Nemetschek North America is now offering Light Plot Deconstructed, a great companion guide for anyone seeking to learn the fundamentals of lighting design with Vectorworks® Spotlight. The tutorial is also the debut work of Gregg Hillmar, an accomplished scenic and lighting designer, and an experienced Vectorworks user."This book sort of grew into existence," says Hillmar, who, with several decades of professional theatre design work under his belt, is also a frequent speaker on drafting and theatre design for both new and experienced lighting designers. Hillmar teaches theatre tech classes at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. "The book is a combination of everything I do:
Professional lighting design, teaching, and speaking," he adds.
Hillmar believes that college students and emerging professionals will find the book particularly useful. "I wrote the book in a conversational style, taking someone through the process of creating a light plot," he says.
Experienced lighting professionals and Vectorworks users will also benefit from being inside the mind of another professional approaching and solving problems in constructing a light plot.
While Light Plot Deconstructed was written with Vectorworks Spotlight 2009 in mind, lighting designers using any version of the software will find value. For those wanting a deeper learning experience, several PDF files mentioned in the book and the main demonstration file are found at www.lightplotdeconstructed.com
Light Plot Deconstructed is now available at www.vectorworks.uk.com