Ashton's carefully crafted mix of colour and precision lighting transformed the imposing 38m tall monument, built to commemorate the foundation of the German Empire after the Franco Prussian war in 1883, into a symbol of European peace and harmony.
Ashton was first approached at the beginning of the year to contribute a work to the fes
The announcement comes on the back of long-term strategic reviews conducted by both Associations who believe that uniting as one body will lead to a stronger voice for members, the enhancement of existing initiatives and an expansion of the range of benefits and services.
The proposed merger has the full backing of both the ESTA Board of Dir
Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) supported Lumacoustics by providing the hardware to create "the world's largest graffiti wall". CPL supplied technical support as well as Barco FLMHD20 projectors, Barco DVI matrix switching equipment and fibre opti
projectiondesign has emerged as an industry leader in the creation, development, design and manufacture of high-quality projectors for specialist professional, industrial and private sector applications. The company currently has 135 employees, including in-house product testing,
President Abela is the patron of the charity, the largest on the island - and with an enthusiastic audience of 12,000 packing into the Malta Conference and Convention Centre (MFCC), this was one of the largest ever indoor events to
Rental director Mike Nield comments: "This is another addition to the ever developing rental fleet and comes in response to clients looking for access to these very high powered projectors from a trade partner. We have invested in the two most advanced products available to the rental market at the moment and the initial uptake has been phenomenal.
The mammoth logistical exercise will involve the company transporting a variety systems, from LCD screen to video walls, tens of thousands of miles between October and December.
DB's European shows include EXPOMIL 2009, in Bucharest (18-21 October), which will showcase military technology, as well as Food Ingredients Europe 2009, in Frankfurt, (17-19 November), a global event for the food and beverage industry.
Meanwhile, in the Middle East, DB
The Blue Note Mystery is a visual extravaganza that transports spectators into a magical realm of sound and music, taking place every evening, in front of a 5,000-seat open-air amphitheatre at Futuroscope's lake. The 25-minute show, which takes place on a 7,000sq.m aquatic stage, includes
Housed in a compact Kramer MegaTOOLS enclosure, the VP-420 supports widescreen resolutions and scales and outputs computer graphics video resolutions from VGA (640 x 480) up to WUXGA (1900 x 1200), component video signals of 480i, 480p, 575i and 576p reso
The Digital Signage Product of the Yearhonour was awarded to Digital Projection for its innovative fireproof, dustproof and waterproof XTP?HD 300 projector. The fully IP65 certificated projector was originally designed to meet London Underground's rigorous safety and quality requirements for a cross?track digital signage projection system.
TV One received the Systems Product of the Yearfor its 1T-C2-750 Dua
The equipment included high and medium resolution LED screens, Catalyst and Hippotizer digital media servers plus control, spherical projection system, cameras and IMAG PPU and 17 crew.
XL supplied Coldplay's video equipment for the third our running and right from the start of this one in June 2008. The account was project managed by Des Fallon, who said, "It has been a pleasure to be work with Coldpl
The brief from event producers, Smyle Creative, was to provide the biggest projection display ever seen at the 15,000-capacity venue, and AV specialists QED duly obliged, filling the massive 34.5m wide by 11.9m high Harkness Hall projection canvas by deploying six Christie Roadster HD18K projectors - flown off a 25m high truss, high above the audience, via their own fast-fit custom-designed rigging system.
This tour de force
The Christie Roadie HD+35K is the flagship product in Christie's three-chip DLP line, with native 2048x1080 HD resolution and 10-bit image processing. "There i
YOU! The Experience, located in the Museum's Abbott Hall, is one of the first and most comprehensive exhibitions that showcases the connection between the human mind, body and spirit in the 21st century. The 15,000sq.ft exhibit provides a hands-on opportunity to explore and optimize your personal health, fitness and well-being. The 13ft
ShowTex Netherlands created a stage element that features throughout the show. The original ShowTex curtain was designed by stage and television veteran Eric Goossens.
Goossens reports: "I wanted to use a pattern that had significance for South Africans, a design that immediately put you in the atmosphere of the culture without feeling like you stepped into a souvenir shop. The bold black pattern with transparent openings in
Capitol House Productions managed the production for the seminar area, which featured the latest fashion in hairdressing, cutting and colouring techniques, including a simultaneous seven hairstyle tutorial from the Toni & Guy Artistic Team.
The audience of over 1,000 people watched the action on two 103" Panasonic Plasmas, sourced on screenlifters from PSCo and built into a set, flanking the hairdressers on stage. Once the hairdressers in each seminar had finished their cuts, a fashion show of the model's haircuts would complete the effect and give the styles instant wearability.
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"What started out as a light show with a central screen on the first series of Australian Idol has now evolved into a 'big' light show involving several video screens accessed by media servers all of which are linked to the lighting console.
"Wh
The Gearhouse crew was led by Bill Lawford who collaborated closely with Simon Roche, logistics manager from production company VWV, together with an international production team primarily from the UK, including lighting designer/director Gurdip Mahal, moving
Performance enhancements include Improved redraw of views when 'File Attachment' is visible in the Master PB Cue sheet; 'Update dialog' now opens faster for large show files on VxWorks consoles; 'Graphic Time-line Editing' is now faster, while the CPU requirement of the Graphic Time Line itself has been reduced by two-thirds.
Among the bug fixes, system settings are loaded correctly on Compulit
Hutchinson says: "Brothers in Blood deals with very emotive issues; it's set in
For the award, the panel of judges noted, "7thSense takes the gong for its Delta Media Server for the simple reason that it has 'steadily grown its market, and Delta's capabilities, to make it a force in a worldwide a-v market."
Ian Macpherson, co-founder and director at 7thSense, adds, "We're proud to have our Delta Media Server product recognised at our first ever AV
The delegation was co-ordinated by Rainer Sprinzl, managing director sales and marketing at COMM-TEC, dnp's German distributors.
dnp's Anker Haldan comments, "Our products need to be seen and experienced in order to truly understand the benefits they provide in terms of the viewer experience."
The two-day course set out to prove the concept Seeing is Believing, and was divided into theoretical and w
The event will see the first ever demonstration of the company's flagship three-chip F80 1080 DLP projectors in a stereo visualization configuration, using embedded INFITEC wavelength multiplex imaging filter technology. This type of configuration is designed for bright, large-screen viewing in a range of environments such as VR analysis, museums and large room presentations.
The F80 incorporates projectiondesign's new A
