Computer Needs
Thu, 18 Dec 2008, 07:06 pmthankfrankdatank13 posts in thread
Computer Needs
Thu, 18 Dec 2008, 07:06 pmHey
I'm a teacher at a high school in charge of computers. I was wondering if the good folk here could tell me here what computer type predominates in your industry- mac of PC? We would like to give our theatre students access to whatever you are using! Thanks for the help!
There are a couple of
Thu, 18 Dec 2008, 09:26 pmThere are a couple of pieces of software that can turn your PC or Mac into a lighting desk. PC stage or Entec Light factory will operate dimmers and moving lights through a "black box" which converts computer output into DMX, the digital operating protocol. You can also get PC Hog but that is rather more a moving light system.
Typically the software is free but the "black box" that makes the system work with digital dimming is what costs the money. The PC Stage box is about $1500, The Entec system is cheaper but also not quite as easy to use.
Lighting design software comes in so many different types that I'm not going to try to give you a list. Some of them will interface with the above software programmes. Most of them are equally available to run on both PC and Mac.
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