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...
Once a year, tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis for the Burning Man Festival, dedicated to community, art, self-expre...
Laser Show Projector Specifications
Understanding laser projectors and specifications There are a lot of laser projectors on the market today, and not all lasers are created equal. The configuration of your laser projector, and the q...
Laser Show Projectors Explained
What is a laser projector To provide a simple definition, laser show projectors are any laser system which projects laser output for entertainment purposes. Most entertainment laser projectors gene...
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...
Multiple lasers – shared and independent control
In this post, we’re going to answer two of the most common questions client’s have, about controlling multiple laser projectors… How do I control multiple laser projectors at the same time? How d...
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...
Audience Scanning – Considered by many to be the “holy grail” of laser effects, audience scanning is where laser light is intentionally projected directly into an audience area, allowing people to ...
Laser regulations (mostly relating to the USA) In the United States, as well as many other countries (including Germany, the UK, Australia, France and Singapore), regulations are in place to ensure...
Making shows safe and enjoyableBy William R. Benner, Jr. (An earlier version of this article originally appeared in the fall 1997 edition of The Laserist Magazine.) Successfully determining ...
Laser shows are the emotional event, that are lasers build for. If you are a laserist, you have certainly seen a lot of laser shows over the time – free laser shows and commercial ones. If you are ...
Links to laser training videos QuickShow Tutorial Videos Overview of QuickShow software Creating laser text (QuickText) Creating laser beam effects (QuickShape) Creating laser logos (QuickTrace...
Laser Light Show Definitions (what industry terms mean)
ILDA The ILDA term is an acronym for the International Laser Display Association. ILDA is the trade organization that sets the Industry Standards for Entertainment Laser Shows. They do everything f...
How to control a laser show, from a GrandMA Lighting Console
GrandMA 2 Definitions Download DMX Fixture definitions provided by Mr. Jens Poehlker from MA Lighting company. These are fixture definitions for LD2000, FB3 and FB4. Note that these only work w...
Pangolin and Clients sweep the 2016 ILDA Awards
ILDA Awards are considered to be one of the highest honors in the laser light show and laser entertainment industry. And at the 2016 ILDA Conference and Awards Ceremony in Baltimore, Maryland (tha...
How to control a laser, from a DMX console
Standard lighting and laser light are a perfect combination at a event. More and more it is operated by the same person, that does lighting for years, with his standard lighting control equipment l...
Taken from a email conversation: Digital cameras for good laser photos I have had good results with the Kodak DC260 series (now the DC290). This is a megapixel digital camera with the ability to ma...
Electronic Zoo – Snakes with Lasers!
2016 marked the 17th year of the famous Electric Zoo here in the United States. Approximately 100,000 fans gathered together on the ‘Wild Island’, aka Randall’s Island Park, to experience the elect...
