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The GDTF Group has announced its participation at ISE 2026:
🎉 The GDTF Group is heading to Integrated Systems Europe! Join us in our exclusive GDTF meeting room each day of the show for:
🕚 11:00am – GDTF & MVR Overview + Demo
🕚 3:00pm – Open Q&A Session
No registration, no fuss – just great insights, live demos, and expert conversations.
ETC EOS Update v3.3.5 GDTF imports now include color configuration information.
In the Vectorworks 2026, Update 3, Spotlight includes enhancements to MVR import and export, so that LED walls and lighting fixtures transfer more reliably between Vectorworks and visualizers, it also improves performance and responsiveness when working with lighting devices, shutters, and GDTF geometry.
Posted January 19, 2026 ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, Vectorworks
GDTF Share total and yearly report for the year of 2025 with interactive chart.
Posted January 14, 2026 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
Lightwright, the popular lighting data and paperwork tool, has announced support for the MVR scene format. This update allows users to export lighting designs in MVR for seamless compatibility with industry-standard visualization and previsualization software, making it easier than ever to share work across platforms.
Posted January 6, 2026 ‐ Categories: MVR, Lightwright
GDTF Share report for the month of December 2025
Posted January 1, 2026 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
Richard is describing on his website how the GDTF and MVR workflow is becoming an integral part of the industry. 'The first time I imported the MVR file, I thought it didn’t work. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. I went back into the Patch window and eventually realized that there were so many objects that I had to scroll way down the patch to find the fixtures, which included the Fixture ID and DMX address. You can read the full article on LSA.
Posted December 26, 2025 ‐ Categories: Vectorworks, MVR, MA Lighting, GDTF
Sockpuppet, Disguise’s fixture-personality authoring tool within Disguise Designer, now supports GDTF export, allowing custom fixture definitions to be shared across the wider GDTF ecosystem. The update improves interoperability between virtual production, lighting, and visualization workflows.
Posted December 19, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF
The Comparison Matrix of MVR Implementations page has been updated to show current status of implemented MVR features across various software products.
Posted December 12, 2025 ‐ 2 min read ‐ Categories: MVR, GDTF
Griffin Rodgers writes on PLSN: …and visualizers, including MVR export and built-in grandMA parameter calculations. A New Sales Model for Connected Workflows To deliver features faster and reduce the upfront cost of the platform, Lightwright… Read more at PLSN…
Lighting and Unreal Engine can both feel intimidating when you’re starting out. Patch this, address that, modes, universes, DMX channels—it’s a lot. This tutorial series was created to make it simpler, clearer, and way more fun. Sometimes you just need to see it from a different angle for everything to click. Imagine, create… and see if it goes boom.
Posted December 4, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR, Unreal Engine
TPI: The power of MA Lighting’s grandMA3 system was the choice to carry out the lighting… Read more at TPI…
Posted December 3, 2025 ‐ Categories: TPI