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Alliance of Special Effects & Pyrotechnic Operators [US]
ASC (American Society of Cinematographers)
ALD (The Association of Lighting Designers [UK])
ABTT (The Association of British Theatre Technicians)
ACS (Australian Cinematographers Society)
AIST (The Association Irish Stage Technicians)
ALIA (The Australasian Lighting Industry Association)
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
ASTC (American Society of Theatre Consultants)
BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph & Theatre Union) [UK]
BKSTS - The moving image society [UK]
CIE (The International Commission on Illumination)
The United States National Committee of the CIE
CITT (The Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology)
DTHG (Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft - The German Association for Theatre Technology) [in German]
ELDA+ (The European Lighting Designers' Association)
ESTA (The Entertainment Services and Technology Association [US])
IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions)
The International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (IAEEL)
IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers)
IEC (The International Electrotechnical Commission)
IESANZ (The Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia & New Zealand)
IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America)
ILDA (International Laser Display Association)
ISO (The International Standards Organisation)
NCQLP (National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions) US
NZATT (The New Zealand Association for Theatre Craft, Design and Technology)
OISTAT (The International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians)
PLASA (The Professional Lighting and Sound Association [UK])
Production Services Association [UK]
Pyrotechnics Guild International Incorporated [US]
The Society of Operating Cameramen
SBTD (The Society of British Theatre Designers)
SMPTE (The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)
SMPTE (The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)Australian Section
S*P*A*M (The Society of Properties Artisan Managers)
STVLD (Society of Television Lighting Directors)
Association of Swedish Lighting Designers [in Swedish]
TEF (Teaterteknikforbundet) The Union of Theatrical Technicians in Denmark
Texas Association of Film/Tape Professionals
TPSA (The Technical Production Services Association [Southern Africa])
United Scenic Artists Local 829
USITT (The US Institute for Theatre Technology)
VPLT e.V. (Professional Lighting and Sound Association of Germany)
Western Pyrotechnic Association
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Tom Baldwin's Stage Lighting Tech Pages
Design Image Online's Lighting Designer Links
Howarth Associates' Lighting Links
John Huntington's Show Control Page
inter.Light (commercial Lighting)
Brendan Keith's Lighting design Page
Laser information at ePanorama.net
Links on Lighting for Optical and Illumination Engineering.
Roger Malmer's In the Spotlight
Mayotte Lighting's Lighting Related WWW Sites
Ken McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance on the Net
Phil Morrow's Lighting in Canada
Platteville Community Theatre connections
Adam Richardson's Stage Lighting Page
Glenville Sawyer's Theatre Technology Links
Jonathan Seitz's Technical Theatre Resources page
The Spider collection of lighting pages
Andrew Q Kraft's Theatre Central
Deborah Torres and Martha Vander Kolk's Guide to Theater Resources on the Internet
(This document, which actually predates the World Wide Web, is sadly no longer available).
Theatre-Link.Com (Scott's Theatre page hits the big time.)
Bill Williams' Professional Lighting Resources
Ross Williams' Moving-Lights.com
Abrisa Glass and Coatings Worldwide
Ace Visual & Sound Systems Ltd
AC Lighting Inc (USA) now A.C.T. Lighting Inc.
Active Production & Design, Inc
Advanced Audio so advanced that they do lighting
Advanced Lighting & Sound Solutions
AFM Lighting lighting facilities for film & televison
Airstar space lighting
Alcorn McBride Inc. Theme Parks
Alex Collins Electrical Services
Scott Allan lighting designer
Altman Stage Lighting Company, Inc.
Apollo Design Technology, Inc.
Architectural Lighting Design Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia
@mosphere Atmospere - Technical Direction and Event Planning
Australian Audio & Lighting Technology
AVI Audio Visual Innovations
AV Lamps projector lamp specialists
Avolites Ltd. The Lighting Control Company
AXION Sonorisation Éclairage in French
Colin Baldwin Consulting Warning - large flash files to download
Barndoor BV in Dutch
Beacon full colour gobos
Blow Productions Lighting, Production & Inflatable design
Blue Point Engineering DMX contoller & interface devices
Botex
"Lighting the dark vigorously"
Bron Kobold HMI, Fluorescent, and Tungsten Production Lighting
Bytecraft Automation now State Automation
CablePick.com lighting design resources
Capture 3D lighting CAD software
Carallon product development services
CAST Software WYSIWYG
CEG Technical - Entertainment Hardware
Celco Live Entertainment Lighting
Cine Services Inc St. Louis, Missouri USA
CineStuff film lighting hire in Auckland, New Zealand
Cinema Services (PRG)
Colortran now a division of Leviton
Coemar UKCompact Light System Norway (CLS)
Concert & Corporate Productions
Concert Lighting Systems, Australia (CLS)
Coolux video effects software
Control Geek John Huntington's Show Control Web Site
Creative Backstage Tempe, Arizona USA
Creative Lighting & Audio Sydney, Australia
Creative Lighting & Sound Systems Pty Ltd Queensland, Australia
Creative Stage Lighting New York, USA
DC Showtechnik in German
Design & Drafting, Inc LD Assistant - specialised CAD package.
Dial light. building. software
Digigobos content for mediaservers
Digital4u2 Lighting design and technology
DMX+ PC-Based Lighting Console (Now known as the Martin ProScenium DMX)
dnp projection screens
Doug Fleenor Design products for DMX512
Doughty Engineering rigging suspension and lifting equipment
Dynalite Lighting Control Systems Now part of Philips
Dynamic Entertainment Tyler Littman, lighting designer
Dynamic Lighting Concepts - Architectural
Ed Hills Theatrical Lighting Design
Eide Industries, Inc gobos and patterns
Electrical Connectors & Electronic Connector Manufacturers
Electro-LuminX Lighting Corporation electroluminescent materials
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.(ETC)
E-Lite Technologies electroluminescent materials
Blake Elkins: operator /designer /technician
Elpag [in Norwegian]
ELS Productions Queensland, Australia
Elstree Light & Power film, TV & location services
EnRel Energy Corp - Solar power and lighting
Entertainment Lighting Services (ELS) California, USA
Entertainment Systems Corporation
Entertainment Technology (formerly Rosco ET)
Entertainment Technology Centre
Entertainment Technology Communications Group (ETEC)
E\T\C Audiovisuel PIGI projectors
Eventtechniker.de [in German]
Eye Dialogue Lighting and Sound
Felix [in Polish]
Flame Fx simulated flames
Flaming Lamps flame effects
Fogspecs Look Solutions' US site
FPF Ltd - DMX cards for the PC
Freestyler freeware Windows-based DMX512 controller
Frezzi portable power & lighting for broadcast
Futronix digital dimming
Fuji Electric Lamp Industrial Co, Ltd
Future Light Inc. [USA]
FutureLight Lighting Systems [Germany]
Andrew Gardner Lighting Design
Gelfile, the colour gel database
Genlyte Thomas Group parent company of Entertainment Technology, Vari-Lite and now also Strand Lighting (Now part of Philips)
Gilderfluke & Co., Inc Show control
GloLight photoluminescent products
GLP in German
Gillis Programming Systems - CAD for Lighting
Giochi di Luce (in Italian)
Gobocompany Ltd & Co. KG Germany
Gobogroup the worldwide group of Beacon gobo producers
Gobotech [The Gobo Factory amalgamates with Lighting by Design]
Goddard Design Co home of the lil'DMXter
Adrian Goldberg - Lighting Design
Gray Interfaces now Pathway Connectivity
The Great American Market - GamOnline
The Great Outdoor Lighting Company
Gigahertz Optik optical instruments
Halwani Audio Visual Saudi Arabia
Hase & Associates, Ltd lighting design
Heads! Stage Safety Innovations
HELICON Lichttechnik und Veranstaltungsservice GmbH (in German)
Herrick Goldman Theatre Lighting Designer
High End Systems / Lightwave Research
High Resolution Lighting Limited Dublin, Ireland
HoloPro glass projection screens
John S. Hyatt & Associates, Inc
Illumineering nifty gadgets
Intelligent Lighting Creations, Inc
Interactive Technologies, Inc.
Svenska Interlite Gruppen AB in Swedish
International Theatrical Truss Corp.
JB-Lighting (Germany)
JB Office (Japanese Stage Lighting in Live-net)
JEC Tech - Phone Helper for ringing Stage Telephones
JKL Components Corporation miniature lamps & lighting
Johnson Systems Inc retrofit lighting technology
Jones & Phillips Associates, Inc
JPK Systems DMX512 interfaces
K5600 Lighting [Joker & Bug] HMI location lighting
KODAK EKTAPRO 7010 and 9010 Slide Projectors
Kiss-Box network control interfaces
Kliegl Bros. Collectors Society
Kunst Macchina Production Company
Robert Lanteigne International
Laserimage [in Swedish]
LaStro [in German]
LEDNeon Flex flexible LED strip
LED Flex Lighting LED signage
The LED Light, Inc LED sources
LED Lighting Australia LED sources & accessories
The LED Shop Australia
LED Star Systems LED star cloths
LEE Filters Canada
LEE filters UK
LEE Filters USA
Lehigh Electric Products Company
The Leon Audio Company cue light systems (and audio stuff)
Leviton - NSI/Colortran division
Licht-Designer.com [in German]
Lichtpunt Theatertechniek BV [in Dutch]
Lighting By Design gobo manufacturers
Lite Brite Neon Studio custom & design neon objects
LightConverse visualisation software
Light Design Australia laser entertainment
LightFactory Software PC lighting control
Lightfactor Sales Ltd/Listen On-Line
Lighting Dimensions, Brisbane, Australia
Lighting Technologies, Atlanta, Georgia USA
Lighting Technologies Inc, Boulder, Colorado USA
Line Lite International BV Warning: technology overload
Lighting & Production Resources Orlando, Florida
Lighthouse Distribution Australia
Lightmoves Melbourne, Australia
Light Unlimited Worcestershire, UK
Lighting Unlimited Kansas, USA
Lighting Unlimited Johannesburg, South Africa
Lightwave Research / High End Systems
Link cables and connectors
Live Wire electroluminescent wire
Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc
LP Associates, Inc motion picture lighting products
Lumenyte International Corporation
Lumatech (technology warning: way too much Flash)
Luna Technologies International, Inc photoluminescence
Lunar Lighting Lunar Lighting Balloons Australasia
Luxam Museum and Miniauture Stage lighting
LuxArt Conception Inc lighting design software
Luxart Digital Design media & design
Macostar Hong Kong
Madrix LED controllers software [in German]
Mandylights lighting design group
Gruppo Manfrotto Stands, tripods & grip equipment
Manfrotto Australia Stands, tripods & grip equipment
Manolator free DMX 512 interface software
Mastercut Australia gobos
Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc
MediaMation, Inc Show Control
Met Studio lighting design
M.C. Lights and Manufacturing Ltd.
MediaMation Show Control and MultiMedia
Meteorlites Designer mirror balls
Meteor Light and Sound Company
Microhire AV, Audio, Staging & Lighting hire
MicroLite Corporation Low-voltage lighting controllers
MidiLite computer lighting effects system
Milos Structural Systems Czech Republic
Moody, Ravitz, Hollingsworth Lighting Design Inc.
Multi-Lite International lamp suppliers
MSZDesign (AutoBLOCK 2000)
Mystical Distributing Company fireworks and special effects
Native American Lighting Corporation
Neumann & Mueller Veranstaltungstechnik
Neo-Neon LED Development Co, Ltd
Next Generation Technologies PC lighting and sound control
NJD Electronics Mirage colour mixing system
Nocturn Ultraviolet Visual Effects
Nordic Rentals A/S [in Danish]
Norsk Sceneteknikk a.s [in Norwegian]
Northlights Systems DMX512 interface products
Oregon Stage Lighting & Sound Inc
Rusty Lowrey's On Cue Productions
On-light [mixed German & English]
OpenClear devoper of the Clarity console
Optic Fibre & LED Lighting SolutionsOptifanatics specialists in Optikinetics and other lighting effects
Osram English Language
Osram German Language
OzLight lighting design by David L Sadler
Panalux formerly Panavision Lighting, AFM Lighting and LEE Lighting
Panavision Lighting Australia film & television lighting rentals
Pani Projection and Lighting Vertriebs GmbH formerly Ludwig Pani
D & K Parkinson Sound Lighting Services Film and television lighting
Scott C. Parker: Designer of Light and Shadow
Photon Light LED torches
Pinkney Associates Lighting Design
Power Gems electronic ballasts
Powerhouse Switzerland [in German]
Bill Holshevnikoff's Power of Lighting
Premier Lighting & Production Company USA
Premier Lighting Australia
Production Design International
Production Arts Lighting, Inc.
Pulcinella Theatertechniek in Dutch
Quartzcolor Film & TV luminaires - now part of Groupe Fokia
R.A.G. Leisure and Entertainment Ltd
Redmonkey moving light technical resources.
Al Reiners Lighting Director & Gaffer
Richmond Sound Design - Show Control
Riedel Communications talkback and comms systems
Rosco Entertainment Technology, Inc. now Entertainment Technology
Royal Disco [in Swedish]
Ryger lighting effects & control systems
Sacramento Theatrical Lighting
SAMC Designs developers of Catalyst Pixelmad software
Jeffrey E. Salzberg lighting designer for dance and theatre
John Schlick lighting designer
Scilux LED lighting
Selecon now part of Philips
Service Lighting lamp suppliers
SET-Systems Oy Fibre Optics & LEDs in Finland
Shmithz free dmx software
Show-Communication Lighting, Sound, Rigging, Video [in German]
Show Technology Australia Pty Ltd
ShowTech Australia Rigging specialists
Sky-Tracker searchlights
Socapex entertainment connectors
SmartLight Theatre lighting software
Simon Morris Associates Lighting Designers
Solaris used stage & concert lighting & sound equipment
Soundlight in German
Soundsculpture Incorporated Wireless Dimming
Sound Lighting F/X Warning: web page technology overload
Stage Depot on-line auctions
Stage Equipment and Lighting Inc
Stage Lighting the CD-ROM by Danor
StageLight Inc, Houston Texas, USA
Stagelight Sweden's Backstage World
Starlite Systems Technology [UK]
Starlight Entertainment [USA]
Starry Night Lights Night sky friendly outdoor lighting
State Automation formerly Bytecraft Automation
Marsha Stern Lighting Design & Consulting, Inc.
Strand Lighting (Canada) Now part of Philips
Strand Lighting (USA) Now part of Philips
SurplusLED commercial LEDs
Super Vision International fibre optics
Surelux Lighting - Architectural
Sutton Vane Associates, Lighting Design
Targetti Sankey S.p.A. - Firenze - Light
Technical Art Solutions (Tec Art)
Technical Direction Company (TDC)
Tempest Lighting, Inc luminaire enclosures
10:47 (Ten47 Ltd) harsh environment electrical connectors
Lasers By Technological Artisans
The Field Template Family Reference Manuals in Plastic
TheatreTech Limited theatrical supplier in New Zealand
Theatrical Media Services, Inc
TLS Theatrical Lighting Systems, Inc
TLS Productions Western Australia
Timebeam projected clocks
topbulb.com (formerly Gray Supply Company)
Tokistar Lighting Systems low voltage lighting systems
TPR Enterprises, Ltd fibre optic lighting
Triad AV Services - Show Control
TVLD - lighting design and direction for television
Twins Bulgaria
Ultra Light Manufacturing Company
USBDMX Ben Suffolk's USB to DMX interface
Vari*Lite Inc Now part of Philips
Vision Quest Lighting Product Design and Manufacturing consulting
VisuaLies makers of the Half-Hog
VLPS Lighting Services the production arm of Vari-Lite
Douglas Welch Design Associates
West Side Systems Virtual Lighting Lab & Pocket Lighting software packages.
Wet Electrics Production Designer software
White Light UK
White Lite Industries Australia
White Stallion Tour Events production services in Ireland
Steven L. Williams' Design Studio
Wings Technology Co Ltd home of the
Wireless Solution AB wireless DMX
Mike Wood Consulting entertainment technology IP consultants
World of Thought Film & Television Services
WYSIWYG Lighting Design Software
Xenotech Brightlites
Yancheng Golden Idea Neon Light Factory Display & signage
Yuri Entertainment Technologies Inc.
Zap Technology makers of the BigLite
Zircon Designs now moved to controlGeek.net
Catalyst PixelMAD SAMSC Support Forums
The Cinematography Mailing List
ControlBooth.com high school technical forums
Lichtler Forum [in German]
The Stagecraft Mailing List Subscription info, searchable archives etc.
UK Lighting Design Forum for Lighting Designers and moving light operators
ALIA's news page our own news pages
Live Design formerly Lighting Dimensions and Entertainment Design
Lighting & Sound International (LS&I) Online
Lighting & Sound America Online
Projection Lights and Staging News PLSN
Entech Intech formerly Entech
ETS - LDI The Entertainment Technology Week (formerly LDI)
Integrate lighting.audio.vision
PLASA (Professional Lighting and Sound Association) Pro Production Live Event Marketplace (PLSN magazine)
SIB Rimini Event & Entertainment Technology
American Cinematographer Online
Arts Books Dance, Drama, Theatre and Performing Arts books
Rendering with Radiance, The Art and Science of Lighting Visualization
Australian Music Industry Directory
The Base Times Online Center for Performing Arts Professionals
CX Magazine formerly Connections
Currency Press The performing arts publisher
DeScope A Cranky Journal of Themed Entertainment and Design
Electronic Journal of Lighting
Lighting - Art & Science for International Designers IESANZ
Lighting & Sound International magazine
Lighting Futures the online version of RPI's journal.
Live Design magazine the amalagamation of Lighting Dimensions and Entertainment Design magazines
Book resources at The Light Network
Lighting FX - The Discotheque Lighting Tabloid
Projection Lights & Staging News
Professional Lighting magazine
Recommended Practice for Ethernet Cabling Systems in Entertainment Lighting Applications
Sono Mag - World Edition from France [English and French versions]
ShowTechnology magazine On Line
Stage Lighting DVDs from EVC Digital
Standards Australia purchase standards documents online
Technologies for Worship Magazine
The Journal at Theatre Central
Theatre Skills Training Video - Greenlight Productions
Total Production international magazine
Venue magazine interiors | lighting | audiovisual
Yale Technical Brief
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Artslynx Film/Video Equipment Suppliers Links
The Blue Screen / Chroma Key Page
The Internet Movie Database at Australia
Internet Stage & Screen Resources
JV III NYC Film Production Resource Locator
Kemps Film and Television production handbook
Mandy's Film and Television Production Directory
Caryn.Com Resources for Independent Film makers
Some Film Web Links of Interest
Special Broadcasting Service
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S4T - Scottish Theatres Technical Training Trust
Backstage Safety Guidelines [Bath University - UK]
Rigging Safety from JR Clancy
Where to find MSDS on the Internet
MSDS Search at Cornell's Department of Enviromental Health and Safety
Safety for the Performing Arts & Film WorkSafe BC [Canada]
Safety Links page at Kansas State University's Physics Dept.
National Fire Protection Association [US]
Occupational Safety and Health Resources
Safety Information Resources on the InterNet
US Northwest Fisheries Science Center - Material Safety Data Sheet Search
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Amusenet - Special Effects page
CITC special effects equipment
Haunt Master Products home of the Fright Lite.
HVFX High Voltage Special Effects
Kabuki Confetti, Streamers and C02 Canons
kVA Effects - high voltage special effects
LeMaitre Special Effects Inc USA
LeMaitre Special Effects Ltd UK
Midland Fireworks Staffordshire UK
Reel EFX man-made tornadoes etc
showeffects.nl inflatables and effects machines
Skylighter pyrotechnics supplies.
Theatre Effects - Special Effects
Sam Woodward Pyrotechnics & Fireworks
Wu Xi Yuedi Confetti Co, Ltd China
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Backstage.org at Berlin University of Applied Sciences in German
The Great American Market's (GAM) Colour Theory section
cad4theatre CAD Training for the theatre and entertainment industries
Intellabeam Training Videotapes
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Lightviz.org information on low cost or free modeling and visualization software / techniques for lighting educators.
Opleiding Theater Techniek (School for Theatre Technology) - Amsterdam
JavaGel a colour mixing tool
Lighting Program at the University of Kansas
The Virtual Reality On-Stage project at the University of Kansas
Theatre & Drama at the University of Wisconsin
The Live Theatre Technician Training Project
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Industry Affiliation Program
Nordisk Institutt for Scene og Studio in Norwegian
Stage Technology at NYC Technical College
Lighting Research Center at RPI (Rensselear Polytechnic Institute)
Lighting Research at Canada's Institute for Research in Construction
The Department of Lighting and Sound Design, Theatre Academy of Finland (in English and Finnish)
Royal Scottish Academy of Music Drama
S4T - Scottish Theatres Technical Training Trust
La Sfacciata Lighting Academy, Florence Italy (sponsored by Targetti)
Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts
Vari*Lite's University Outreach Program
The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book
US Performing Arts & Media Camps technical theatre summer camps
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - Lighting Course Info
Performing Arts Administration- Wits University, South Africa
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Why Terminate ? Doug Fleenor's LDI paper on DMX 512 terminations.
The DMX-512 page at Opleiding Theater Techniek
PC Interfaces for DMX512 Systems
ESTA * DMX Usage Data * Products Catalog
David Buckley's DMX512.com not only about DMX512
Moving fixture information at Moving-Lights.com
Bytecraft's Entertaiment Industry Glossary
Vincent Lighting Systems' Glossary of USStage and Studio Terms courtesy of Altman Lighting
Glossary of UKTechnical Theatre Terms maintained by John Primrose of Exeter University.
Theatre Words words from the theatre in a wide variety of languages. From OISTAT
Georg Mischler's Lighting Design Glossary at www.schorsc.com
Lemac's Glossary of Aussie Film and TV Terms mostly serious :-)
Non-Standard Theatrical Terms Courtesy of Sapsis Rigging - not even slightly serious
Lighting Museum at Compulite-Danor, Hod Hasharon, Israel
The New York Public Library & The Lighting Archive's Theatrical Lighting Database
Redmonkey Lighting Projects a collection of lighting reference information.
Luminaire reference information from Lightmoves
Lamp reference information from Lightmoves
Index of Knots Courtesy of the Scout Association.
Light and Colour - a primer at Molecular Expressions Microscopy
The Lighting Library compiled by Bill Williams and Associates.
Patents Database at Mike Wood COnsulting
Todd Proffitt's Lighting Software page.
Peter Suber's Knots on the Web sort of a Lighting Links Page for Knots
Stage Lighting Math Formulas from Lighting & Electronics
USITT Technical Production Commission
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Stage & Concert Lighting Designers' Web Ring
Theatre Design & Technical Jobs
Entertainment Industries Inc Theatre Technical Employment
Theatre Historical Society of America
24/7 Theming Concepts Queensland, Australia
Sources of Light for Magic Lanterns information on historical light sources.
ANAT - Australian Network for Art and Technology
CICA's Lighting Rendering Project
John Primrose's Strand Electric Archive
Seecol - The Strand Electric and Engineering Company Limited reference information on Strand Electric products and history
Theatre Computer Visualization Center TCVC
ACT Enterprises, Inc Suspension Hardware
Lighting Control Systems Developers Listserver
Sapsis Rigging Inc stage rigging hardware
Fehr Bros. Industries, Inc stage rigging hardware
The Chicago Flyhouse rigging and flying
Clear-Com - Talkback Systems
Artslink the South African Arts and Culture Hub
Polar Focus, Inc. - rigging and stage effects
Glow, Inc fluorescent materials.
The Black Bag Co bags for the entertainment industry.
Arjan's Show-Biz Centre Make-up, magic tricks, crossdressing, fake teeth, etc
Jeff's Photo Gallery of Streetlights & Poles
Vintage Lighting Antique fittings 1890s - 1940s.
ORLAB Optics and Radiometry Laboratory
Backstage Technical Services at Bath University
Roland Greil's Hog Operator pages (Warning: extreme over use of Flash - broadband users only).
The Stage Technicians' Association at the University of Bristol
Techie's 'R' Us from Ireland
Stage Lighting at Great Yarmouth College
The Stage Technicians Hidey-hole at LIPA
Andy Leviss's - From the Other Side of the Stage
Christians In The Theatre Arts
The Great Internet Light Bulb Book, Part I
Cress Photo's Flashbulb Information site
lightkid by German teenager Denis Hessberger
IME Software's Raytrace program
Yahoo's Concert Photography Club
Stageline mobile stages
Lobo Systems Ltd access platforms
Technical theatre Humour collection
The Magic Key High tech electronic illusions.
Venues.de [in german] venues in Germany
Circuit diagram for a random flicker controller for flame and candle effects. Very cheap and simple to construct.
Available as graphic file (GIF) file or in CAD drawing exchange format (DXF).
El-Com Hardware case hardware.
How Stuff Works an on-line encyclopaedia of how all manner of things work.
Survival Research Laboratories
Walt's Lighting up the place...
bit bopper 'Videogobo' Synthesizer
Harald Schaefer's Theater und Veranstaltungstechnik - in German
Engineering
Software Exchange Newsletter
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SchwartzPeter Freeware DMX controller software for theatre and dance [in French]
AGI32 lighting calculation and rendering software
Rob Halliday's FocusTrack software for tracking the use of automated lighting.
LD Assistant Specialised CAD package. for designing Lighting, Sound Video and Production plots. (Based on the AutoCAD engine)
Timothy H. Buchman's The Second Cut. Resources for ETC Obsession users
LightControllerPlus PC based lighting control software - in German
D::Light Mac and PC lighting control software from nicole-banana.com - in French
Abstract ClubShow Controller Simulator
Dimmercity Avolite Dimmer Patch Spreadsheet templates for Excel.
DMX Dips is a program to assist with the DIP switch settings on High End(tm) Systems Inc's Trackspot ® by calculating the settings of Address and Personality DIP switches for a given DMX start channel number.
inViso by Informative Graphics a free DWG/DXF/DWF viewer for the Windows platform.
FOLD Fast Online Lighting Design 1 Luminaire selection and quick calculations
Vectorworks file viewer for Windows and Macintosh. *Large download* For Vectorworks/Spotlight versions 9,10 & 11
Lightviz.org information on on low cost modelling and visualisation software.
Radiance synthetic imaging system
LD Calculator and other software tools from Paul Pelletier
LightCalc Lighting Designer's Aid software.
LightDoc lighting design documentation software.
Lighting Software Tools from GE
Noah Price's TheatreMac Theatre Software for the Macintosh
ShowMagic Lighting, sound and video control software for Windows
Pocket Lighting A suite of PalmOS lighting software from West Side Systems.(Runs on Palm, IBM WorkPad, Handspring, Sony, etc handheld computers)
VirtualGM is a working emulation of the Grand Master resistance dimmer boards of old, developed by Nick Hunt, lighting lecturer at Rose Bruford College in the UK. VirtualGM runs on the Macintosh platform and produces a DMX output via the Lanbox interface.
WYSIWYG Design visualization software
acadblox.zip
AutoCAD blocks of European and Australian
theatre / film / television luminaires with standard attributes for extraction with ATTEXT
command.
(drawing unit = millimetre).
Source: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
dxfblox.zip as above but in DXF format.
cadlight.zip
AutoCAD blocks of US theatre luminaires , no attributes.
DXF version of each block included for importing into
most CAD programs.
(drawing unit = inches)
Source: Matt Meuller
USITT symbols in DXF format
Source: Jeffrey E. Salzberg - Cullen Performance Hall, Houston Tx.
Jeffrey E Salzberg's set of luminaire symbols, which now includes a coffee cup ring to add authenticity to your drawings. Avialable in DWG, DXF, and PDF formats.
Lucetius Lighting Design Dietrich Juengling's CAD Symbols in DXF format.
2D and 3D Symbols for Robotics, Concert Luminaires, Truss, Rigging etc.
Web Sites for Theatrical Computer Aided Drafting collated by Mark Harvey at University of Minnesota Duluth
ABTT proposed CAD Standards available for comment on David Ripely's cad4theatre site.
Patrick Immel's CAD Library for Theatre
CAD Tutorials for the Theatre by Kent Goetz at Cornell U
Try out LJ2 - Olle Skalare's Lighting Application for AutoCAD R13-R14.
AutoBLOCK 2000 AutoCAD add-on from MSZDesign.
icon-dxf.zip 3D drawings of Light &Sound Design's Icon robotic luminaires in DXF format .
cadstuff.zip A couple of AutoCAD productivity tools courtesy of Moody Ravitz Hollingworth.
(Requires a reasonable knowledge of AutoCAD)
3D drawings of High End Systems / Lightwave Research products in DXF and MiniCad formats for the Mac or in DXF format for the PC.
CAD blocks of Source Four fixtures in DXF format
CAD symbols of Vari*Lite robotic luminaires: VL1000 Series, VL 2000 Spots, VL 2000 Wash, VL 2416 Wash, VL 3000 in 2D, VL 3000 in 3D, VL 2C Spot, VL 4 Wash
Clay Paky CAD Symbols in DXF and DWG formats
Pulsar and Clay Paky CAD Symbols in DXF format in two ZIP files: cppdxf1.zip and cppdxf2.zip.
Altman CAD symbols in DWG format and DXF format
Gavin Donaldson-Selby's MacLux to Fastcad3. Converts lighting information from MacLux Pro to Fastcad3.
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