Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Latest Edition of Entertainment Design Instructional Guide

	Entertainment Design: Scenery, Lighting, and Sound with Vectorworks Spotlight, Fourth Edition by Kevin Lee Allen

Authored by award-winning scenic and lighting designer, Kevin Lee Allen, Entertainment Design: Scenery, Lighting, and Sound with Vectorworks Spotlight, Fourth Edition provides readers with tutorial-based design techniques applicable to film, television, concerts, exhibits, and more. Allen updated the instructional guide to complement the release of Vectorworks Spotlight with Renderworks 2015 software developed by Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.

The guide outlines a process for design development and collaboration with other designers and technical staff. Specifically, Entertainment Design explores the creation of scenic, lighting, and sound designs for a theoretical Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet. Readers will also learn how to create a simple 3D object.

In addition to reflecting the features in Vectorworks 2015 software, the fourth edition of the guidebook will help readers:
• Use the new deform tool to bend, taper, or create a bulge with practically any geometric object.
• Create temporary platforms with stage deck tools and model supports with stage lift tools.
• Directly edit lighting position objects.
• Work with new rendering styles such as white model style.

Readers will also be introduced to the Vectorworks Remote App, which connects mobile devices to a Vectorworks desktop using a remote connection plug-in. The app allows users to interactively use the device like a remote to view, navigate, and present designs without having to be at their desktops.

"Kevin Lee Allen's books and accompanying tutorials have been tremendously helpful as I transitioned to Vectorworks as my go-to drafting software," said Tom Palmer, partner and creative director at Palmer Schwartz Agency. "I can't think of a better investment in Vectorworks education than purchasing this training guide."