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Kaizen GDTF!
Kaizen (Japanese: 改善, 'improvement'). After successful PL&S, and a manufacturers meeting on the GDTF booth, the GDTF group has been continously adding improvements to the GDTF Spec, to keep enhancing the DIN recognized open standards for describing devices of the entertainment industry.
GDTF Builder Maintenance Update April 2024
Updates to the GDTF Builder to improve saving and editing
Posted April 23, 2024 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Builder
GDTF Color import in Eos PSA by Mark LaPierre
Mark Lapierre is being hopeful for one day to be able to import GDTF color configuration data into Eos, but for now, he concludes, here is just a PSA that at the moment this is not implemented by ETC.
Posted April 17, 2024 ‐ Categories: GDTF
GDTF in NEO v4 by Wilson Torres
Wilson Torres has published a video tutorial explaining GDTF and MVR, where he also goes through a complete process of how to work with GDTF files in NEO v4 consoles by Vari-Lite.
Astera Releases GDTF Collection For Their Lighting Devices
Astera has joined the group of nearly 50 manufacturers actively supporting the General Device Type Format (GDTF) and has released official manufacturer-backed GDTF files for its lighting devices. These files are now available on their GDTF Manufacturer page.
Posted April 6, 2024 ‐ Categories: GDTF
GDTF Share Report for March 2024
GDTF Share report for the month of March 2024
Posted April 1, 2024 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
dmXLAN Software by ELC Now with MVR Import
ELC Lighting has released version 4.50 of the dmXLAN software, newly featuring import of the scene description and fixtures layout, placement, and addressing from MVR file. The dmXLAN software integrates well with existing technologies like E1.20 RDM, RDM-QR, Art-Net, and others, and the MVR integration provides further simplification in the planning workflow.
Posted March 26, 2024 ‐ Categories: MVR
Avolites Titan V17 Adds GDTF Import into Avo Personality Builder
Avolites Titan software release version 17 adds new possibility to import GDTF files and convert them to Avolites Titan d4 personalities. You can see the complete Release notes here.
Posted March 21, 2024 ‐ Categories: GDTF, Robe Lighting
GDTF/MVR Improvements in grandMA3 Version 2.0.0.4
This release of grandMA3 software presents lots of new functionalities and workflow additions for many different applications, and it includes improvements also on GDTF/MVR side of things.
Posted March 16, 2024 ‐ 2 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, MA Lighting
Vectorworks 2024 Update 4 GDTF 2D Symbols Improvements
The newly released fourth update of the Vectorworks 2024, Spotlight adds the ability to import 2D symbols from GDTF files, further improving the GDTF workflow.
Posted March 14, 2024 ‐ Categories: GDTF, Vectorworks