ChamSys Expands Training Academy, Adds Weekly Live MagicQ and Multi Language Material

ChamSys Training Academy online training
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SOUTHAMPTON, UK – ChamSys continues to build on its global commitment to education, making webinar bookings and 20-munte appointment consultations found on the training page available in German, Italian and Spanish versions.  The company has also broadened the scope of its training with the addition of new Live MagicQ sessions that will stream every Tuesday  at 11 am EST (4 pm BST).

Conducted by the ChamSys training staff, the new sessions will delve deeply into key MagicQ software capabilities, such as mapping complex fixtures, FX setup and tracking. In addition to being livestreamed on Facebook, the lessons will also be made available on IGTV.

The new MagicQ material, which will be available only in English initially, will feature the following topics:

  • Control and Mapping of Complex Fixtures With Multiple Elements, which covers subjects like Ind/Dup, element selection, and  non-linear shape fixtures used in Grids -- 14th April          
  • Better Busking With the Execute Window, which offers tips on setting up grids with groups, palettes and cues – April 21
  • FX 101, which looks at  setting up custom FX, group FX and playing back FX – 28 April
  • Faster Programming With Tracking, which explains tracking, detailing how it works with MQ, and also HLF, viewing tracking, block cue and block FX – 5 May
  • Advanced Pixel Mapping, which covers pixel mapper FX, movies, gifs and live feeds 12 May
  • Effective Playback With Options, which provides a detailed review of topics like advanced cue stack options, fader options and  playback holdover – 19 May
  • Timecode With MagicQ, which examines issues relating to timecode on cue stacks

About ChamSys

Based in the UK, ChamSys Ltd. was founded in 2003 by a group of designers and product developers seeking to create a lighting console that offered greater flexibility.  The company’s MagicQ range has set an industry standard used in some of the most prominent concert, theatre, broadcast and club applications around the world.  ChamSys was acquired in 2017 by Chauvet & Sons LLC, a leading global provider of professional luminaires, trusses, controllers and related equipment headquartered in the USA. For more information, visit www.chamsysusa.com