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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 @ 6:00p ET – In this session, Mike will go over the basics of color for lighting. We’ll examine additive v. subtractive mixing systems, how gel works, and talk about using color in your design to help fulfill the functions of stage lighting that we talked about last week.
Thursday, 26 March 2020 @ 6:00p ET – I’ll be showing the basic components of how I lay out my base Vectorworks file and how I use Lightwright to manipulate data.
Tuesday, 24 March 2020 @ 6:00p ET – In this webinar, participants will get an in-depth look at the various pieces of lighting paperwork that are needed to prepare, load in, program, and archive a show including lighting plots, schedules, cue sheets, work notes, and magic sheets. We will look at different approaches to drafting, paperwork creation, and information management including Vectorworks Spotlight, Lightwright 6, and Mike’s Paperwork Management Portal.
Sunday, 22 March 2020 @ 2:00p ET – I’ll be doing a live demo of how my FileMaker-based lighting paperwork tool works.
In this workshop, participants will get an overview of theatrical lighting technology and design including the science, the art, and the profession of being a working lighting designer. This is an introductory overview of concepts such as the functions and qualities of light and will feature an in-depth look at a production design process from start to finish as well as a discussion of the different jobs and responsibilities of the various people who make up a lighting team.
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 @ 12:00p -In this session, we will connect our solution to EOS using MBS plugins to send UDP strings to EOS.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 @ 1:00p -Today’s session is all about labels – how to format them, how to create them, different options for printing them, and more!
Monday, August 17, 2020 @ 1:00p – In today’s session, we’ll work on adding focus chart documentation to our solution, including adding a mobile focus photo insertion tool.
Every month or so on instagram, I do a Q&A session where I invite any and all questions about the world of lighting – everything from the basics of design to day to day life in the industry. Some of the most frequent questions that I get are related to general workflow tips and tricks. In today’s blog post, I’m going to outline what I consider to be some of the most valuable tools that I use daily in my work that have little to nothing to do with actual lighting!
Thursday, July 30th 2020 @ 2:00p – In this session, we will create several different pieces of lighting paperwork, including Instrument Schedules, Channel Hookups, Gobo Orders, and more.
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