by VELVET News | Mar 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
DEFINITION magazine invited the most relevant manufacturers in the lighting industry for a round table meeting about lighting susatinability and news challenges. High-end cinematography requires powerful lighting, but it must be sustainable. A panel of experts share some of their best advice. Javier Valderrama, CEO and co-founder of VELVET, participated in this round table and highlighted the key role of LED technology in sustainability and versatily. It brings countless advantages into all type of shooting scenarios. Green attitude is a must in the media industry and Velvet is absolutely committed to protecting and preserving the environment. “Velvet proposes and develops innovative technologies to produce more energy-efficient luminaries, to give more creative possibilities and to speed up the lighting set-up and adjustment process.” Javier Valderrama CEO We invite you to read the interview at this PDF Download...
by VELVET News | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Speed up your shoot with KOSMOS and its colorful and fully customisable VELVET effects New firmware with Effects 9 effects are now available in VELVET KOSMOS with the latest firmware version for VELVET KOSMOS. This new firmware includes new features and modifications.One of the key new functions among others are the new built-in customisable effects, which are now shown in the native menu and can help you to save time.Now you can adjust many parameters of any of effect directly in the fixture. There are no limits for your creativity with VELVET KOSMOS.Please visit our KOSMOS SUPPORT pages on this site for more details, download files, DMX maps and firmware previous versions. Download 1.06.03 Firmware How to update the Firmware? Whats’s new ? VELVET KOSMOS new features We have included these new features to our KOSMOS 400 fresnel: New Features• EFFECTS mode implemented: nine effects with multiple parameters including any color setting and programmable zoom start, zoom end and zoom speed to create any custom effect. • DEF button to recall FX settings default • PRESET button to save and load any FX custom settings • UPDATED DMX maps including EffectsDownload the new DMX Map at: www.velvetlight.tv/support/velvet-kosmos-series/ • New DMX Master dynamic mode: setting the slave KOSMOS fixtures on Mode Changing 8 bit, the Mode selected on the Master device will also be performed on the Slave fixtures . • LUMENRADIO as DMX Master: when receiving wireless commands though LumenRadio the fixture automatically behaves as a DMX Master passing commands through DMX cable. This can also be cancelled...
by VELVET News | Sep 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Ukraine, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay… VELVET luminaires are daily lighting the main TV channels worldwide.We have a large expertise designing light solutions for TV studios and adding the VELVET touch to the best shows around the world.We are proud to share the 2022 VELVET broadcast reel with our wide range of fixtures.Enjoy it! Watch it...
by VELVET News | Sep 7, 2022 | blog, blog, blog, blog, blog, blog
Last September, the DEFINITION magazine invited the most relevant manufacturers in the film and television lighting industry for a round table meeting. The aim was to discuss the current and future challenges of this technology, which is no longer so new, and how it has influenced current audiovisual production.Javier Valderrama, CEO and co-founder of VELVET, participated as one of the guests and highlighted the key lines along which the industry is moving and which are the core of the driving ideas of VELVET Sustainability and speed up productions are VELVET’s true leitmotiv, always from a high quality standard. On the point of colour lighting, Javier firmly believes that “colour LED technology can be considered not only a creative tool, but also the new white”. “Sustainability is not a choice these days. All other advantages that LED brings could be summarised in the slogan of our KOSMOS line: Speed up your shoot! Many productions are well aware of the efficiency benefits” Javier Valderrama CEO We invite you to read the interview at this PDF Download...
by VELVET News | Sep 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
VELVET luminaires are appreciated by top cinematographers all over the world. Our wide range enables them to light intimist films as well as action shoots in the most extreme conditions.The results always have the VELVET seal of quality.As has been our tradition we are excited to collect all this talent in this short video clip. Watch VELVET Film Reel...
by VELVET News | Jul 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
VELVET wins Lighting Technical Award at CineGear Los Angeles 2022 At last Cine Gear 2022 in Los Angeles, the Spanish company VELVET, which designs and manufactures its equipment in Barcelona has received the Technical Award in the category of Lighting Technology, as a recognition of the innovation of its new VELVET Cyc series.Cine Gear’s team of expert judges representing multiple industry disciplines have reviewed each product of more than 350 brands at the “Cine Gear Expo 2022” in Los Angeles in June 2022. After several weeks of in-depth deliberation, they announced the winners and VELVET Cyc took the prize in the Lighting Technology division. VELVET Cyc are asymmetric cyclorama and wash RGBW fixtures specifically designed to wash backgrounds evenly and create not only any homogeneous color but also horizontal gradient effects thanks to their multiple light engines. VELVET CYC allows individual control of each horizontal bar. Key features of VELVET Cyc are:– Individual R+G+B+W light engines for unique horizontal effects.– Adjustable vertical beam angle– Powerful output and high saturation for broadcast and film– Smooth theatrical dimming– Wireless connectivity– Silent fanless operation Individual light engines for dynamic horizontal effectsVELVET Cyc allows individual control of each horizontal bar to create color gradients due to multiple light engines. Variation of the beam angleUnlike conventional panoramic luminaires, the articulated structure of VELVET Cyc luminaires allows the vertical beam angle to be easily and mechanically changed by simply bending the luminaire in or out to adjust the beam to the user’s needs. A single row of luminaires can reach heights of up to 7 meters, which, combined with the multiple light sources, allows absolute control over...
