Elation Capture Quartet Lighting Design Software

Capture Quartet Lighting Design Software

Save time with lighting design, documentation, and visualization software that is both easy to learn and rewarding to use! Capture Quartet is a native MacOS and Windows application that lets you work with the lighting, video, laser, moving scenery, and water elements of a show. Capture Quartet has been developed to enhance your design experience and help you stay on track while focusing on the work at hand.

Features:

• Quickly model basic venues and locations using a variety of built-in dynamic shapes in no time.
• Import 3D venue models with materials and layers using file formats like DWG, glTF, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, and more.
• Import and export patch information using CSV and XML files to and from lighting consoles and other design software.
• Use layers, filters, and scenes to manage and organize large designs with ease.
• Use the spreadsheet-style fixtures tab to quickly navigate and manage all your fixtures.
• Gain instant control of your fixtures' parameters using the control panel when working without a console.
• Connect to and visualize with any lighting console. Exchange patch information, focus positions and more with leading console brands.
• Simulate standard and transparent LED panels with correct pixel pitch. Set up back and front video projections.
• Simulate aerial laser effects and projections in with content from any laser control system.
• Simulate moving scenery controlled by external staging systems in real-time. Emulate staging systems using DMX.
• Create realistic image and movie renders of your design. Watermark with them with your logotype and project information.
• Export interactive presentations to send to your clients. Impress them with a real-time demo of your design looks!
• Specialized truss and fixture symbols produce readable plots packed with information.
• Use plot styles to customize the looks of and information available between different plots.
• Add dimensions and symbols to any plot to provide that extra bit of information.
• The plot editor lets you add any views and information you need to a plot, including automatic symbol and layer keys.
• Choose from a selection of configurable reports, groupable and sortable in different ways.

Specifications:

• Model file import formats:
  • glTF
  • DWG/DXF
  • MVR
  • Cinema 4D
  • SketchUp
  • OBJ
  • 3DS
• Ethernet DMX protocols:
  • Art-Net
  • CITP
  • Compulite VC
  • High End Hog visualizer connectivity
  • ETC Net 2
  • MA-Net2 (Windows only, MA software version 2.9+)
  • MA-Net3 (grandMA3 viz-key)
  • sACN
• Model file export formats:
  • DWG/DXF
  • glTF
  • MVR
• USB DMX devices:
  • EntTec DMX USB Pro
  • EntTec DMX USB Pro Mk2
• Data file import formats:
  • CSV
  • CSV, ETC EOS flavour
• Streaming video media protocols:
  • NewTek NDI
  • CITP/MSEX
  • Green Hippo HMap 3
• Data file export formats:
  • CSV
  • XML for Hog
  • XML for grandMA 2
• Streaming laser media protocols:
  • CITP/CAEX
  • LaserAnimation
  • Pangolin Beyond
• Video capture devices:
  • Any with Windows (Media Foundation) drivers
  • Any with macOS drivers
• Motion tracking protocols:
  • Blacktrax RTTrP
  • Kinesys K2
  • PosiStageNet
• USB devices: 3Dconnexion Space Mouse