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Two-Minute Tuesday: Foot Lights

On this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, learn about the ultimate fill and recovery tool in lighting design, foot lights!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Side Lights

Side lights are essential when lighting dance performances. Check out these tips and master the art of lighting for dance productions!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Back Lights

On this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, learn about back lights and how to properly add depth to your performers or create awesome silhouette effects.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Front Lights

On this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, learn about front lights, and how to utilize them in your space.

Two-Minute Tuesday: The Great Lighting Genie

Have you heard about the legend of the great lighting genie? On this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, Sean is back with a special guest.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Cyc Lights

This week, learn about one of the most important fixtures to have on your stage, cyc lights.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Profile Fixtures

Today, Sean Mangan continues our Two Minute Tuesday series with a quick overview of the theatrical lighting workhorse, the profile fixture!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Wash Lights

This week, learn about other types of wash lights and how to achieve budget-friendly, smooth washes without sacrificing the quality of your lighting designs.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Follow Spots

Learn about follow spots on this week's Two-Minute Tuesday.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Bubble Machines

On this week’s Two Minute Tuesday, watch as Sean jets through space with the help of a bubble machine and Tekno Fluid from Froggy’s Fog.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Confetti

This week, learn the many uses of confetti for events and productions alike.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Night Sky with BlissLights BL-15

On this week’s Two-Minute Tuesday, Sean reveals how to create a budget-friendly, yet captivating night sky.

Two-Minute Tuesday: TempraCam Intro

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with a quick tutorial and overview of the TempraCam Intro, a contactless temperature detection system for small events and businesses.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Fog Curtain

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with a quick tutorial on how to create a curtain of fog for your indoor Halloween display.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Fire Effects

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with a quick tutorial on how to create and enhance moving fire effects!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Chiller Box — DIY Low-Lying Fog

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with a quick tutorial on how to create a chiller box for your Halloween display!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Smoke Effects

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with an introduction to fog machines to help you easily create any desired smoke effect.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Blacklight Effects

Watch this tutorial on the Wildfire Lighting VioStorm VS-120 UV light fixture. We also introduce the Wildfire Lighting’s selection of luminescent paint.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Wind Effects

Sean Mangan continues our series with a fun introduction to fans and a tutorial on how to incorporate wind in any production.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Vertical Fog

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on the Vesuvio RGBA, the perfect budget-friendly solution.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Clouds

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on how to create budget-friendly cloud effects.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Lightning Effects

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on how to create budget-friendly lightning effects.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Rain Effects

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on how to use the GAM Film FX to create budget-friendly rain effects.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Haze Effects

Enhance your lighting design with haze! Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on the Ultratec Special Effects Radiance Hazer.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Gobo Rotators

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, with a tutorial on how to use a gobo rotator to create exciting moving effects!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Le Flame Campfire

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday, where he reveals how to make a campfire for any production with the Ultratec Special Effects Le Flame simulated flame effect bowl.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Low-Lying Fog

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday with a tutorial on the Ultratec Special Effects Dry Icer Low-Lying Fog Machine.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Water & Aquarium Effects

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday with a tutorial on creating budget-friendly water effects for any aquarium environment!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Split Color

Sean Mangan continues our educational series, Two-Minute Tuesday with a video tutorial on how to enhance your projections with Split Color gels!

Two-Minute Tuesday: Snow Effects

Sean Mangan continues our Two-Minute Tuesday series with a fun, educational video tutorial of the CITC Special Effects Little Blizzard Snow Machine.

Two-Minute Tuesday: Introduction & Graduation Celebrations

Sean Mangan, our Rental Department Manager in Cleveland, introduces our new educational series, Two-Minute Tuesdays.

Rigging: ETC Prodigy Rigging Hoist

ETC’s Prodigy Rigging Hoists are user friendly, safe to install, and most importantly, safe to operate.

Lighting Consoles: City Theatrical DMXcat® Overview and Initial Setup

This first video in the series provides an overview of the DMXcat product and step-by-step instructions for initial setup.

Lighting Consoles: NEO Introduction Video using Software Version 3.9

Strand Lighting Console expert Bobby Harrell gives and overview of the Neo using Software Version 3.9.

Lighting Consoles: Strand Lighting NEO Video Tutorial

Presented by Bobby Harrell, arguably the industry's most expert authority on Strand Lighting consoles, this video will help you learn programming and lighting cues on the Strand NEO lighting console.

Lighting Consoles: Pathway Cognito 2

Robert Bell's series of videos explores the programmatic concepts used by the Cognito2 console and the Choreo architectural controller.

Lighting Consoles: ETC EOS v2.8 Software

ETC’s Nick Gonsman introduces the new features that can be found in the Eos Family version 2.8 software.

Lighting Consoles: ETC Augment3d

Eos v3.0 will offer a number of software advances, including ETC’s first integrated 3D programming environment: Augment3d.

Identify Your Lighting System

Trying to understand your lighting system? Check out our examples below to identify your system or contact us and we can help you figure out what you have.

Support and Repair Help

To better serve you and your equipment, providing an understanding of where and what your system has undergone is essential to us providing you exceptional service. Review our tips below to better understand how to log your usage.

Theatres, Auditoriums, & Performing Arts Booklet

Vincent Lighting Systems boasts the expert team and tools to make every moment on stage shine brilliantly.

Systems Integration and Programming Booklet

Vincent Lighting Systems collaborates with lighting specifiers and end users to help design new intelligent lighting systems that contain the latest in relevant lighting technology.

Rental and Production Booklet

Vincent Lighting Systems offers turn-key solutions for temporary event lighting along with an extensive catalog of rental equipment from top manufacturers.

CoPilot Connect Brochure

CoPilot Connect is a cutting-edge tool designed to streamline your lighting system maintenance and support.

RigSafe Brochure

RigSafe is a comprehensive program presented by Vincent Lighting Systems that brings in ETCP Certified Riggers to thoroughly assess your rigging system.

CoPilot Architectural Brochure

CoPilot ARCHITECTURAL gives you secured access to your system from anywhere in the world.

CoPilot General Brochure

CoPilot empowers you to take control of your lighting systems like never before.

Vincent Lighting Systems Project Portfolio

View the full project portfolio for Vincent Lighting Systems.

Make Your Moment Giveaway

Enter the USITT 2023 Make Your Moment giveaway and win a Rosco MIXBOOK!

Vincent Lighting Systems Rental Catalog

Download the VLS Rental Catalog to view our full collection of production and entertainment equipment rentals.

How Motorized Rigging Can Benefit Your Venue

Learn more about how motorized rigging can improve safety and increase efficiency at your venue.

The Fundamentals of TV and Video Lighting

Learn about ideal fixtures to use in studio and video lighting, as well as proper placement.

Architectural LED 102

This guide provides greater explanation of the terminology and technologies employed in architectural lighting and LED technology.

Architectural LED 101

What you need to know about architectural LED lighting.

LED 101

Understanding, powering, and controlling LED light systems.

Lighting 102

Basic principles and techniques of entertainment lighting.

Lighting 101

A crash course in how to properly light any stage or acting area.