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Richard Cadena Teaches Lighting Design at CHAUVET HQ

Posted on June 25, 2012

CHAUVET hosted Richard Cadena, from the Academy of Production Technology, for a three-day seminar  about “Lighting Design and Applications” at its Florida headquarters. Here are some photos of Cadena, sharing his knowledge and passion for lighting with CHAUVET team members. Also check out our three-part interview of Cadena talking with our own Ford Sellers. LD […]

Video in the World of Lighting – Part 3

Posted on June 20, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional By now, you know what kind of show you are doing and what it is going to look like. The plot is finished up and all of your gear is in pretty rows of road cases on your show site. Now what? Here are a few […]

ABTT 2012, London

Posted on June 15, 2012

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 […]

InfoComm 2012: Day One

Posted on June 13, 2012

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, […]

Trying New Stuff

Posted on June 13, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional My name is Michael Graham and I have tried broccoli for the first time ever this week. I ended up liking it. For the past 37 years I have avoided it like it was some kind of evil stalk of green nastiness on my plate. I […]

InfoComm 2012: Sneak Peek

Posted on June 11, 2012

Here is a quick shot of some behind-the-scenes action at InfoComm 2012. It’s our booth, C11301, which will be open to the public in two days.Stay tuned for more…

CHAUVET Demo Day at Blue Planet

Posted on June 7, 2012

Blue Planet Lighting hosted an open house at their new Las Vegas location, in the Russell Commerce Center just off the Las Vegas Strip, featuring the latest in  CHAUVET Professional LED gear. CHAUVET Central U.S. Sales Manager Jeremy Pace was on hand to discuss and demo the gear which included: Q-Spot 560-LED, Q-Wash 560Z-LED, Q-Wash […]

Tech Talk: Video in the World of Lighting – Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional When we left our heroes, they were sitting at the front of a theatre trying to decide — to pixel map or not to pixel map? Ideally, you want to do both, but let’s hope that this decision was made weeks ago during pre-production. The Wall […]

Planning, Panic, and Preparation

Posted on May 23, 2012

A Look Behind the Trade Show Curtain by Carmen Diaz, trade show coordinator for CHAUVET My little countdown clock tells me it’s less than 25 days till show site. That means I’m getting down to the wire for shipping, rental and production. InfoComm, it’s big, it’s AV, and it’s breathing down my neck like Brad […]

Zen and the Art of Entertainment Lighting, Part 3

Posted on May 2, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional  I can remember sitting in the audience during a show on one of the ships, I was auditing.  There was a banjo player on stage and he was working on creating a mood. He was trying to create the image of sitting on his grandfather’s front […]

Tech Talk: Video in the World of Lighting – Part 1

Posted on April 27, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Now, more than ever, having elements of video in staging is really popular. If you look at successful shows like Roger Waters’ The Wall, U2’s 360 Tour, any of the WWE shows and television shows like The Voice, American Idol, or The X Factor, you can […]

CHAUVET Professional Team Offers MVP Training

Posted on April 16, 2012

Our knowledgeable sales team went to Phoenix, Arizona, to show employees of Richter Scale Productions the value and performance of our MVP 12 modular video panels. CHAUVET staff demonstrated how easy the 48 modular panels included in their inventory interlock to form a high-definition video wall ideal for live video content and amazing animation graphics. Once […]