The 4 VLMs are the back of the stage. There are 4 VL6 luminaires on floor bases at the back with VLM units above them. The rotating gobo effect is achieved by aiming the VL6 into the VLM and then panning the VL6 from stop to stop. The VLM then allows the beam to be positioned.
It's pretty sweet. There are 3 sets of color filters: cyan, magenta, and yellow, of course. The 3 sets are divided into 16 blades arranged in a circular organization.
Each blade is connected to a motor, that can rotate the blades to either let light pass through it or past it. When the blades are positioned parallel to the light beam (are open), the white light passes over it. As the blades close more, the more light gets filtered through the blades, making the light change color.
The 3 sets of 16-blade filters are positioned on top of one another.
The amount that each set of blades (C, M, or Y) is closed or open depends on what colors and how much of each get mixed, thereby creating different colors over all.
I love this technology because it takes away from having to use a color wheel, which can take precious seconds away from a color change if the two colors are positioned far away on the wheel. (i.e, no scrolling of colors to get to your destination color)
mmmmmmmmm not bad andrew
007aloulou 1 year ago
esse video foi muito ferra
leo9111234 1 year ago
are the master slave modes becous i know how hard it is to program 2 scanners with a cheap lighting desk
ljmike1204 1 year ago
Wow! That's a piece of art! Can you upload a HD version of this wonderful video?
OdeonArenaHC 1 year ago
BRILLIANT! I could watch that for hours!
daytonscott 1 year ago
U did a great job again! Respect!
cagiva03 2 years ago
great concept dude! I love it...
Jelar777 2 years ago 2
Good job!
mesmerizedPL 2 years ago
Was that a mistake at the end on one of the far left movers?
tomrbland 2 years ago
Awesome other than that though :)
tomrbland 2 years ago
@tomrbland One of the colour wheels in the VL6 lost it's position hence the wrong colours in the last few cues.
AVLightingDesign 1 year ago
@AVLightingDesign Unlucky :) Nice show though!
tomrbland 1 year ago
@tomrbland dude i dident saw it until i looked again yea it wil happen with intelegent lighting even expencif ones
ljmike1204 1 year ago
@ljmike1204 Yeah, not good in an advert for vari-light though is it! :) But these things happen as we all know.
tomrbland 1 year ago
Muito Bom!! Belo!
ericgtrig 2 years ago
Hi Andy Johnny Lovegrove here. Nice to see you getting some good vibes. Hope all is well.
veljog 2 years ago
PERFECT!!!! PERFECT!!
gaquessada 2 years ago
Where are the VLM's positioned in this show? Aren't these the moving mirrors (without a light source, I mean) from Vari*Lite?
NikvR 2 years ago
The 4 VLMs are the back of the stage. There are 4 VL6 luminaires on floor bases at the back with VLM units above them. The rotating gobo effect is achieved by aiming the VL6 into the VLM and then panning the VL6 from stop to stop. The VLM then allows the beam to be positioned.
AVLightingDesign 2 years ago
You know, the mechanism and technology used for the VL5's color mixing is probably the most innovative I've ever seen in all the lights I've studied.
VideoHawk 3 years ago
do you have any pictures or illustrations so i can see how it works? why is it so different from normal cmy mixing?
antongildebrand 2 years ago
It's pretty sweet. There are 3 sets of color filters: cyan, magenta, and yellow, of course. The 3 sets are divided into 16 blades arranged in a circular organization.
Each blade is connected to a motor, that can rotate the blades to either let light pass through it or past it. When the blades are positioned parallel to the light beam (are open), the white light passes over it. As the blades close more, the more light gets filtered through the blades, making the light change color.
VideoHawk 2 years ago
The 3 sets of 16-blade filters are positioned on top of one another.
The amount that each set of blades (C, M, or Y) is closed or open depends on what colors and how much of each get mixed, thereby creating different colors over all.
I love this technology because it takes away from having to use a color wheel, which can take precious seconds away from a color change if the two colors are positioned far away on the wheel. (i.e, no scrolling of colors to get to your destination color)
VideoHawk 2 years ago
this is an amazing show
yet, it's just a thought at the back of my mind that with tis rid, many lighting desgners could do something of this calibre?
omardude39 3 years ago
This is very nice!! I love the speed of the 5s and 6s, would still spec them now.
spikejrt 3 years ago
If there is an "A-List" of moving light programmers, Andy is on the one above that.
tomlittrell 3 years ago