Photon 2 vs Set Planner

Let's create your show with Photon 2. The next generation of professional DMX & Philips Hue lighting console has been rebuilt from the ground up for a better live experience. User-friendly and customizable, Photon 2 is perfect for musicians, nightclubs, live events, filmmakers, theater, stages… ◈ Wireless (Art-Net or sACN through WIFI) and ready to use, Photon reinvents the way to control DMX devices & Philips Hue*** with its single interface for all your lights. ◈ Create presets, combine them in sequences and synchronize your lights to music. Our beat tracker listens and animates your devices to the music rhythm. Live events will have no more secret for you. ◈ Want to turn your iPad into a real elegant personalized lighting control platform? The app features ground-breaking concepts that let you create your own user interface designed to make tasks practical and more intuitive. Connect external MIDI controllers like keyboards, pads, timecoders or others apps/softwares to control your fixtures. FEATURES (FREE VERSION) - 16 DMX channels - Multi-touch interface designed and optimized for iPad - Light group management. Link multiple lights together to perform the same action (colors, positions, brightness...) - Supports advanced controls (gobos/fog machine, focus) - Scene management: create presets, animate them in sequences - Create your dashboard and organize it as you wish - Art-Net/sACN/DMX channel monitor - Art-Net/sACN in multicast or unicast - Philips Hue Entertainment connection*** - Database with hundreds of pre-configured devices (fixtures) - Fixture creator to configure your devices STARTER (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - 128 DMX channels - Create as many buttons (widgets) on your dashboard as you want - Enjoy the power of automatic BeatTracker and sync your lights to live music - Ableton Link support: sync your lights with your favorite DJ app or musical instruments - Background operation mode (Live Mode) PHOTON+ (SUBSCRIPTION) Everything in Starter included, plus: - 512 DMX channels (full universe) - Multi-Dashboard: create multiple dashboards to organize your widgets by lighting type, zone, or function. Swipe between them instantly during live performance - MIDI inputs: control dashboard buttons/faders with physical MIDI controllers (pads) or virtual ones (apps) - All next features on going * Requires an Art-Net to DMX bridge. Photon relies on Open Lighting Architecture (Open Lighting Project). *** Philips Hue Entertainment requires a Hue v2 or Pro bridge.

Set Planner is a professional tool for film and TV set design. Build floor plans quickly, communicate your vision to the crew, and export to JPEG or PDF in seconds. Cameras Place cameras with customizable lens angle, focal length, and field of view. Name each camera and link a label that moves with it. Lock proportions or enable free resize per element. Actors & Equipment Add actors, monitors, keyboards, and custom library items to your plan. Choose which elements can be resized and which stay fixed — per object. Rigs Place JIB Crane, Dolly, Rails, and Drone rigs with labeled dimensions. JIB and Rail support height-only resize by default; width resize can be unlocked separately. Architecture Draw walls freehand and snap doors and windows directly onto them. Walls, doors, and windows maintain correct proportions when scaled. Drawing Tools Pen and Polyline for freehand and multi-point paths Line and Arrow with optional arrowheads at start and end Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle, and Star with adjustable fill and stroke Text labels anywhere on the canvas Bezier Curve Editing Enable Bezier handle levers for any smooth curve — Pen, Polyline, Line, or Arrow. Drag the green control handles on the canvas to shape each segment precisely. Handles move with the object, stay consistent when you add or remove knot points, and arrow heads align to the true curve tangent at the endpoint. Precision Controls Enter Width and Height numerically for geometric shapes Adjust arrow head length (10–50 pt) per element Set curve simplification distance before applying Snap to grid with configurable grid size Group, lock, and reorder elements freely Export Save your plan as a native .splan project file, export to JPEG for sharing, or generate a multi-page PDF ready for print. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.