Vectorworks for Entertainment Design

Using Vectorworks to Design and Document Scenery, Lighting, Rigging and Audio Visual Systems
2. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-19294-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1131 g

Vectorworks for Entertainment Design covers the complete design process for using Vectorworks in entertainment industry from developing ideas, visualizing ideas, and evolving them for execution. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, covering the most current details of the Vectorworks software for scenery, lighting, sound, and rigging; real and virtually.

With a focused look at the production process from ideation to development to documentation required for proper execution, the book encourages readers to better create their own processes and workflows through exercises that build on one another. This new edition introduces Braceworks, SubDivision modeling, and scripting using the Marionette tool, and covers new tools such as Video Camera, Deform Tool, Camera Match, Schematic Views, and Object Styles. Fully illustrated with step-by-step instructions, this volume contains inspirational and aspirational work from Broadway, Concerts, Regional Theatre, Dance, and Experiential Entertainment.

Exploring both the technical how-to and the art of design, this book provides Theatre Designers and Technicians with the tools to learn about the application and use it professionally.

Vectorworks for Entertainment Design also includes access to downloadable resources such as exercise files and images to accompany projects discussed within the book.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Kevin Lee

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Tonsignalverarbeitung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Spracherkennung, Sprachverarbeitung
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Drafting Principles and Standards 2. The Vectorworks Screen 3. Document Organization 4. Vectorworks Workspaces 5. Your Workstation 6. Help Files and Resources 7. Quick Start 8. Basic Drawing and Modeling 9. Renderworks 10. Vectorworks Lighting 11. Advanced Modeling 12. Object Types, Symbols, Plug-In ObJects and Styles 13. Collaboration 14. Measuring and Modeling Venues 15. Lysistrata 16. Scenery and Sightlines 17. Rigging 18. Audio/Video Systems 19. Designing the Lighting 20. Entertainment Lighting 21. Working with Lightwright 22. Documentation and Publication 23. Vectorworks Cloud Services

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Lee Allen is an award-winning entertainment designer and experiential architect. Notable projects include work for Budweiser, Sony Pictures, CNN, a virtual interview with Benjamin Franklin, the Chase Bank Flagship Signage in Times Square, productions of Romeo and Juliet (both the ballet and play), All I Ask of You, and The Tempest. A long-time user of Vectorworks, he has written, taught, and lectured on the subject extensively.