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Powerful Tools for 3D Lighting

LX Studio is a digital lighting workstation, bringing concepts from
digital audio workstations and modular synthesis into the realm of
LED lighting control. Generative patterns, interactive inputs, and
flexible parameter-driven modulation -- a rich environment for
lighting composition and performance.

LX Studio

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Spotlight

Tree of Tenere

LX Studio was the animation and interaction framework used for the
Tree of Tenere, a large-scale artwork conceived by Zachary Smith
which debuted at Burning Man 2017. The piece featured over 100,000
distinct addressable LEDs spread across a canopy of leaves. Mark C.
Slee, creator of LX Studio, was a co-lead artist on the project
responsible for animation software and content.

[tenere]Photo Credit: Little Light Photography

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Robust and Versatile

The LX engine has been deployed in a variety of contexts -- from
interiors to night clubs to large-scale installations. Flexible
design means the system can adapt to a wide range of artworks.
Interoperability with a wide variety of common standards and
protocols (MIDI, OSC, ArtNet, OPC, E1.31, KiNET, DDP) makes LX a
versatile tool suitable for use with many lighting fixtures and
control systems.

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Flexible Licensing and Open Architecture

The LX Studio Software License grants permission to use the LX
software freely in non-commercial applications. Commercial use is
subject to a total annual revenue limit of $25K on any and all
projects associated with the software. For organizations or projects
which exceed this limit, simple proprietary licensing is available.
Questions about licensing? Simply contact: mark@heronarts.com.

Source code is provided for the LX core library as well as the P3LX
UI library. The core engine is standalone Java, easily run headless
on platforms like Raspberry Pi or Android. The UI layer runs in the
open source Processing environment, making it easy to integrate with
other creative coding libraries. Though the LX libraries are not
strictly open source due to commercial use restrictions,
collaboration and contribution are welcome.

LX is built by Mark C. Slee in San Francisco at Heron Arts
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