Vectorworks for Entertainment Design: Using Vectorworks to Design and Document Scenery, Lighting, and Sound

Mr. Allen has been a Vectorworks beta tester and has taught and lectured on the use of Vectorworks at universities and at the Broadway Lighting Master Classes.. Kevin Lee Allen is an Emmy Award winning scenic and lighting designer who works in theatre, film, television, as well as corporate environments, themed archit

Allen has been a Vectorworks beta tester and has taught and lectured on the use of Vectorworks at universities and at the Broadway Lighting Master Classes.. Projects include work for the United States Government, CNN, CNBC, CNN International, a virtual interview with Benjamin Franklin, productions of Romeo & Juliet, the Tempest, and Once Upon a Time in New Jersey. About the AuthorKevin Lee Allen is an Emmy Award winning scenic and lighting designer who works in theatre, film, television, as well as corporate environments, themed architecture, corporate and museum exhibits, special events, and specialty graphics. Mr

The author focuses on both the technical how-to and the art of design, giving you the tools you need to learn and then use the application professionally. The text stresses the process of developing an idea, visualizing it, and evolving it for presentation, documentation, or drafting. With adetailed look at the design process, from idea to development, to the documentation necessary for execution, Vectorworks for Entertainment Design will encourage you to create your own process and workflow through exercises that build on one another. Fully illustrated with step-by-step instructi

"Not great, but far, far better than trying to figure out Vectorworks without it." according to Jeffitz. Very helpful in learning Vectorworks. However, at least in the Kindle Edition, the images are too low resolution to read clearly (way too low), which is problematic because the text relies on them heavily at times to illustrate important Vectorworks settings. The author also often skips steps. This is a great book in that it takes this complex program and This is a great book in that it takes this complex program and focuses on what we use it for in our industry. It dives into little tips and tricks you may have missed if you are an experienced user. The downside is there are a few places where the instructions become convoluted and hard to fo. Not what I expected I found it difficult to follow. I didn't like the way it was organized.To me it was haphazard.To me a book like this is to explain things not in the manual, or perhaps to take you step by step,To be fair, I was mostly interested in the lighting part, so I was looking for a way to say, this is