Instead of individual beams you can end up with a frosted look. The really busy gobos may look good on the ground or wall as a texture but probably don’t look as good in the air through haze generally speaking. ![]() The gobos that give the most distinct beams are typically the least busy ones. The more negative space in the image, the easier it was to read. We started to find that the simpler the better since we’re trying to discern images in mid-air using haze. We loaded up some content into Qlab and tried full color, complex stuff along with black and white, really simple stuff. This made it easy to add into our Ableton show control rig. It’s also controllable from a variety of ways, MIDI notes, keyboard shortcuts, MIDI Show Control, iPad app, lots of options. We used Qlab since it is a very reliable media player and the new version adds a lot of on the fly controls for manipulating content. Stuff you just can’t do with a normal moving light. ![]() With the room hazed out we were able to create some pretty sweet animations. We took a 17,000 lumen projector, put it upstage center, and faced it towards the audience. For Not So Silent Night this year we played around with using a projector as a light source.
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