport are starting this venture with Cuelux prominently used on their stand.
As well as a dedicated area for demos of the software, Ljussupport CEO, Hakan Berg, says that Cuelux will control the competition area where visitors are asked to design a lighting state for Hamlet. For this purpose Cuelux will be running with the Swedish made Visualizer, Capture and visitors will have control over the Chroma Q Color Force.
If you are planning on visiting LLB, Svensk Ljussuport are located at B10:21.
Please click here for further details of LLB or click here to contact Ljussuport directly.
We hope to see you in Sweden!
CueCore Solid-State Control at Prolight+Sound
The CueCore will be launched on our stand, Visual Productions, Hall 11.0 A69 during Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt, Germany in April.
The CueCore is a stand-alone lighting controller. The device is completely solid-state, with no moving parts; it is an extremely secure and low-maintenance installation control solution that has only a minimal power consumption.
All operating and programming is done through its dynamic and rich, web 2.0 interface. Connected to a browser, the CueCore unfolds itself into a 1024 channel lighting controller, complete with an industry-standard command-line interface.
With lighting projects becoming more complex every day, the CueCore features a powerful Show Control logic for advanced system integration. This allows for interaction with other types of equipment and controllers. The Show Control editor enables you to program triggers and actions based on events from scheduled dates or times, GPI or any other incoming signal. The Show Control editor also allows for powerful protocol conversions between any physical port, like DMX or MIDI and Ethernet based protocols.
With its exceptional value-for-money, the CueCore also features a DMX recorder with a capacity for storing 16 individual tracks. Each track has 1024 channels and is compressed for maximum duration. Multiple tracks can be played back, each with individual master levels.
On the stand we will demonstrate the features and interconnectivity of the CueCore. An example, for the ultimate stand-alone playback, the CueCore is compatible with the VisualTouch software. VisualTouch is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac & Linux) touch screen user-interface. In the CueCore you can program any combination of buttons, faders, colour-pickers, etc that will be available to the operators using VisualTouch.
You can expand your system and channel count by linking multiple CueCores.
We will also be demonstrating the latest versions of our cross-platform software lighting controller, Cuelux and the new personality file Builder software, which was previewed during Prolight+Sound last year.
For full technical details of the CueCore please visit: Hall 11.0 A69
Prolight+Sound Hall 11 Stand A69
At this year's Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt, Germany we are in Hall 11.0. The Visual Productions stand, A69, is located next to that of our German distributor LMP.
We will be showing the latest version of Cuelux with the Builder software and also using the opportunity to launch an exciting new product...more details to follow shortly on this one!
If you are visiting Prolight+Sound and would like to reserve time with us to discuss your company and our products please contact us with your preferred day and time here.
We look forward to seeing you in Hall 11.0 A69, Frankfurt soon!
SPAIN: Visit us at AFIAL 2011 in Madrid
Next month we will be exhibiting at the Spanish exhibit AFIAL. We are on the stand of our Spanish distributor Silence.
Cuelux will be controlling all the dmx equipment on the stand including special effects machines from Universal Effects and the LED products from LUX EVOLUTIO both lines distributed in Spain by Silence.
If you are planning on visiting AFIAL which runs from 7th to the 9th February please do come and meet us. We will be demonstrating the latest version of Cuelux on the stand of Silence.
For further information : www.silence.com.es www.afial.net
Cuelux choice for Live Laser control
On 15 November at 20.30 809,000 Dutch viewers were tuned to RTL5 for the live broadcast of Benelux Next Top Model Final Show 2010!
The staff of Visual Productions tuned in too, but our support was less for the beautiful girls but more for Cuelux, débuting on Live TV as the choice controller from DutchView for the control of the laser show.
The show, produced by Endemol Nederland BV, was broadcast from the Lichtfabriek in Haarlem, NL, a venue now well known for Cultural and Corporate events that was once responsible for providing energy to the home’s in Haarlem. The simple, elegant setting and clever light design transformed the venue from a spacious factory into a stylish, intimate catwalk studio. The stunning models were complemented well by a beautiful lighting design from James van Someren of DutchView.
The Laser operator for the event was DutchView’s Jeroen van der Velden who explained why and how they chose to use Cuelux for the control of 3 green lasers and 1 full-colour laser:
“I needed to be able to control the lasers just like how the lighting is being controlled: manually trigger cues during the live-show, including fade-times. I setup a Cuelux system that controlled the Pangolin LivePro computer via DMX. That way I could control the lasers using cues from Cuelux, while still keeping all the laser safety-features and content of Pangolin in the chain.”
Lighting designer, van Someren, choose this special way to control the laser-system via Cuelux because “it was very important for me to be able to get the operator to make live adjustments when and if I required them during the show. This would not have been possible at all with a completely pre-programmed timeline show.”
The result was a win and modelling contract for 18-year-old Melissa and a win for Visual Productions with DutchView as another happy Cuelux user.
Cuelux Personality Builder released
Visual Productions has released a tool for creating personality files for Cuelux, this tool - the 'Builder' - is available for Mac OS and Windows and is free for download at http://www.visualproductions.nl/downloads.html
The Builder offers a friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface) for creating and editing personality files. Users can amend existing fixtures or start building their own fixtures from scratch. The personality files (sometimes referred to as 'profiles') are visualized by a coloured diagram to indicate typical mistakes when inputting a the fixture's DMX table; like overlapping channels and values. Personality files created with the Builder can be used directly by Cuelux, the Builder also features an upload function to send the newly created file to Visual Productions' server to be included in the next software release.
With the release of the Builder application Visual Productions is still continuing its free-of-charge service to create personality files on user's request, however, the Builder is specifically addressing situations where personalities are required outside office hours.