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The GDTF Hub news section. Have a GDTF/MVR related news to share? Email us at info (at) gdtf.eu .
GDTF Builder Maintenance Update February 2025
Updated GDTF Builder with several fixes and improvements has been released.
Posted February 23, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Builder
DMXtoColor for TouchDesigner
Nicola Mune has created a small tool DMXtoColorTD to easily convert DMX color signal from a light desk into normalized RGB values in TouchDesigner. The DMX channels and color information are taken from a GDTF file and provided to TouchDesigner for further usage.
Posted February 16, 2025 ‐ Categories: GDTF
GDTF Fixture Building with Cedric Eestermans
Cedric Eestermans of Ctrl+Cee will lead a Fixture Building/GDTF class at FACE. The goal of this advanced two day training which takes place from 10am to 5pm on Thursday 13 and Friday February 14, 2025 at Boom, Belgium, is to guide you through the ins and outs of creating GDTF fixtures.
Posted February 7, 2025 ‐ Categories: GDTF
GDTF Share Report for January 2025
GDTF Share report for the month of January 2025
Posted February 1, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
GDTF Share Report for the Year of 2024
GDTF Share total and yearly report for the year of 2024 with interactive chart.
Posted January 25, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
Jacob Waite: Discover what GDTF and MVR can offer
Jacob Waite in his article for TPI discovers what what GDTF and MVR can offer the live entertainment sector and how it is striving to challenge and unify the exchange of data among live entertainment systems in a conversation with the founding partners of General Device Type Format (GDTF) and My Virtual Rig (MVR).
Posted January 19, 2025 ‐ Categories: GDTF
Chris Lose: Unlocking the Power of GDTF
Article written by Chris Lose at PLSN: Unlocking the Power of GDTF discusses the challenges programmers face with the increasing complexity of modern lighting fixtures, and how the industry has developed the GDTF standard to address this by providing a unified, collaborative, and customizable system for describing fixtures across software platforms.
Posted January 14, 2025 ‐ Categories: GDTF
Tutorial to GDTF by FatBoozy
FatBoozy streamed the process of creating a multipixel LED GDTF wash/beam fixture. In Spanish.
GDTF Share Report for December 2024
GDTF Share report for the month of December 2024
Posted January 1, 2025 ‐ 1 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, GDTF Share
Robe Lighting: Unifying the Industry in 2024
Robe Lighting has published a summary article of Robe GDTF files for 2024 on their GDTF Manufacturer page. The list includes files for their latest fixtures, as well as several older devices, including a notable 20-year-old Robe Lighting product from 2004. This commitment to providing GDTF files for both new and legacy products demonstrates an unprecedented level of service for all GDTF users.
Posted December 27, 2024 ‐ Categories: GDTF, Robe Lighting
GDTF and MVR Hitting the Mark Following Successful LDI Show
After a very busy and productive LDI exhibition, the GDTF and MVR specifications got further updated with adjustments and improvements
Posted December 20, 2024 ‐ 2 min read ‐ Categories: GDTF, MVR
