WHAT LASER CONTROL HARDWARE IS RIGHT FOR YOU To create and run a laser show, you need a laser control system. A laser control system is a combination of laser control hardware and software. The sof...
Tutorial FB4 features in Pangolin BEYOND 4.0
The new Pangolin BEYOND 4.0 as professional laser light software brings along a lot of new awesome features to give all the creative laserist tools to bring their imaginations to life. But software...
To begin, lets look at some examples of laser shows that are commonly created throughout the industry. To create shows like these, you need to begin by deciding what type of laser control hardware ...
BEYOND 4.0 – Multimedia Mixdown
With the new BEYOND 4.0 laser show software update, you will now be able to export an AVI file, directly from the timeline. This is a great tool to use as a preview of what a laser show or multimed...
DMX Control Features Tutorial Pangolin BEYOND
In this three tutorial series for the professional Pangolin BEYOND laser light software, we like to get more in depth about the DMX control features within the laser software to control laser light...
Laser Snow with Pangolin BEYOND laser light software
Its the time of the year when the weather gets colder and the sun just lights up for a short time …..the perfect time for projecting laser snow. What else?! This little tutorial will enable you to ...
Advanced Color System Training in Pangolin BEYOND
Have you ever wondered why the laser light output for graphics does not exactly match the colors on your computer screen? This can be caused by different elements like different powerful laser diod...
How to stack laser projectors to increase the laser output brightness and reduce flickering
In this video tutorial John from Laser Ninja Productions shows how to create one laser output image from several stacked laser projectors. The tutorial video has been recorded at the Comic Con 20...
How to make custom laser beam effects
Laser Beam Shows are considerably the most popular type of laser show that can be created. And the more professional the nature of the laser show taking place (for example a large festival, concert...
Learn how to use laser show software and laser control hardware to run laser shows in auto mode.
In this blog post, we are going to show you how to use Pangolin laser show software, and laser control hardware, to run laser shows in true “auto mode” with no PC or console, connected in the setup...
Synchronize Laser Light Shows To Music
More and more, people are fascinated by laser light shows. With the different colors, shapes, and patterns that can be created, laser shows can truly take over an event, helping transport people to...
HOW TO DESIGN A LASER SHOW What laser show software is right for you In order to create a real laser show, you need laser design and control software. These programs are required in order to creat...
How to create a safe audience scanning laser show
Making laser light shows safe and enjoyable By William R. Benner, Jr. An earlier version of this article originally appeared in the fall 1997 edition of The Laserist Magazine Successfully deter...
The chart below lists pins for the ILDA DB-25F female connector. This connector conforms to the ILDA DB-25 connector standard. The ILDA standard uses differential signals for projector inputs, prim...
Types of Laser Shows & Effects
While the FDA defines laser light shows as “…laser projection systems [that] are used with other optical equipment … for entertainment purposes”, that clinical definition hardly encapsulates the ma...
Understanding Laser Show Setups
To begin, lets look at some examples of laser shows that are commonly created throughout the industry. Beam shows and effects Laser graphics and images To create shows like these, y...
HOW TO DESIGN A LASER SHOW What laser show software is right for you In order to create a real laser show, you need laser design and control software. These programs are required in order to creat...
HOW TO CONTROL LASER SHOWS Live laser shows Live laser shows are perhaps the most popular way of controlling a laser show. You see these often at festivals, nightclubs, and similar events and they ...
How to make preprogrammed laser shows
Pre-programmed laser shows Pre-programmed laser shows are perhaps the second most popular type of laser show you will see. These are common on large scale musical tours, and corporate events (where...
Laser graphics, logos, text and abstracts (as shown below) are some of the nicest things that can be projected when running a laser light show. They have also become an essential part of many laser...
How to make standalone laser shows
Stand-Alone laser shows A stand-alone laser show, is one where the show “runs itself”. Stand alone laser shows can consist of laser beam and aerial effects, laser graphics, and laser mapping effect...
Understanding zones and working with multiple lasers
When ever we are talking about laser output with Pangolin software, we are also talking about Pangolin’s exclusive ILDA-Award-winning Projection Zones technology, which allows to use separate proje...
Introduction to laser safety The popularity of laser light shows has risen exponentially over the past few years. Many experts now believe that the laser light show industry is on the verge of beco...
Laser classifications There are different classes of laser projectors, and those classes have different rules and regulations associated with them in different parts of the world. In the laser ligh...