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Hang Tapes

At long last! In this much-requested video, I walk you though the basics of how to create position hang tapes using Vectorworks without the need for plugins or special tools.

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Eos & Followspot Control

Multiple spots, multiple cuelists, oh my! In today’s post, I talk all about what I’ve learned over the years when it comes to board-controlled followspots.

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DIY Pixel Bars

Some tips, tricks, and product links to make your own pixel products!

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Vor – Production Documentation

For the past few months, you’ve probably seen me posting about Vor – a new tool from Borealis Solutions that has quickly become an essential part of my lighting design tool kit. As I’ve used it more, I’ve found countless use cases beyond just the obvious ones – and today’s post is a deep dive on all of it! In this post, I’ll walk you through how I set it up, how I use it, and the future plans I have for it.

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FileMaker #5.2

February 2022

Patching Continued – Eos Patch Fixture Libraries

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FileMaker #5.1

Monday, January 17, 2022

Patching EOS consoles from FileMaker

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LD-At-Large Podcast

Mike was honored to be the guest on the LD-At-Large podcast with Chris Lose

On this episode, we discuss how to maintain living rates post-pandemic, how far we should be willing to compromise, how transparent we need to be about our rates, having difficult conversations about what we make among trusted companions, the idea of a transparent open-source database of pay rates, if it is ever okay to work for free, using union wages as a barometer, collective bargaining, and the notion of paying your dues.

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FileMaker #4.1

Friday, February 12, 2021 @ 1:00p – It’s time for Chapter Four!

Adding media capture devices to your FileMaker Solution

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FileMaker #4.2

Friday, February 19, 2021 @ 1:00p – Capturing focus images with text and graphic annotations!

In this session, we will build upon the capture device options that we set up in the previous session.

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FileMaker #4.3

Friday, February 26, 2021 @ 11:00a – Automated focus image capture using ETC EOS

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