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5 Things You Need for a Safe and Compliant Laser Show

You've booked the gig. You've spec'd your gear. You may have even pre-programmed your show. But have you taken laser safety into consideration? Read on to see the five things you must have for your...

Four Reasons Lighting Designers Should Use XLERATE (Plus How to Get Started)

Four Reasons Lighting Designers Should Use XLERATE What is XLERATE? XLERATE is our free software tool designed to be flexible and work seamlessly with your rig. Featuring previsualization support, ...

X-Laser to give Four Scholarships for Behind the Scenes' Mental Health and First Aid Training

X-Laser announced on Mental Health Day of Action (May 20th) that they will be covering the registration cost for four people to take Behind the Scene's Mental Health and First Aid Certification.  ...

How to Begin with Lasers from LearnStageLighting.com!

Take a look at the video David Henry of Learn Stage Lighting made to introduce lasers to beginners! Featuring safety and legal compliance, an explanation of how to use the laser, and a demonstratio...

How to Create Your Own Countdown Clock in Quickshow

 Look no further for a how-to on creating a laser countdown for your New Year’s celebration! Check out our YouTube video for a tutorial using Pangolin’s Quickshow.   This quick and easy tutorial wa...

Lighting Network Essentials - Part Two, Specifying and Setting Up a Lighting Network

Part two of our lighting networking essentials series is now live! Specifying and Setting Up a Lighting Network.In this part of the series we cover specifying your lighting network to provide enoug...

Part one of our stage lighting networking miniseries is out!

More and more stage lighting fixtures are controllable by Art Net and Streaming ACN than ever before. This connectivity can provide for faster load ins, simpler cabling and faster programming, all ...

Laser reflection with Smarter Every Day

If you're into lasers, you should already be following Smarter Every Day. He's got a ton of incredibly cool and educational videos and his latest is no exception. Destin does a great job of explain...

How bright is a 20 watt laser?

How bright is a 20 watt laser on the wall? The answer as always is "it depends" but instead of just explaining it, here's a quick video to show you how much the ambient light level affects laser br...