Writing reviews of products is a hard thing. It is one of the hardest things about being a writer, contrary to popular opinion.It's no secret that I am a fan of the wysiwyg Lighting Design suite, I've been using it for years. Pretty much every show I've designed over the last five years has been done in a version of wysiwyg. I design them, print out the plot and paperwork, make pretty renderings for the client of what the show's gonna look like down to the texture on the carpet on the camera riser if they want, and spend some ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
Posts Tagged ‘WYSIWYG’
CAST Software Slams R25 Down Onto the Design and Visualization Software Table
April 28th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Industry News, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, reviews
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Industry News, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, reviews
CAST Software Has A Blog!
That's right, you heard it here first! Those crazy cats at CAST Software (oh wait) have launched a blog to spread the good word of lighting among the populus. Help me do the "Welcome to the Internet, CAST Software Blog" wave and check out the blog!
iPhone Lighting Software: ZinmanCo’s PocketLD and Synthe FX’s Luminair v2
February 25th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Accessories, Consoles, Digital Light, Film and Television Production, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Control, Lighting Design, Pioneers, Synthe FX, Technical Software, Television Lighting, WYSIWYG, Zinman Software, iPhone Software, mike zinman
Posted in Accessories, Consoles, Digital Light, Film and Television Production, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Control, Lighting Design, Pioneers, Synthe FX, Technical Software, Television Lighting, WYSIWYG, Zinman Software, iPhone Software, mike zinman
As far as iPhone software goes, "there's an app for that," right? How about an app for MAKING ME A PIZZA RIGHT NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!<deep breath>Okay, I feel better. But seriously, there are tons of apps out there for every single thing you can imagine. The other day I downloaded an app from the iTunes store that played these crazy soundscapes to help you fall asleep. Awesome. As far as lighting goes, there are tons of apps out there for that, too. But I think it takes more than the skill of coding an app to make an iPhone app - ... Read More»
Lady GaGa’s Brit Awards Performance
February 19th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Awards Shows, Cast Software, Concert Production, Designers, Film and Television Production, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Pre-Viz, Television Lighting, WYSIWYG
Posted in Awards Shows, Cast Software, Concert Production, Designers, Film and Television Production, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Pre-Viz, Television Lighting, WYSIWYG
Okay, to be honest, I've not really heard much of her music until I saw this video. Lady GaGa performed her tunes "Telephone" and "Dance in the Dark" at the Brit Awards recently. It's the one where she gave thanks to Alexander McQueen, the fashion designer who just passed away.Al Gurdon (Super Bowl LD) designed the lighting for that performance, and Miguel Ribiero from PRG created the wysiwyg for the performance. Gentlemen, what a kick-ass job you did. Congratulations on that work.Check this out:
Jim Hutchison Joins the CAST Software Team!
January 8th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Cast Software, Design and Drafting Software, Industry Professionals, Jobs! Gigs!, Just Plain AWESOME., LDI 2009, Technical Software, WYSIWYG
Posted in Cast Software, Design and Drafting Software, Industry Professionals, Jobs! Gigs!, Just Plain AWESOME., LDI 2009, Technical Software, WYSIWYG
I am really excited to announce that I'm now working for CAST Software!I approached Gil and Bruce from CAST Software at LDI 2009 about CAST's role in social media, and that I wanted to help in any way I could. After talks and strategizing for a while since the convention, they've decided to bring me on as their Social Media and Area Sales Manager!This is just awesome for me. I have A) been using WYSIWYG for a long, long time, B) really believed in what they're doing up there, C) wanted to be a part of the CAST team, and ... Read More»
WYSIWYG Wins A PLASA 2009 Award for Innovation!
September 21st, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Awards Shows, Awards and Achievements, Design and Drafting Software, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Innovation, Lighting Design, PLASA, Pre-Viz, Technical Software
Posted in Awards Shows, Awards and Achievements, Design and Drafting Software, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Innovation, Lighting Design, PLASA, Pre-Viz, Technical Software
Our beloved WYSIWYG won a PLASA Award for Innovation at Earl's Court in London this last weekend - a well-deserved win for both Cast Lighting (and everyone who busts their rears there) and all of us WYSIWYG users. WYSIWYG Release 24 has amazing real-time viz. Amazing. Render-quality amazing. I am a fan after all, but I've used so many software suites over the years (from MiniCAD to Vectorworks to AutoCAD to SoftPlot to AGI32 to DiaLUX to Sketchup to you name it, I think I've used it), and as a lighting designer in no matter what genre of lighting, I ... Read More»
WYSIWYG Release 24: Virtual Lighting Designer Heaven
Over the last few weeks I have been testing out Cast Lighting's new release for WYSIWYG - Release 24. In the last year, R22 and R23 have revolutionized the way that we've been thinking about viz software, and R24 is the crown jewel of the improvements in R22 and R23. The real-time rendering engine in R24 is so full of awesome that there is next to no need to sit and wait for a rendering of the look.The interesting movement in R24 is that the processing feels like it has been allocated in the most efficient way - meaning graphic ... Read More»
Tags: cast lighting, drafting software, LED, R22, R23, R24, Release 24, virtual light, WYSIWYG
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WYSIWYG R24 COMES OUT NEXT WEEK!!!!
July 27th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Digital Light, Industry News, Lighting Design, Technical Software, Tools of the Trade, WYSIWYG, Weekly WYSIWYG
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Digital Light, Industry News, Lighting Design, Technical Software, Tools of the Trade, WYSIWYG, Weekly WYSIWYG
The makers of my favorite lighting design software, WYSIWYG, are releasing a new build to members this coming Tuesday, August 4, 2009. If you've never tried WYSIWYG for anything, I highly recommend just giving it a go for a week. Richard Cadena, who we all know and love, says that R24's new features are "amazingly responsive." Hell, R23's features are still amazingly responsive!Some notes on the new features that are included in R24:LED: New LED models use a point source to better represent a diode for LED fixtures and LED walls that look better and enhance overall efficiency and ... Read More»
Weekly WYSIWYG: Importing Floorplans for Maximum Awesome
May 6th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Education, Guides, WYSIWYG, Weekly WYSIWYG
Posted in Design and Drafting Software, Education, Guides, WYSIWYG, Weekly WYSIWYG
So I know it's been a little while since WYSIWYG R23 has been released, but it's never too late to show some of the pretty fantastic features that it's packing. I have a ton of these for you (as there are a ton to show) so I'm breaking them up into smaller posts.The feature that has significantly made life a bit more simple for me as of the last couple of days is the ability to import an image file as a "floor plan." Once this image is in place and scaled (yeah, WYSIWYG scales it for you too), you ... Read More»
The JimOnLight.com Podcast – Reminder for the Giveaway!
April 20th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Contests and Giveaways, Interviews, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., The JimOnLight.com Podcast, iPhone Software
Posted in Contests and Giveaways, Interviews, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., The JimOnLight.com Podcast, iPhone Software
On Friday of this last week, I launched the JimOnLight.com Podcast - the first podcast features an interview with Gil Densham of Cast Lighting, the makers of WYSIWYG. I'm dropping a reminder here because I want to make sure people enter for the big giveaway - two free licenses of Synthe-FX's iPhone and ArtNet control platform, Luminair 1.5! A $99.99 value, and I've got two for you!Listen to the podcast - there are two questions that need answering in order to enter the contest. Contact me through the contact form - do NOT, and I repeat, do NOT POST YOUR ... Read More»
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