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ACT Lighting, along with MA Lighting, were proud sponsors of this year’s Live Design Projection Master Classes at LDI. Led by projection and lighting designer Bob Bonniol, the Master Class’s goal is to join video pioneers with creative thinkers in a two day seminar. I spoke with one of the attendess, LD Jon Griffin, to get his response on the sessions.

You may have already seen a couple of these videos floating around the internet, or perhaps you’ve heard about them on the LightNetwork or on our Facebook page. Beginning in October, ACT Lighting began sponsoring a new educational series called Console Cocktails. The series was inspired by the lighting and console related questions being asked on Twitter.

The hosts and producers of Console Cocktails are Joe Cabrera and Cat West. Joe is ACT Lighting’s Director of Software and Support, while Cat is a freelance programmer. Both Joe and Cat offer grandMA training classes at ACT Lighting. Console operators will probably also recognize their voices from years of technical support that they’ve both offered on various console platforms.

While trying to offer easy to understand answers to sometimes complex questions, Joe and Cat are usually seen drinking some sort of lighting inspired cocktail creation. They’re more than happy to share their recipes with you. Try the grandMAr2ni. You’ll like it.

This question and answer series only works if you get involved and ask something. Please send any of your lighting or programming related questions and there’s a really good chance that you’ll see a video answer! You can post a question as a comment to this Blog entry, or as a comment on any of the YouTube Console Cocktail videos that you can find on our Youtube page. Alternatively, you can also use this handy form.

Below is Episide #1 – it’s all about setting up a busking style showfile. Cheers!

Rene answers Bob Bonniol’s question about the place of video programming, and how it has affected the thinking of control in the MA series of consoles. This excerpt comes from a panel at LDI2009’s LIVE DESIGN Projection Master Class.

In addition to exhibiting at LDI 2009, ACT Lighting also offered 6 days of GrandMA training on the GrandMA2 Full Size console. As if that wasn’t enough – we also sponsored the Live Design Projector Master Classes. If you missed us at LDI this year, here are a couple of pictures. We have more video on the way as well!

GrandMA training with Joe Cabrera

Oliver from MA Lighting takes us through the hardware differences between the grandMA Series 1 and Series 2 Consoles. This is a great introduction if you’re new to the Series 2 line.

If you’re attending the LDI trade show in Orlando, FL please stop by and visit A.C.T Lighting at booth 209 on the exhibit floor. Bob Gordon, Brian Dowd and other A.C.T Lighting and MA Lighting personnel will be on hand to discuss our exclusive products including the grandMA consoles from MA Lighting, i‐Pix LED fixtures (including the newly automated BB7), GDS LiteWare battery‐powered RGB Uplighter and more.

A.C.T Lighting is also offering two training options through the LDInstitute. Level Two programming with Joe Cabrera is offered in two two‐day sessions, and an Introduction to Moving Light programming with Paul Sonnleitner is offered on two weekend mornings. You can register for these courses through the LDI website.

The show floor at LDI will be open Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22nd. Hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm Friday and Saturday and 10:00am to 4:00pm on Sunday. The Orange County Convention Center South Hall is located at 9800 International Drive in Orlando, FL.

The new ACT Lighting website

ACTLighting.com has been completely re-worked from the ground up with a more modern look and feel. Frequent visitors to the old site should recognize the same navigational options at the top of the page, but with slightly clearer detail. Additionally, if you find yourself lost on any page – you can simply scroll to the bottom to find a friendly site-map that should help you on your way.

We’ve added direct links to our social networking sites as well. You’ll find icons for this blog, our Facebook page, Twitter and YouTube at the top right of every page (just under the navigation bar). We hope you’ll join us on any or all of these sites in order to receive our latest updates and videos.

Speaking of updates, if you’re a programmer, operator or owner of any MA console or Video Processor, you can now receive software update notifications via RSS. You can sign up on our Downloads page to receive these notifications in your feed reader or by email.

We hope you enjoy the new layout!

Here’s Bob Gordon, President, CEO and Founder of ACT Lighting with a short narrative on the history of ACT Lighting Inc.