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BLINDERKITTEN

A free lighting software without restriction



WHAT IS THAT ?

BlinderKitten is a free lighting software designed to be used during live events
or theater. Unlike other lighting softwares, there is no restrictions that you
can lift by paying or buying a dongle. Everything is available, unrestricted and
free.

The software is "fixture-oriented", it means that you don't have to learn and
control each DMX channel by hand like in a traditionnal lighting desk, here, you
just have to tell BlinderKitten what kind of device you're using (called a
fixture type), add one fixture per device patched on your stage, fill the
address in the fixture and BlinderKitten has now full control of your device.
You can then have a control of your channels by moving the channels encoders
corresponding to your needs.

Every composition you make with your fixtures can be recorded in a cuelist,
containing one cue by composition. You can define timing to go from one to
anothers and act like a conductor, and you can also have multiple cuelists
working together, respecting LTP and HTP priorities.
Cuelists are a center component of BlinderKitten, they have lot of options and
usages.

There is currently three functions to add automatic behaviors to your fixtures :
effects, carousels and mappers.
Effects use a curve to add values to you fixtures, Carousels use key values,
both of them spread your fixtures and loop to add movement to your values.
Mappers apply a value depending on another value for each selected fixture. They
allow you for example to change your fixture's color depending on its intensity.

To render your creations, you have a panel with virtual faders and one with
virtual buttons. BlinderKitten doesn't have a physical console, so there is no
limitation on the number of buttons or faders. You can also set the number of
buttons above and below each fader.

BlinderKitten can output as many universes as you need (or want) and can be
remote controlled by OSC or MIIDI. Sinceit can output Art-Net, it is fully
compatible with capture.





FUNCTIONALITIES


PROGRAMATION

Fixture based programation Concurent cuelists.
Relative or absolute curved based effects.
Absolute waypoints effects (carousel).
Cuelists with auto follow or go triggered.
Groups and presets modifications are passed on cuelists.
Cues can trigger effects, carousels or other cuelists.
Unlimited universes.



CONNECTIVITY

Chataigne module.
ASCII import.
GDTF fixtures import.
MVR project import.
Unlimited OpenDMX, ENTTEC, Artnet outputs.
Unlimited MIDI inputs.
OSC controllable.



GALLERY

COLOR PICKER

Pick your favorite color with your mouse

DMX TESTER

View actual output of your universe and test channels

ENCODERS

Easy access to all your devices parameters.

FIXTURE GRID

Your fixtures well arranged in grid with their IDs.

GRID

Grid for groups, presets, cuelists, effects and carousels

INPUT PANEL

A console-like input panel to call fixtures and assign values.

MULTI ENCODER

Explode a command into multiple commands to access every parameter easily.

VIRTUAL BUTTON

Assign any command to them, you can set the grid size.

VIRTUAL FADERS

Assign and control your effects and cuelists, layout can be modified in
parameters.

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DOWNLOADS & LINKS



WINDOWS

Current Win 8/10/11 version : 1.0.1b70
Dev version
Current Win 7 version : 1.0.1b70
Win7 Dev version




MACOS

Current Intel version : 1.0.1b70
Intel Dev version
Current Silicon version : 1.0.1b70
Silicon Dev version




LINUX

Current version : 1.0.1b70
Dev version




RASPPI

Current aarch64 version : 1.0.1b70
aarch64 Dev version
Current armhf version : 1.0.1b70
armhf Dev version




FIXTURE LIBRARY

You can search and download your fixture on the fixtures page or download the
latest complete fixture library.


SHARED DATA

Example content in the shared data zip file.



COMMUNITY LINKS

All informations about developpement are on the github page of the project. The
software is continuously in developpement.

An online documentation is avalable on gitbook. There is a step by step guide to
understand the primary concepts of the software and one dedicated page for every
object of the software.

A discord server is available to discuss, ask help or request changes or new
features in the soft.
Some video tutorials and demo are on the youtube page.

Begin to learn a software from scratch can be annoying, so you can use Capture
Student Edition with the demo capture project and the demo show file presents in
the shared data zip file. Installation and setup are explained in this page of
documentation.

Do you need inspiration ? A lighting cookbook is on construction on this site.
Feel free to use it and to add your contributions to it.





HELP


DO YOU NEED HELP ?

If you need help to use blinderkitten, or experiencing bug or crashes, feel free
to join the discord server to post your feedbacks.
If you wish to receive training, a one-week training course affiliated with
AFDAS is available here.


WE NEED HELP !

If you want to help BlinderKitten, there is a lot of things you can do :

 * Use the software, join discord and post your feedbacks.
 * Share the software, and talk about to your co-workers.
 * Help people on the discord server.
 * Watch, like and share the youtube videos.
 * Contribute on github.
 * Buy me a tea, a snack, or offer cat food and milk to my cat :
   
   
   Donate on paypal
   
   Support on Patreon







HALL OF FAME ! THANK YOU !


THE ONES AND ONLY

Olga - Marie Moino - Ben Kuperberg


DONATORS

Jeffrey King - Clément Rignault - Theo Quoniam - Guillaume Ohrel - Sebastian
Soto - Aurelien Martinelli - Adrien Delolme - Freddy Rollan - Sébastien Bonnefoy
- Benjamin Fichot - Giacomo Gorini - Sarah De Battice / Compagnie Dérivation -
Adrien Girardeau - Hugo Michael - Ziggy Sono


TESTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Marti - MatB - Edrig - Guesn - Victor Maillardet Scenomatic - Micka poulpo -
Whaim - Benjamin Henry - Viki - Frousse - Tigris