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Some Examples of Andy's Writing Work |
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Feature Articles |
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Sydney Olympics 2000 Report on the technical production of the Sydney Olympics groundbreaking night time opening and closing ceremonies. |
Lighting & Sound International, UK (PLASA Publishing) | |||
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Theatre of (your)
Dreams Melbourne Theatre Company's new performance spaces. How the company developed and implemented its detailed specifications of what a drama theatre should do. |
AV Technology magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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UWA Business School
Builds Its Own Experiential Trading Floor Feature on the UWA Business School's innovative trading floor as a training space for students moving in to the world of financial trading. |
AVIXA (formerly InfoComm International) |
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AFP Edmund Barton Feature on the very secretive relocation of the Australian Federal Police headquarters into an architectural-award winning building. |
AV Technology magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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Connecting up The House How the Sydney Opera House has completely re-thought the processes of communications and control across all its public spaces, performing venues and operations areas. |
AV Technology magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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Global AV: Spotlight
India Report on the state of the dynamic AV market in India to coincide with the first InfoComm India show. |
AVIXA (formerly InfoComm International) |
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Hitchcock Meets Live
Chroma Key Melbourne Theatre Company's stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's action-thriller movie uses video projection of live chroma keyed scale models in a hilariously entertaining and highly engaging production. |
Lighting & Sound International, UK (PLASA Publishing) | |||
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Symphony of Light Hong
Kong The creation and implementation of the spectacular nightly son et lumiere show that incorporates a multitude of buildings in the harbourside area of Hong Kong. |
Lighting & Sound International, UK (PLASA Publishing) | |||
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Commonwealth Games
Melbourne Report on the technical production for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. |
Lighting & Sound International, UK (PLASA Publishing) | |||
Technical Features |
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Democratising DMX The rising trend for making DMX512 lighting control accessible to anyone with a computer and more importantly anyone with a control system concept to try out for themselves. |
Lighting & Sound International, UK (PLASA Publishing) | |||
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MicroLEDs to have their
moment Feature on the technology and developments in microLED video displays. |
Connected Home + Business, Australia (Connection Magazines) | |||
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HDBaseIP: The Way of
the future Feature on the recently developed technology that enables uncompressed HD video, Gb Ethernet, USB, RS-232, EDID,HDCP, etc, to moved across a commodity-switched IP network in realtime. |
AV Technology magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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Light Emitting Plasma Luxim's flicker-free, high CRI, long life, high efficiency, RF-excited, electrodeless plasma light source. |
Light+Design magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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Breaking the Sound
Barrier The impact of lighting on the audio and acoustic aspects of broadcast production. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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Peeling an Orange with
a Hairbrush The implications of displaying video on LED scenic elements using the DMX512 lighting protocol. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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Organic Response An Australian engineering team develops an approach to autonomous energy efficient lighting control from an entirely different different perspective |
Light+Design
magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) |
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ViVa la Vista! Review of the Jands Vista control console focussing on the breakthrough lighting control paradigms of fixture abstraction and effects abstraction. |
Lighting Dimensions, USA (now Live Design) | |||
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Olympic Opening
Ceremony - Beijing 2008 Report on the lighting and projection technologies used for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 08/08/08. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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Once Upon a Time, There
Were Keylights Opinion piece on the demise of the hard keylight for portraiture in modern studio hosting set-ups. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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Tech Tutorials |
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Dimming in the 21st
Century An examination of the technologies and applications of the multitude of dimming options available to the 21st century lighting system designer. |
Light+Design magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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1 + 1 + 1 Doesn't
Always Equal Zero How powering devices that chop up the mains makes a mockery of conventional three phase wiring theory and practices. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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Anatomy of a DSLR How the optical and metering systems of a DSLR work and how this impacts on the suitability of these cameras for shooting video. Formatted for viewing on a tablet or smartphone device. |
Video&Filmmaker online magazine, Australia (Alchemedia Publishing) | |||
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Taming the Harsh
Elements of Softlight The problems inherent in using directional softlighting in multi-camera productions and the use of cloth egg crates to resolve some of these issues. |
TVTechnology, USA (New Bay Media) One of the 91 "Let There Be Lighting" columns that appeared in this magazine between 2000 and 2010. |
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User Manuals |
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Redback 12 Manual User manual for the Redback, a sophisticated and feature-rich budget-priced phase-controlled dimming system. |
LSC Control Systems | |||
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E-Streamer Manual User manual for Enttec's E-Streamer, a multi-universe, Ethernet-based, DMX512 show recorder/playback system with advanced capabilities for playback scheduling and control. |
Enttec | |||
Books |
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CTS Certified
Technology Specialist Exam Guide, Third Edition Textbook providing comprehensive coverage of all objectives on the latest release of the AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist exam – the leading internationally recognized audiovisual (AV) certification. |
McGraw Hill Education and AVIXA | |||
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CTS-I Certified
Technology Specialist - Installation Exam Guide, Second
Edition Textbook providing comprehensive coverage of all objectives on the latest AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist - Installation exam – the internationally recognized audiovisual (AV) installation certification. |
McGraw Hill Education and AVIXA | |||
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CTS-D Certified
Technology Specialist - Design Exam Guide, Second
Edition Textbook providing comprehensive coverage of all objectives on the latest AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist - Design exam – the internationally recognized audiovisual (AV) design certification. |
McGraw Hill Education and AVIXA | |||
Publications |
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