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Lighting physics, atmospheric simulation, DMX control, image tools, and production calculators — built by Keith and Seven, live in the browser.

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Experiments
19
Tools
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Total
Theme
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Experiments11
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Canvas · Color
Beam Sweep
Six moving-head fixtures on a top bar. Pan them with your cursor, dial in color presets, and watch chase sequences ripple across the rig.
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Particles · Atmos
Haze Field
Atmospheric particle simulation inspired by real haze machines. Move your cursor to attract and heat the field — particles drift, bloom, and fade naturally.
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LED · Effects · Canvas
Pixel Grid
Madrix-style LED effect engine. Drive a live pixel grid with 20+ effects — plasma, fire, matrix rain, vortex, scanner, and more. Layer two effects with a crossfader, sync to BPM, and save custom presets.
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DMX · Controls
Wave Console
A grandMA3-inspired fixture console. Build a rig, shape the wave, and watch intensity chase across your lights in real time. Includes effect presets, group recall, BPM readout, and rainbow mode.
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Canvas · Optics · Patterns
Moiré Effect
Interactive moiré interference engine. Layer lines, dots, grids, radial spokes, concentric rings, and hex patterns — rotate them against each other to generate emergent optical illusions in real time.
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Canvas · Motion · Depth
Parallax Depth
Multi-layer parallax field driven by your cursor. Up to 7 independent depth planes shift at different rates — closer layers move more, far layers barely drift. Seven themes, seven shapes, shooting stars, twinkle, and nebula backgrounds.
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LED · Pixel · Effects
LED Tape Controller
Multi-run LED pixel tape controller. Program up to 8 independent tape runs with 15 real-time effects — fire, rainbow, comet, meteor, ocean, theater chase, and more. Master brightness, BPM sync, per-run color, speed, and reverse.
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Simulation · Turing · Organic
Reaction Diffusion
Real-time Gray-Scott reaction-diffusion simulation. Two virtual chemicals interact to grow coral, mazes, leopard spots, fingerprints, and waves — all from the same equations with different parameters. Paint seeds onto the canvas and watch patterns emerge.
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Canvas · Perception
Optical Illusions
Eight classic perception illusions — Rotating Snakes, Peripheral Drift, Café Wall, Hermann Grid, Breathing Squares, Motion Aftereffect, Pinna Rings, and Neon Color Spreading. Move your cursor to warp and interact with each effect.
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Canvas · Physics · Portfolio
Anti-Gravity Gallery
Project thumbnails masked into shapes, floating in a zero-gravity box with real-time physics. Grab any thumbnail and throw it — bodies collide, spin, and bounce off the walls. Flip gravity on to watch the whole portfolio fall and settle.
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SVG · Generative · Print
Pattern Foundry
Tile-based generative pattern designer. A seeded grid of geometric glyphs — arcs, circles, triangles, bars — in curated print-shop palettes. Roll compositions, mirror them, and export print-quality SVG or high-res PNG.
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On Progress
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw · Man and Superman
Production Tools19
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Planning & Proposals3
RFP Creator
Proposals · Production
Build a professional Request for Proposal document for any theatrical production. Fill in project brief, scope of work, technical specs, schedule, and budget — then export a clean, formatted RFP ready to send to vendors.
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Venue Capacity
IBC · NFPA
Calculate max occupancy from room dimensions using IBC load factors. Deduct stage, production footprint, and circulation — then estimate actual seated capacity across six layout types.
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Permit Checklist
Events · Compliance
Per-show permit tracker covering fire & life safety, noise ordinances, road closures, electrical, alcohol, aerial, health & safety, and more. Track status, due dates, contacts, costs, and notes. Printable and downloadable.
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Image3
Image Converter
PNG · JPEG
Convert images between PNG, JPEG, WebP, and BMP — entirely in the browser. No uploads, no server. Adjust JPEG/WebP quality and compare source vs output side by side with file size delta.
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Image Resizer
Resize · Scale
Resize images by exact pixel dimensions, percentage scale, or common presets. Lock aspect ratio, choose Lanczos/bilinear/nearest-neighbor resampling, and export as PNG, JPEG, or WebP.
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Image → PBR
Normal · Roughness
Generate a full PBR texture set from any image — Albedo, Normal Map, Roughness, Metallic, Ambient Occlusion, and Height — all processed client-side using pixel-level analysis. No uploads.
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Power & Electrical4
Ohm's Law
V · I
Three plain-English power scenarios: know two values, solve for the third. Volts, Amps, and Watts — instantly.
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Power Calculator
kW · kVA
Build a full load list for your show, calculate total draw in kW and kVA, and size your generator or distro before you hit the venue.
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Voltage Drop
AWG · Cable
Calculate voltage drop across any cable run. Pick wire gauge, load amps, run length, and phase — get drop percentage, voltage at load, and NEC compliance check with minimum AWG recommendation.
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3-Phase Balance
A · B
Distribute loads across legs A, B, and C of a 3-phase system. See live imbalance %, estimated neutral current, and get an auto-rebalance suggestion to keep your distro happy.
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Network & RF3
Network IP Tool
IP · DMX
Theatrical network planning tool. Build a show IP address plan with live conflict detection, calculate subnets, look up Art-Net port addresses, compute sACN multicast addresses, reference protocols, browse curated resources, and download a full network report.
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Show IT Planner
Bandwidth · WiFi
Plan your show's entire IT infrastructure — calculate required bandwidth for every device on the rig, design WiFi zones with AP counts and capacity checks, map hardline drops by position and cable type, and generate a full pre-show IT checklist.
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Network & RF Wiki
Network · RF
Two-tab reference for show production networking and RF/wireless. Network tab covers OSI model, VLANs, Dante, AES67, sACN, Art-Net, NDI, OSC, switches, fiber, WiFi, and PTP. RF tab covers frequency coordination, TV whitespace, intermodulation, antennas, IEM, wireless mics, and wireless DMX — with a live intermod calculator.
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Rigging, Optics & LED3
Rig Calc
Rigging · Loads
Multi-point truss load analysis supporting 2–8 pick points. Set span, position your motors, and add fixtures or speakers — get live reactions per pick point, safety status against SWL, and shear/moment diagrams.
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Throw Distance
Optics · Beam
Lighting optics calculator for fixture placement. Enter beam angle and either throw distance or desired spot size — get the missing value instantly, with a visual diagram and reference table.
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Pixel Map
LED Wall · Tiles
LED wall pixel mapping tool for production and pre-vis. Set wall size, tile dimensions, and pixel pitch — generates a fully labeled panel map with resolution stats, aspect ratio, and three export formats.
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Color3
Color Translator
RGB · CMY
Translate any color across every format used in production — RGB, CMY, Hex, HSL, CMYK — with gel references, Pantone matches, mood annotations, and gamut analysis. Built for lighting designers who speak in numbers.
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Color Schemer
Harmony · Palette
Pick a base color and instantly generate palettes for all 12 classic harmony schemes — complementary, triadic, analogous, monochromatic, and more. Includes color psychology, WCAG contrast scores, and PNG/CSS export.
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Color Science Wiki
Light · Eye
A complete interactive reference for color science — from photon physics and cone biology to color models, perception phenomena, harmony theory, and production application. Eight chapters with interactive experiments built in.
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We are entranced by great wonders, epic vistas, and brilliant minds.

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