Patent ID: 6930456

Claim:
A stage lighting controller for controlling a plurality of multiparameter lights, a first plurality thereof having gobo wheels and a second plurality thereof having light valves, comprising: a visual display device for displaying a first set of adjustable parameters of the first plurality of multiparameter lights and a second set of adjustable parameters of the second plurality of multiparameter lights, the first set of adjustable parameters including a mechanical gobo parameter, and the second set of adjustable parameters including an electronic image parameter; an input device, responsive to operator control for selecting and varying the mechanical gobo parameter or the first set of adjustable parameters and the electronic image parameter of the second set of adjustable parameters, a communication system for remotely controlling the multiparameter lights in accordance with the first and second sets of adjustable parameters; an image library comprising a plurality of electronic images, the image library being responsive to operator control for furnishing at least a portion of a first electronic image to the visual display device as a first display image; and a programmable component for furnishing the first electronic image to the communication system for projection from at least one multiparameter light in the second plurality of multiparameter lights.