<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpc714f658yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Without backlighting, I don't need to make a light-box. I can simply make, and hang it like a banner. A pure rectangle shape would only need a dowel on the top and bottom. If I go with a round or gothic-arch type of top, I would need to cut out some plywood, but that is about the structure I would need.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The cheap, $30, DMX controllable, UV fixtures, with about a 30 Deg beam, makes it fairly easy to control where the light is going, so I don't have to wash the whole stage. Though, being from China, the light output is probably only half what is claimed.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Plus, I don't have 72 SqFt of scrap gel to throw at this project.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpc714f658signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">-Joe</div></div></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 08:45:11 PM EST, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote: <br></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Why do you want to avoid back lighting?</div></div>
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