Comments on: Stage Lighting Design Software – Choose Your CAD Weapon

By: Fady Ramez

Fady Ramez — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:03:18 +0000

Hey,

I work with a band and design the lights show of their concerts, so I was wondering if there’s any software that’s like a lighting console so i can use as a draft to prepare my lights shows before deciding the right scenes and stuff.It would just help me visualize things more when preparing my work, no need for complex softwares as CAD or others. Thanks!

By: shaun simmons

shaun simmons — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:27:18 +0000

this is for jamie re lighting for youth groups
hi jamie
im a the stage manager and technical manager for the youth service in my area and we have both an intelegent and generic lx rig within the centres in terms of the best gear i would sugest going for macs and to update your desk we got a usb dmx interface and we have 2 softwares for this a free one is dmxcontrol or a better one but slightly expensive is the light factory but you can bye a half universe thanks

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By: Bryce

Bryce — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:30:34 +0000

Hi guys

My girlfriend does lighting for theatre productions in Port Elisabeth and she really wants to study just lighting designs and the rest of the stuff that goes behind lighting.. She doesn’t no where she can go study it!!! Any places you guys may no of in SA she can go to??? Would be a great help!!!!

Thanks

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:32:24 +0000

Hi, i have been using daslight for quite a while now is there a better piece of software than this that offers mainly 2D design I just need the raw blue prints and daslight doesn’t allow you to print these, any suggestions and or links would be brilliant…

Cheers

By: Lighting Styles

Lighting Styles — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:37:29 +0000

I have used Autocad for around 20 years and I would not use this programme for lighting design.

LD Assistant is my preferred lighting design package and can also handle sound and video. Luckily you can also use and save to AutoCAD’s .DWG format. The 2D and 3D rendering help the client and engineers understand the design and it uses real photometric data so i know the lighting design will work.

I don’t recall how much it cost but it is worth a small fortune to me for Lighting designer. Everything else is either too clunky or too over engineered.

By: mandy mel

mandy mel — Sat, 07 May 2011 14:38:51 +0000

I am a lighting design student for the theatre, and I have worked with WYSIWYG, but not with autocad. Is there a free lighting design software that will do what they do? I should say that I mostly care about creating a lighting plan, and not performing live through the computer. Thank you do much!

By: Rob Sayer

Rob Sayer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:50:12 +0000

Hey Angel

If you are looking to simple create a visual mock up for a client pitch, rather than having to plan and specify all the lighting, a 3D CGI modelling software is your best bet. I’ve used 3DS MAX or Autodesk Viz, some companies I know use Lightwave 3D and there are a whole host of others. The end results can be very effective if you know how to use the tools, some great examples of this for conference and event stages are produced by my friend Helen at http://www.brightgreen.info. She uses Autodesk Viz and her rates are pretty reasonable if you don’t want to take the job on in house.

By: Angel

Angel — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:59:04 +0000

I work for a sound production company, that just recently got into the lighting aspect of stage production. Was looking for a good program to pre-plan the stage to send to clients. I have had clients send them to me. I am not even quite sure what to look for. Any ideas or hints in the right direction would be appreciated.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:34:51 +0000

I write to thank Rob Sayer for the tutorials I do Vectorworks spotlight. There is little information on the web and less in South America. From Argentina, a big hug and thanks again.

By: boon

boon — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:11:20 +0000

hi,im boon.im using stardraw professional nw,but i wish to use a more powerful and easy software to design my show..did u hv any suggestion?
thank you very much!