The highly versatile Robe DigitalSpot 5000 DT offers two digital gobo layers with the selection of up to 244 x 255 video clips or images per layer. Two independent effects channels on each gobo layer offer 120 effects including kaleidoscope, squeeze in/out, alpha or black flash, Gaussian filter, Laplacian filter, gobo disc mirror and colour key effects, etc. There's also individual X and Y positioning and a scaling (zoom effect) for each gobo player, plus rotating and indexing with continuous rotation for each gobo layer and adjustable playback speed. Additional functions include digital keystoning, a CMY colour mixing system, strobe effect, mechanical iris, zoom and focus, digital iris and digital framing shutters. Supported video formats include MPEG1 and MPEG2, image formats PNG, TGA, JPG, GIF, PCX and BMP. S-Video and VGA inputs for direct video input to data projectors are handy for performing presentations; S-Video and Composite live inputs enable the use of graphics engine effects. The fixtures is aimed at all professional entertainment and leisure applications including concert touring, theatre and television productions, presentations of all types, clubs, multi-purpose venues and anywhere where there is a need to maximize the integration between Moving Lights and digital imagery.
Robe
Robe Show lighting . Manfuacturer of high quality Intelligent Lighting systems and products.
ROBE Lighting, Inc.
Headquarters:
13807 N.W. 4th Street,
Sunrise, Florida 33325
Tel.: (954) 615-9100
Fax: (954) 615-9105
Used Moving Lights
Moving lights, or intelligent lighting as they are sometimes called, are basically a type of stage lighting that is able to move due to its integrated mechanical elements, which go beyond the moving parts that are found in more traditional, non-moving lighting.
Automated lighting such as moving lights is highly valued by stage lighting technicians as through them, it is possible to create highly complex special effects that simply cannot be made using standard, non-moveable lights. It should be noted however, that when it comes to intelligent lighting, the real intelligence lies with the programmer of the show, rather than the lighting equipment or any operator.
Moving head lights, also called moving head luminaires, are highly versatile lighting instruments capable of performing multiple lighting functions at once. They have largely superseded the use of multiple non-moving lights to create special effects, which required many lights and a large amount of skill on behalf of the operators.
Moving lights are hooked up to a lighting control console and send data to it in one of three ways ?? through an Ethernet control (a relatively new technology), analogue control (now almost obsolete), or DMX, (which is now the industry standard).
So long as they have been properly programmed, the optics of wiggly lights can be altered in many ways, allowing for the ??personality? of the lights to be adapted almost instantaneously, depending on the requirements of the operator. Typically, moving lights will be pre-programmed before a production and controlled using simple commands, although some more experience operators may prefer to control them ??live?, if they have the experience to do so.
