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    Great CHAUVET Professional Products, Great Company at PLASA 2012

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    CHAUVET Professional booth displayed amazing new fixtures and welcomed various distributors at this year’s PLASA show. See how people mingle with lighting:

    From left, Senior Product Manager for CHAUVET Ford Sellers, Blue Haze Entertainment President Andrew Strain, CHAUVET CEO Albert Chauvet and also from Blue Haze Entertainment, Foxton Lewyn.

    International Sales Director for CHAUVET Stephane Gressier, right, with our distributor from Sweden.

    Our customer from Holland is checking out the new high-resolution video panels PVP S5 and PVP S7.

    Senior Product Manager for CHAUVET Ford Sellers, left, with Lighting Designer Jeremy Hoare.

    Our distributor from Norway plays with lights from the new Ovation line of theatrical fixtures.

    The distributor from Spain, middle, paid a visit to our team.

    The team from Utopium Lighting in the UK, passed by to check our new products.

    Chris Barbee, left, and Roth Edwards from Bandit Lites.

    CHAUVET Professional Booth stands out at PLASA 2012

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    CHAUVET Professional’s booth I-F53 attracts hundreds of visitors  at PLASA 2012. Among the fixtures on display are video panels from the VIP Series and new, soon-to-be-available fixtures: Legend 230SR Beam, Ovation E-190WW and Ovation F-165WW, COLORado 4 Tour and more. We introduced our line of architainment interior and exterior lighting solutions ILUMINARC, and were one of the sponsors for the fifth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, organized by STLD, ALD. Our captivating stand features a lighting design created by Knight of Illumination award nominee Tom Sutherland, and the CHAUVET Professional team hosted a panel discussion on LED lighting with Richard Pilbrow, Rick Fisher, Fred Foster and Jeremy Hoare. Check out some cool pics:

     

    CHAUVET Professional at PLASA Focus Nashville 2012

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    Check out CHAUVET Professional’s booth and a video from this year’s PLASA Focus Nashville show. We showcased Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yoke lights, PVP S7 and MVP 12 high-resolution video panels, and our brand new moving yokes Q-Spot 360-LED and Q-Spot 460-LED. The truss lit so nicely in pinkish and blue hues is from TRUSST, the newly launched line of trussing backed by CHAUVET.


    CHAUVET Professional Booth Stands Tall at InfoComm 2012

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    Maybe it was the impressive 30-feet height, or the colorful light and music show that ran every half an hour, or the 300 fixtures lighting in harmony the 20-by-40-feet space. Or, might have been all of the above that drew hundreds of visitors to our booth at this year’s InfoComm show in Las Vegas.

    “I think it was the best booth we have ever done overall, as far as design and execution,” said Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional. “It was well planned and everything came together smoothly.”

    We launched the new line of trussing called TRUSST and we announced new fixtures, like PVP S7 high-definition video panels, VID 100 video drape, Q-Spot 360-LED and Q-Spot 460-LED moving yokes, COLORado 1-Quad IP wash light and WELL 2.0 wireless wash light. Our ILUMINARC brand of fixtures suited for the architainment industry saw the addition of two new luminaires, the Ilumipanel 40 IP and Ilumipod 18g2 IP.

    The booth was built around a large video wall, made of 142 video panels of various resolutions. A walkway of 38 Legend 412 and Legend 412 VW pixel-mapping moving yokes visually guided visitors to a tall wall made of 66 MVP 18 and 28 MVP 12 video panels, and 48 PVP S7 high-definition video panels. The panels, ÉPIX Bar batten-style pixel-mapping fixtures and VID 100 video drape ran with ArKaos MediaMaster Express software.

    ÉPIX Bar lights placed vertically formed a luminous crown on the semi-circular truss, also loaded with Q-Spot 560-LED and Q-Wash 560Z-LED fixtures. Framing each video section  were COLORado Zoom Tour lights, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour and COLORado 1-Quad Tour wash fixtures. Twenty-three COLORdash Accent VW discreetly lit the display pieces of truss from the TRUSST line.

    Lighting Designer Alex Ares programmed the entire rig with a grandMA console and used about 180 cues. “I think it was one of the best looking booths at the show,” Ares said. “And it worked as a perfect example of what you can use in small tours.” Ares has been the lighting designer for the TV show “Duets” on ABC, the Country Music Awards (CMA), CMA Music Festival and more.

    The video content for the seven-and-a-half main show was created in-house, by CHAUVET Video Production Specialist Todd Murray. “We wanted the show to be raw and edgy, and to give the viewer different looks during each segment of the video,” Murray said. “The music was carefully selected to match every segment, and aimed for a concert-like experience, more than a technology-based booth at a trade show.”

    Enjoy the video loop and light show which ran in the CHAUVET Professional booth:

    ABTT 2012, London

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    CHAUVET Europe had a busy couple of days in stand 12 at ABTT 2012 Theatre Show. The stand featured loads of products with a focus on the new pixel-mapping shown in a matrix and variable white moving heads.The full line up included: MVP 18 LED modular video panels, PiXPar 24, PiXPar 12, COLORband PiX Mini pixel-mapping fixtures, COLORado Zoom CW Tour, COLORado Zoom WW Tour, COLORado 2 Zoom Tour, COLORado 1-Quad Tour static wash lights,  Q-Spot 560-LED, Q-Wash 560Z-LED, Legend 412 VW, Legend 412 moving heads, and Followspot 1200 and LED Followspot 75ST.

     

    InfoComm 2012: Day Two

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    A couple more shots from a busy trade show and CHAUVET Professional booth C11301.

    It’s electric! Epix Bar, MVP panels, PVP S7 and Legend 412 all working together.

    Nice crowd at booth C11301.

    Walk the runway lit by Legend 412 moving heads.

    Our own Dwight Slamp (r) working the floor.

    New VID 100 video drape is in the center of display.

    New TRUSST product line of trussing.

    InfoComm 2012: Day One

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    Below are a few shots of booth C11301 direct from the trade show floor. We launched new video products to complement our VIP Series as well as new moving heads to our Q-Series. We also have our ILUMINARC products on display as well as the newly launched trussing line, TRUSST.
    New video products: PVP S7, high definition video panels, and VID 100, innovative video drape.
    New moving heads: Q-Spot 460-LED and Q-Spot 360-LED, both have a super-crisp patented optical system and a clean three-facet prism.

    VIP Series modular video panels, video drape, Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving heads, and a crown of Epix Bar fixtures (just to name a few.)

     

    A different angle of fixtures outlined above.

    This custom-made stand holds a bevy of ILUMINARC interior and exterior lighting solutions.

     

    Loading In: InfoComm 2012

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    Mike Graham looking pensive in front of MVP modular video panels.

    Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional

    I love it when a plan comes together.

    We are almost done with the rig for InfoComm.  Again, preshow planning has proved that going over and over (and over) your plans is time well spent. Having five days to load in doesn’t hurt either. Having this additional time has allowed us the luxury of not rushing anything. We have been able to take our time to make sure every element is working at its best.

    With every show, I try to learn something new that will help me with my next show to make the load in process even easier. On the LDI show last fall, I learned that laying out the floor in a grid makes laying out motor points quick and easy. With this method, you can set out coordinates for each point. This also works for power points under the carpet. You can also send beforehand so the points are laid out before you arrive if you want.

    On my floor plans, I always drop in X and Y coordinates in 1-foot increments on the length and width of the floor. This removes all of the guesswork. Plus, if the people managing your rigging or carpet needs don’t have AutoCAD or some other drawing program, they can easily see the measurements.

    Something else I have learned along the way is that it is important to pack your tools in your road case, but make sure that you at least fly in with the following items in your bag:

    • Tape Measure
    • Chalk
    • Spike Tape
    • Razor Knife
    • #2 Phillips head screwdriver
    • Flat-head screw driver
    • Mag light
    • Show plan print outs
    • Pens, pencils, and markers

    With these simple tools, you can do a ton of work on the floor of the booth before your gear gets there. (For other travel tips, check out this prior Tech Talk.) It’s a good idea to not rely on your computer for your show plans. Firstly, you don’t want to leave your computer running for everyone to touch and play with.  Secondly, the screen is not big enough to look at it quickly. Thirdly, the battery will die at the worst possible moment. Have a set of plans printed out.

    See you at the show!