Media Servers for Lighting Programmers: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Digital Lighting

ISBN-13: 9780367415310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 228 str.

Vickie Claiborne

Opis

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers Second Edition is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers – the digital media devices used to control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and projection content that have become the industry standard for live events, broadcast, and theatre performances.

Spis treści

1. How Did We Get Here? A Brief Look at the Beginnings of Digital Lighting  2. Why Do LDs Want to Control Video from a Lighting Console?  3. Convergence and the Role of the Lighting Programmer  4. Getting Familiar with Hardware  5. What does that piece of equipment do?  6. Programming a Media Server from a Lighting Console  7. It's All about the Content  8. Optimizing Content Playback from the Console  9. Content Gone Wild: Unexpected Playback Results  10. Video Copyright Laws  11. Preparing for a Show  12. Networking Servers  13. Live Video Input and Video over Ethernet  14. Configuring a Server's Outputs  15. Using Content Templates  16. Synchronizing Frames  17. 3D Objects  18. Video Mapping Features  19. Pixel Mapping  20. Using Audio with Media Servers  21. Control Methods for Triggering Cue Playback  22. The Evolution of Media Control  23. Visualizing your Media  24. Projection Image Blending  25. LED Display Devices

O autorze

Vickie Claiborne is a lighting and digital media specialist based in Las Vegas, NV. Her career in lighting design and programming, digital media design and programming, and as an industry-known training instructor, spans 25 years and has included roles at High End Systems, PRG, and now with disguise as Training Manager for the Americas. Vickie is also a contributing writer for PLSN Magazine covering topics on digital media and programming.