Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 496 pages
- Published by: Focal Press
- Edition: 1st Edition September 6, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0240807030
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0240807034
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Product Review
"Automated Lighting features detailed design and operating information on automated light fixtures and systems used in live performances, TV broadcasts, and other entertainment arenas." - Studio Photography, October 2006
"In all this is a throughly recommended book - even as a reference for the more seasoned practitioner. To have such a wealth of information in one place is rare.." Lighting and Sound, December 2006
Book Description
This book covers everything you should know as a lighting professional about automated lighting in easy-to-understand language--including how they work, how to use them, and special design issues to consider in order to keep abreast in a highly competitive environment where knowledge is crucial to your success.
Reader ReviewsRichard Cadena does it again (enjoyed his first book "Focus on Lighting Technology" and still use it in my Lighting Tech '101' class) with a text that takes the dry and technical, and makes it fresh, even palatable. I've used Richard Cadena's "Automated Lighting" for the last two semesters in my moving lighting class. Students in both semesters have remarked that it is a comprehensive view of "how things work" with the movers; past, present and future. It is also on my must-read book list for graduate students in the MFA lighting program. Specifically, the chapters on "basic" electricity and datacomm are quite thorough. Whether it was DMX-512/512A, RDM or ACN, Cadena's writing covers them well. Couple this book with a good hands-on class and you have an excellent initial experience into a much bigger, sometimes complicated world. I'm grateful to the author for his book and his work in the industry.
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