Featuring an updated title, this 3rd edition of Automated Lighting: Art and Science of Moving Lights (3rd Ed)(formerly Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light) continues to be a trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. It has been fully revised to reflect the vast changes in stage as well as studio illumination-including LEDs, switch-mode power supplies, optics, networking, Ethernet-based protocols like Art-Net and sACN, wireless DMX, and much more. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, it includes enough detailed information to benefit even the most experienced lighting technicians, programmers, and designers.

Richard Cadena is an Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP)-recognized trainer and an ETCP-certified entertainment electrician. As a freelance technician, designer, and consultant, he has worked on concert tours, in television and theater, and he has designed dozens of lighting systems for permanent installations.

By Richard Cadena    Paperback, 530 Pages    Date Published: 2017    Lighting Design, Technique, and Theory    In-Depth Look at Light Systems, Fixtures    Useful for Entertainment Venues, TV

Acknowledgements

Preface

Section 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Stage Lighting in the Third Millennium

Chapter 2: Foundations

Chapter 3: Stage Lighting Systems Overview

Section 2: Electricity and Electronics

Chapter 4: Circuits

Chapter 5: Electrical Planning and Preparation

Chapter 6: Power Supplies

Chapter 7: Overcurrent, Overvoltage, and Overtemperature Protection

Chapter 8: Digital Electronics

Chapter 9: Digital Hardware and Software

Section 3: Electro-Mechanical and Mechanical Systems

Chapter 10: Electro-Mechanical Systems

Chapter 11: Mechanical Systems

Section 4: Optical Systems

Chapter 12: Light Sources

Chapter 13: The Optical Path

Section 5: Communications

Chapter 14: DMX

Chapter 15: Remote Device Management (RDM)

Chapter 16: Ethernet-Based Lighting Control

Section 6: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair

Chapter 17: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair

Section 7: Lighting Console Setup and Programming

Chapter 18: Lighting Console and FOH Setup

Chapter 19: Lighting Console Programming

Chapter 20: Lighting Design Software

Section 8: Convergence of Lighting and Video

Chapter 21: Media Servers and Pixel Mapping

Index

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