Great projector calculation info at projectorcentral.com

I don’t usually post ‘hey look at this on the web’ type posts here at VLOBLIVE, as I like to focus on content, but this one is too good not to pass on.

Ever wondered what the throw distance of a projector is, or how the brightness is affected by the screen size etc. etc.

Pretty much every numerical calculation required to spec out a new projector is shown in the wonderful projector calculator at Projector Central .

Read on for more info on why this particular interactive calculator is so useful

Gig Blog: Learning to say “No”.

I did a gig a while back where the organisers were VERY keen to have IMAG.

We had the gear, we had the crew, we had the time, but we said no.

Read on to understand why…

What’s happened to VLOBLIVE?….Still here!

In case you are wondering why things have gone a bit quiet here recently, I should mention that due to a new arrival in the family VLOBLIVE activities have taken a lower priority for the moment.

I hope to resume posting soon.

Dave

Welcome to the new-look VLOBLIVE!

Hi, If you are a regular reader, and you have got this far, you will have noticed that not only has VLOBLIVE moved it has a whole new look as well.

You should bookmark http://www.vloblive.info for the site and re-subscribe to the RSS feed as http://vloblive.wordpress.com/feed/ .

Read on for more details…

Mixing from onstage vs in a control booth – which is better?

Which is better – mixing onstage where the action is, or mixing in a control booth?
Read on to see how the two compare…

Why write about gigs in the Gig Blog category?

Unless you REALLY aren’t paying attention, I imagine that you usually come away from a VLOBLIVE gig thinking something along the lines “Well that was good, but next time I will remember to ….”

The purpose of the Gig Blog is to record some of those thoughts about what happened at gigs that I have done – what went well, what went badly, what could be improved for next time.

introspective, but it should help me remember and if it helps anyone else in the process then that’s a bonus.

DVD as a format for live video playback – an analysis.

As more and more computer based video editing systems gain the ability to burn video to DVD, I can see this becoming the most common format for the delivery of ‘home-made’ playback video for live events. This has some good consequences and some unexpected side-effects. Read on for how to get the best of the DVD format at a VLOBLIVE event.

How do deal with the question “can you just record the gig for us?”

More often than not, someone at every gig will ask you “hey are you recording this?”. What you answer will depend who is asking, when they are asking, and why they are asking…

Safety first – why VLOBLIVE gigs are actually more risky than others?

It may seem a strange thing to say, but in many ways a VLOBLIVE type gig is actually at higher risk of a health and safety risk happening than at a much larger, more complex pro gig. Here’s why…

Hey, you’re encouraging low standards in live video!

I guess on one reading of this site I could be accused of encouraging the ‘cheap and cheerful’ brigade to say “it’s OK to do live video on the cheap, and to fob off the general public with sub-standard implementations of inadequate systems”. But that would be missing the point…

VLOBLIVE and VJing

If you are a VJ, you are welcome to look around. A
lot of the info here is very relevant. Some of the aesthetics are a bit
different.

The history of VLOBLIVE

Am I the only person trying to do live video on no
money? I doubt it. So when I couldn’t find a website that really got into detail
about live video at this level, I decided to do something about it.
…

Video and lighting – an uneasy truce

Good lighting can make good video. Bad lighting can
ruin good video. Good lighting doesn’t rescue bad video…