Where this program shines is in the quality of the renderings. It responds very well with no stuttering or delay. But once you spend a little time with the program it becomes quite easy to use. If you’re a Windows and/or AutoCAD user, the graphical user interface is not like anything you’re used to there is no toolbar, no command line, not even the familiar shortcut commands you’re used to using. They look much like a high-end game, except it’s customized for lighting applications. It can render from 25 frames per second to the maximum refresh rate of your video card and the renderings are spectacular. When you’re ready to show it to a client or potential client, you can record an AVI file with a DMX-controllable camera. You can create projection surfaces including video screens and video walls and up to 16 independent video streams can be played at once in high definition.Īfter you have built your 3D model you can program scenes, chases and crossfades using an external console or the built-in controls. There are also three live video inputs via USB or Firewire that you can use to connect to a media server to display video within the rendering. You can work in imperial or metric units of measure. The library also has fixtures, staging, truss, speakers, furniture, people and more. You can import set pieces from the library, modify them to size and apply materials from the customizable materials library. It can simulate conventional and automated lighting, LEDs, lasers, pyro (this is something to see), and animated smoke. The graphics engine uses Phong shading, a 3D computer rendering technique, to create smooth-looking graphics that are very realistic.

It is built on a 3D gaming engine that renders in real time up to 56 megapixels.

Light Converse is a real-time photo-realistic 3D lighting simulation software package.

Hog 4 light converse visualizer