Designer is the ultimate software to visualise, design, and sequence projects wherever you are, from concept all the way through to showtime. Try Designer today with our limited time offer of a free licence until June 30th 2021. Get started below.
Bring your ideas to life
Easily design and build IDPA, USPSA and multigun stages online with our drag and drop interface and save it to the lobrary. Upload stages fron your computer. Email stages from the library. SketchUp is a premier 3D design software that truly makes 3D modeling for everyone, with a simple to learn yet robust toolset that empowers you to create whatever you can imagine.
Install and use Designer on your laptop as a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, developing storyboards, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire shows.
3D Stage Builder Kits. The idea came from the frustration of using word, powerpoint or SketchUp to design stages for USPSA. With the new 3D Props it made life so much easier, It takes minutes to design a stage, to be able to observe it from every angle, plan shots before actually building the stage. Pedro Braz CEO of 3D Stage Builder LLC USPSA # A91855.
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Concept development
View your stage, storyboards and test content from any angle instantly in the real-time 3D stage simulator. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, inspired and on board.
Real time 3D simulation
Import venues and video screens as 3D models and see how your video content will look.
Projection simulation
Project content onto the most complex 3D projection objects using the Projector Simulation toolkit.
Content mapping
Easily map content onto multiple LED, projection and DMX-based screens of any shape and form, static or moving.
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Content validation
See whether your ideas work without spending your entire budget. Check content resolution, codecs, frame rate, sightlines, camera angles and timing.
Make sure you have the right projectors and they are in the right place. Pay attention to the details, and there will be no surprises on site.
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Show sequencing
Import audio, lock to the beat, build cues, and sequence content in to-the-frame detail using the full-featured timeline. Or build a show using your light console. Either way, you can arrive on site with a whole show signed off and ready to go.
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Beats and time
The disguise timeline gives users full flexibility - use HMSF when you need precision, beats and bars for snappy rhythmic edits, or freely combine the two as the situation demands.
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Load-in
Copy your project onto disguise's powerful media servers, and plug them into your stage. Format LED feeds, drive complex DMX fixtures, and calibrate projectors at lighting speed.
The unique multi-edit features lets your whole team work in parallel to make short work of the largest challenges and the tightest deadlines.
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Show rehearsals
Speedtest by ookla 1 3. Synchronise with timecode, MIDI, MSC, ArtNet and OSC to integration seamlessly with the show.
Work on updates while rehearsals progress. Drive content effortlessly to moving screens, scenery and performers. Manage new content versions easily and quickly as they arrive. Play generative content that responds to the energy of the moment.
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Showtime
The unique understudy backup system and built-in matrix control makes sure you have complete confidence in the outcome.
After all, everyone's watching
Active Visualiser
The disguise visualiser knows where every pixel is, and can use this knowledge to control the output. So you can map content easily onto complex surfaces in a fraction of the time.
Viewpoints
Instantly jump to any viewpoint to see how your show looks to everyone in the audience. Quickly render fly-throughs to show your team and clients.
LED Screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens.
DMX Screens and Fixtures
Model screens driven by DMX, and DMX-controlled lighting fixtures.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the show to life.
Lux Renderer
Bringing together both the technical planning and creative vision of your project. Lux now includes ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation.
Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, inspired and on board.
VR Support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show.
Compatible with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
Projector Studies
Heatmaps for projector studies using evidence based calculations - use the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects.
Export your projector study to provide paperwork evidencing the proposed setup against a target light level.
Video playback
The powerful video playback engine supports HAP, NotchLC and Animation codecs, so you can choose the best balance between quality and performance. Iscreen recorder 3 8 0 8. With canvas sizes up to 16K pixels across, disguise can handle some of the largest shows around.
Stills and Still Sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically create slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
Generative content and effects
The disguise production toolkit integrates seamlessly with Notch generative content platform. Create live video effects, particle clouds, smoke, fluids, and lighting effects in Notch builder, then drop the resulting blocks into any disguise project. Connect live inputs from tracking, video capture, audio input or any other interactive data to create content that responds instantly to the moment. Connect a Notch Builder machine to the network to perform live on-stage edits, so you can experiment creatively.
HTML5
The built-in web browser lets you play local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video, twitter feeds, or anything else you can think of.
Geometric Mapping
disguise can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your stage. Choose from direct, feed, parallel, perspective, cylindrical and radial mappings to instantly treat your stage as a single canvas, no matter how complex.
Content Versioning
Transfer new versions of video content onto the server and automatically update them on the timeline, without any extra work. Easily compare multiple versions and switch between them without fuss. Work with low-resolution proxies to visualise even the largest, most complex shows on a laptop with designer. Capto 1 2 16.
disguiseNet
Connect multiple disguise machines together to form a network, with a single machine in control, to handle the largest workloads. With disguiseNet, a single understudy can instantly take over for any disguise system in the network, and edits are pushed across any number of servers in real time.
Genlock
Lock multiple machines to house sync, ensuring the smoothest playback and the lowest possible system latency, even when multiple machines work together on a single large surface.
Output Feed Configuration
disguise gives you a powerful set of tools to format output across the entire server network. Split, rotate, scale, flip sub-sample and colour-correct your content without having to re-render.
Render output movies
Export content for playback on other media servers, taking advantage of disguise’s mapping capabilities.
Projector Footprints
The footprints feature shows you shadows, surface falloff, and even pixel shape for any projector configuration. Explore the tradeoffs between viewing angle distance, content resolution and projector selection to make sure you’ve made the right choices.
Dynamic Blend
disguise can dynamically create soft-edge blends between multiple projectors. This speeds up projection setup for complex static-projection shows; but crucially, it also makes it possible to project content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
QuickCal
QuickCal lets you drop reference points directly onto the projection surface within the 3D visualiser. You can then immediately drag its 2D output position on the currently selected projector. Once you’ve done this for six points, QuickCal automatically starts calibrating the outputs in real-time as you drag each new point, without requiring any content re-rendering.
Manual Calibration
To achieve a perfect lineup you can also choose to manually adjust the 3D position and other parameters of the virtual projector. Perfect for cases where the 3D model doesn't match reality.
Advanced Projection Toolkit
For projection mapping projects, create content and apply it directly to the 3D model of your projection surface.
OmniCal
A camera-based projector calibration system, Omnical quickly captures a point cloud of your stage, accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy, and conforms pre-existing surface meshes to match reality.
Timeline Editing
The disguise timeline lets you create cues, synchronise media and control layers, group layers, and quickly edit layer properties over time. Work either in HMSF for frame-by-frame accuracy, or add guide audio tracks so you can work in beats and bars for compelling, rhythmic edits.
SockPuppet
Expose layers as DMX fixtures, and control them from the lighting desk of your choice, viewing media thumbnails on the desk via CITP.
Multi-Edit
Connect multiple editor laptops to let many operators work on the show in parallel, sharing edits in real time. Multi-Edit lets you handle largest workloads to the tightest of deadlines.
Multi-Transport
Have multiple timelines running simultaneously, each responding to its own external cues.
Control Layers
Control external devices such as switchers, projectors, or VISCA cameras via the timeline. Any device that receives telnet, serial, UDP, or OSC commands can be easily connected and synchronised.
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Expressions
Map artnet, OSC or MIDI inputs to individual layer properties, or connect them together using arithmetic expressions.
Capture and Output
Receive up to sixteen 3G-SDI streams, and map them to outputs with near zero latency. Users can also output content as DMX or sACN, interfacing with a wide variety of LED and lighting fixtures.
Synchronisation
disguise understands a wide range of synchronisation protocols, including SMPTE timecode (LTC or MTC), MIDI Show control (MSC), MIDI, MIDI Beat-clock, OSC, serial, and Art-net. Seamlessly switch between different cue types in the same track, and work with multiple cue stacks simultaneously for more complex triggering needs.
Device Recording
Any device you connect to designer can be recorded onto the timeline, allowing you to capture a performance and then edit around it easily on the timeline. This feature is essential to the creation of compelling, detailed interactive performances.
Tracking and Automation
disguise integrates seamlessly with a wide range of automation protocols including Fisher Navigator, Kinesys, PosiStageNet and Blacktrax, letting you track performers, stage props and screens smoothly within the visualiser. You can project content onto moving objects and screens; either to track content with moving projection screens, or to keep content stable on moving LED screens.
DMX input and output
disguise can output content as DMX or sACN, interfacing with a wide variety of LED and lighting fixtures.
3D STAGE DESIGN
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New technology has enabled production companies and event coordinators to revolutionize the way we envision our events. By re-creating a full video scene of the venue and layout of technical equipment, we can picture the event way before it happens. This is great for showing clients how the end product will look.
Conferences, product launches, fashion shows and gala events are all made simpler by creating a 3D design of the show layout. We are able to plan seating arrangements, table settings, set backdrops and lighting placement.
So we can cover your event from every angle and produce a video for you to present to your client! This makes the planning process for the event an absolute breeze!
Please feel free to view some of our previous events 3D renders by clicking on the pic or link below! Let us know what you think and then step inside our offices to let us enhance your show and make you feel comfortable that everything is in its right place!
Customisable stage design built to your specs:
- Floor Plans
- 3D Renderings
- Total cost & quality assurance
- Media expertise
- In-house production crew
- Technical direction
- Project management
The best events are those that harmoniously integrate all aspects into one solid experience
This is where AV Direct shines.
We believe it’s crucial that your sound and lighting compliments the other audio visual elements, venue space and stage design. AV Direct will work with you and your event partners to ensure the final outcome is a truly three-dimensional brand experience.
We will devise a complete and tailored audio visual solution that answers your brief and budget. Alongside design and creativity, you also want to be assured that your event is being taken care of by experienced hands.
With over 20 years in the in the audio visual industry, we’re the name behind some of the biggest and technically demanding live events across South Africa.
Our experienced lighting operators are the best in the business, making us the preferred event partner for renowned local and international brands such as We Are Africa, Shimmy Beach Club, Dimension Data, Itron Africa, Woolworths and Novo Nordisk to name a few.