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Saturday, January 28, 2012, @ 4PM SLT the LUMIPro team is releasing the first commercial grade photography system on Second Life to incorporate projection prim.

LUMIPro is already the professionals choice for controlled lighting in virtual worlds. With a user base of 100s of top Second Life photographers, bloggers, machamists, and artists, using the LUMIPro daily in nearly every form of commercial publication and gallery exhibit, our user base expects unprecedented levels of control and flexibility and to remain leading edge as new technology comes available. As a commitment to our existing customers, the addition of projection prim is being offered as a free upgrade.

Stefan Buscaylet, the lead developer for LUMIPro first presented the concepts of projection prims at the Second Life Community Conference (SLCC) August 2011. "Imagine a high end real life flash lights with controlled focus and intensity and add to it both the ability to add a colored gel and an ability to project various textures and you get the basic idea of the L3 projector", says Stefan Buscaylet. Stefan lead a multi-month effort with tight team of key photography experts of prototyping various concepts to best integrate projection prim into the L3 project. "The final solution is culmination of 10 different pro types and incorporates some great ideas from customers into a seamless solution with only limited additional learning required" says Stefan.

The L3 projector takes not only the concept of a focused light, but also offers the concept used regularly with hot lights RL called "gobos". Gobos, or "go betweens" are various textures placed between the light and the model and scene which add texture and depth to the lighting. "A tree casting a richly textured light of the sun onto a model and scene is an example of a "gobo" using trees and windlight. Now imagine having that level of control times ten", says Stefan. Each L3 Projector offers 9 different textured "bulbs" with 6 different "gobos" and when combined with 100s of different gel and intensity combinations gives nearly limitless control to the photographer. L3 allows control of any number of projectors ready.

Version 3 of LUMIpro is for artists and pro photographers who demand complete creative control.

Join us at 4pm SLT at maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Opium/114/93/25 for our intro party. Music provided by Miles Eleventhauer.

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