JSHAA News

Vectorworks Spotlight features bi-directional data exchange with Lightwright 5.

Vectorworks Spotlight and Lightwright 5 are natural partners, and now Nemetschek and City Theatrical are too. All U.S. City Theatrical dealers can supply Vectorworks Spotlight to their customers along with Lightwright.

• Vectorworks Spotlight: The CAD program of choice for professional lighting
• Lightwright 5: The lighting professional’s choice for paperwork software

Click here for more information on Vectorworks Spotlight
Click here for info on a free student version of Vectorworks
Click here for more information on Lightwright 5

The Zinman Company, which has already created a number of great apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has released another great app: Genielux.

Genielux allows iPhone & iPod touch users anywhere in the world to locate specific gear, connecting them with vendors like you, who have the gear available for rent or purchase. This is on-demand, location based search in your pocket!

This amazing iPhone app features our own proprietary code that identifies model numbers regardless of the format. Whether roman numerals or Arabic numbers, singular or plural, spaces between the words, or run them all together, Genielux will find the correct name and model!

Suppliers and rental houses have getting their info listed for a couple weeks, so now you, the user, can search inventory and product listings for vendors around the country, wherever you are! Best of all, the app is FREE!

Ultratec Special Effects has announced the release of their new Dry Icer Low Lying Fogger.

The Dry Icer is a New and Improved Professional, Cost Effective Solution for creating Spectacular Low-Lying Fog Effects. This sleek new design has a 20 pound Dry Ice capacity which is placed in a Stainless Steel Basket. Other new features are Low Water Shut Off Indicator, 4” Hose Adaptor and Heavy Duty Latches on the Lid. The Low-Lying Fog Output is controlled by lowering the Stainless Steel Basket with the 3 Step Pivoting Ratchet System. This will allow the basket to ease into the boiling water to create continuous Low-Lying Fog for approximately 5 minutes.

ETC Education has put together a series of training videos for their Ion console. When you purchase a new console you will receive the Fundementals 1 DVD, which can also be purchased through any of our offices, or watched online. Fundementals 2 will be available soon.

For ETC Element users, training videos are available to watch online or download.

All of their training videos are also available to watch on YouTube.

Don’t forget about Apollo’s summer gel rebate special! It ends Sept. 22!!

Lightwright 5 has officially been released!

New in Lightwright 5

Features Lightwright/Vectorworks Data Exchange, a new and easy way to share data
with Vectorworks Spotlight 2009!

• Worksheet reconciliation compares and synchronizes show files
• Share files and worknotes via network and built-in email
• Completely rethought and enhanced worknotes
• Global search across all worksheet columns
• Complete history of all changes, with flexible rollback options
• Wheel design window for moving lights
• Color scroll design window
• Template pictures
• New standard colors choose list and color swatches on the worksheet
• Live instrument and accessory counts
• Automatic dimmer load balancing
• More than one show file can be open at a time
• 18 flexible user-definable columns

Lightwright just keeps getting better and better!

Upgrade pricing is available for individual and institutional licenses.
Upgrades must be in the same name and serial number as the original buyer.
Student Licenses must be in the name of one individual student. Not upgradable to future versions of LW.
"Student license is for a period of three years." Requires valid student ID to be verified by dealer prior to purchase.

Contact your JSHAA sales person to place an order!

It’s been a busy few weeks over at the ol’ Hyatt place! We’re renting space to a movie that’s shooting here in Grand Rapids, so their art department has turned a chunk of the building into a workshop. To be honest, it looks like Christmas threw up!

What else is new? Let’s see….

Beginning Monday August 3, Apollo is starting a summer gel special:

When consumers purchase a minimum of 10 sheets and/or one standard roll
of Apollo Gel from an authorized Apollo dealer between 8/3/09 – 9/22/09, they can receive $1/sheet and/or $15/roll cash back from Apollo.

Not bad, eh?!! Keep in mind, that our office does not stock Apollo gel (if there’s enough of a demand, we can start stocking it), but the factory is in Indiana, which is just a one-day UPS trip away! We do require a minimum order of 5 sheets of Apollo gel. List price is $7.25/sheet, $45/12ft roll, $90/24ft roll.

XLRJ45 is an adapter to convert a DMX512 XLR connector to a RJ45 connector. The XLRJ45 adapter makes it possible to use any CAT-5 ethernet cable as a DMX512 cable. XLRJ45 is available in four versions, 3-pin male or female XLR or 5-pin male or female XLR. The different adapters can be mixed to make for example a 5-pin to 3-pin cable. XLRJ45 is very useful for making a DMX512 cable quickly and at a very low cost.

All 4 varieties are IN-STOCK in the Grand Rapids office!!

ETC is proud to announce that Paletta and Lustr LED fixtures are now shipping! They join the Vivid™ fixture to complete the Selador Series by ETC product range. All three are available in 11” (1-cell), 21” (2-cell), 42” (4-cell) and 63” (6-cell) lengths.

Lighting control with your iPhone or iPod Touch!

ETC’s iRFR application – supported by Eos, Ion, Element, Congo® and Congo jr consoles, as well as the Eos and Ion Remote Processor Units as well as the Congo Light Server, can be downloaded from the iTunes store and provides touchscreen-based remote control from wherever you are in your venue. Of course, you need a closed wireless network!

Since anyone can download this software and no factory hardware is required, security controls are provided to prohibit unauthorized access to your lighting control system. The application requires iPhone software 2.0 or higher and iTunes 8.0+.

Eos/Ion software 1.7 or Element software 1.6 or higher is required for use of the iRFR on those platforms.

With the iRFR on Eos/Ion/Element, you can:

• Select channels and set parameter data
• Playback and edit cues
• Park channels
• Conduct dimmer and channel checks
• Patch conventional fixtures
• Manipulate color
• With the iRFR on Congo/Congo jr, you can:
• Select channels and set parameter data
• Playback and edit presets
• Conduct dimmer and channel checks
• Patch conventional fixtures
• Calibrate Scroller Rolls

ETC is donating all proceeds from the sale of the iRFR application to Behind the Scenes or Light Relief. There are two separate applications available, the iRFR – BTS and iRFR – LR, supporting these two charities respectively.

To download the iRFR – BTS application and donate to Behind the Scenes, visit:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318210456&mt=8

To download the iRFR – LR application and donate to Light Relief, visit:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318217989&mt=8

With all film possibilities coming up in Michigan, we’ve started to provide quite a variety of products to the production teams.

CALDIGIT offers various RAID solutions for people in the multimedia industry. CalDigit is the one source supplier for Video Editors, Photographers, and the Music Industry. CalDigit is your complete RAID solution choice, at an affordable price.

Composite Components Company is an Academy Award Winning effects company providing the filmmaker with a systematic and comprehensive approach to state of the art traveling matte composite photography. Featuring the Digital Series of traveling matte backings including: Digital Green®, Digital Blue™, Digital Video Blue™ and Digital Red™ fabric screens and paints.

Aerosol snow!!! We’ve got a great source for this low cost set-decorating product, as well as snow blankets and non-biodegradable snow.

Of course, CITC still has SnoBiz, a fantastic bio-degradable snow product.

Contact your JSHAA sales person to place an order!