Media Servers for Lighting Programmers

A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Digital Lighting

Vickie Claiborne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2014
Focal Press (Verlag)
978-0-415-72189-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Media Servers for Lighting Programmers is the reference guide for lighting programmers working with media servers – the show control devices that control and manipulate video, audio, lighting, and projection content that have exploded onto the scene, becoming the industry standard for live event productions, TV, and theatre performances. This book contains all the information you need to know to work effectively with these devices, beginning with coverage of the most common video equipment a lighting programmer encounters when using a media server - including terminology and descriptions - and continuing on with more advanced topics that include patching a media server on a lighting console, setting up the lighting console for use with a media server, and accessing the features of the media server via a lighting console. The book also features a look at the newest types of digital lighting servers and products.


This book contains:








Never-before-published information grounded in author Vickie Claiborne’s extensive knowledge and experience







Covers newest types of digital lighting servers and products including media servers, software, and LED products designed to be used with video







Companion website with additional resources and links to additional articles on PLSN

Autor

Vickie Claiborne is a Lighting and Digital Media Production Specialist for PRG Las Vegas. Her background in Lighting Design & Programming, Digital Media Design and Programming, and Lighting Console Training spans 20 years in the lighting industry. Vickie is also is a contributing writer for PLSN magazine covering topics on Digital Media and programming.

Inhalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A MEDIA SERVER?


A BIT ABOUT ME


CHAPTER 1: HOW DID WE GET HERE? A BRIEF LOOK AT THE BEGINNINGS


OF DIGITAL LIGHTING


CHAPTER 2: WHY DO LDS WANT TO CONTROL VIDEO FROM A LIGHTING


CONSOLE?


CHAPTER 3: CONVERGENCE & THE ROLE OF THE LIGHTING PROGRAMMER


CHAPTER 4: GETTING FAMILIAR WITH HARDWARE


CHAPTER 5: WHAT DOES THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DO?


CHAPTER 6: PROGRAMMING A MEDIA SERVER FROM A LIGHTING


CONSOLE


CHAPTER 7: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CONTENT


CHAPTER 8: OPTIMIZING CONTENT PLAYBACK FROM THE CONSOLE


CHAPTER 9: CONTENT GONE WILD: UNEXPECTED PLAYBACK RESULTS


CHAPTER 10: VIDEO EDITING APPLICATIONS


CHAPTER 11: VIDEO COPYRIGHT LAWS


CHAPTER 12: PREPARING FOR A SHOW


CHAPTER 13: NETWORKING SERVERS


CHAPTER 14: STREAMING VIDEO


CHAPTER 15: MANAGING CONTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE OUTPUTS


CHAPTER 16: CREATIVE RASTER PLANNING


CHAPTER 17: SYNCHRONIZING FRAMES


CHAPTER 18: 3D OBJECTS


CHAPTER 19: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTROLS


CHAPTER 20: PIXEL MAPPING


CHAPTER 21: USING AUDIO WITH MEDIA SERVERS


CHAPTER 22: TIMECODE, MIDI, AND TOUCH OSC


CHAPTER 23: THE EVOLUTION OF SERVERS


CHAPTER 24: INSIDE A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT


CHAPTER 25: DMX CONTROLLED DIGITAL LIGHTING


CHAPTER 26: LED DISPLAY DEVICES


CONCLUSION: EMBRACING NEW TECHNOLOGY


APPENDIX A: PREPPING FOR A SHOW: NYE LAS VEGAS


APPENDIX B: COMMON TROUBLESHOOTING


APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY


APPENDIX D: DIGITAL LIGHTING, CONSOLES, AND MEDIA SERVERS

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 133 Halftones, color
• Verlagsort: Abingdon
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 680 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• ISBN-10: 0-415-72189-X / 041572189X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-72189-9 / 9780415721899
• Zustand: Neuware