Automated Lighting, 3rd Edition / Cadena, Richard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cadena, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital control systems.

Stage lighting--Automatic control.

Stage lighting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 pages)

Edition:

3rd edition

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Focal Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights , Third Edition (formerly Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light ) continues to be the most trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. Now in its third edition, it has been fully updated to reflect the vast changes in stage and studio luminairies—including LEDs, switch-mode power supplies, optics, networking, Ethernet-based protocols like Art-Net and sACN, wireless DMX, and much more. Its written in clear, easy-to-understand language and includes enough detailed information to benefit for the most experienced technicians, programmers, and designers. Additional content and resources are provided at the author's website www.automatedlighting.pro.

Contents:

Section I. Introduction. Ch. 1. Stage lighting in the third millennium ; Ch. 2. Foundations ; Ch. 3. Stage-lighting systems overviewSection 2. Electricity and electronics. Ch. 4. Circuits ; Ch. 5. Electrical planning and preparation ; Ch. 6. Power supplies ; Ch. 7. Overcurrent, overvoltage, and overtemperature protection ; Ch. 8. Digital electronics ; Ch. 9. Digital hardware and softwareSection 3. Electromechanical and mechanical systems. Ch. 10. Electromechanical systems ; Ch. 11. Mechanical systemsSection 4. Optical systems. Ch. 12. Light sources ; Ch. 13. The optical path ; Section 5. Communications. Ch. 14. DMX ; Ch. 15. Remote device management (RDM) ; Ch. 16. Ethernet-bases lighting control ; Section 6. Maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. Ch. 17. Maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair ; Section 7. Lighting console programming. Ch. 18. Lighting console and FOH setup ; Ch. 19. Lighting console programming ; Ch. 20. Lighting design software ; Section 8. Convergence of lighting and video. Ch. 21 Media servers and pixel mapping ; Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781317531128

1317531124

9781317531111

1317531116

9781138850897

1138850896

9781315724492

1315724499

OCLC:

1019708041