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Using a pattern backdrop

Using a pattern backdrop

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Using a pattern backdrop

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- Alright, so Rich, previously we saw how we can cut our own gobo using foam board and an X-Acto knife, but you know what? There are people who are probably (laughing) a little more skilled at doing that, and in fact a lot of companies have gone into this business, and we have a couple examples of some gobos right here. And what these are, these are plastic sheets that have kind of been laminated, right, to different kinds of patterns, this is almost like some tiger striping or something like that. The one that you have there looks like a window, and indeed we have a whole roll of different patterns. And on the corners of these, Rich, what do we got? - Velcro. - Yep. And so this velcro is simply going to attach to a similar sized Velcro frame, just pin the corners there, and there's your gobo. Now all you would have to do is place this into the seam, shine a light through it. Now that light, Rich, could be pure white light, - Yeah. - It could be colored light, you might even diffuse…

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