Whether you work as a professional cinematographer or enjoy shooting videos as a hobby, you’re going to encounter a wide range of stories that require specific tools to visually bring them to life.

Despite an ever-expanding range of filmmaking gear offered to creatives to meet these demands, budgets and production timelines continue to shrink. In the world of lighting especially, every creative is forced to think critically before adding to their toolkit.

It certainly helps when one light can be adapted to take the place of many.

What if I told you that you could control 100 lighting fixtures from four football fields away AND change their color output to match your favorite T-shirt with just your smartphone?

You’d probably question why you would ever use your shirt to light a scene… but you wouldn’t know unless you gave it a try!

Today, we’re breaking down the key features of the Sidus Link wireless lighting control app and what you need to know to unlock your light’s full potential.

With the basics of Sidus Link’s Magic Program covered in part one of our tutorial series, you’re now ready to navigate more advanced tools for wirelessly programming lighting effects.

In this article, we’ll be covering the mastery of Continue fixture controls and why they’re important for creating a number of different lighting sequences.

If this is your first time hearing about Sidus Link’s wireless Bluetooth Mesh App, then the best place to start would be our Sidus Link 101 overview.

The Accent B7c is now available in an 8-Light Charging Kit. Made for indie filmmakers, owner-operators, and rental houses; the 8- Light Charging Kit allows you to simultaneously store and protect up to eight B7c bulbs, giving you enough practical lights for any scene. All you’ll need is a single outlet available to recharge and bring your lights back to full operating power.

The B7c 8-Light Kit

The 8-Light Charge Case is not only designed for ease of use but for safety as well. …

With the release of five new accessories, our goal is to help you control all the lights on your set the way you need to. Not only have we put them below for you to check out, but we have also included links to their respective pages on our website so you can see all the necessary specs on these new tools in lighting control…

If you’ve ever used Sidus Link’s wireless Bluetooth control app, you know there are many treasures to be found in its control features. From Quickshots to Color Picker, or even Picker FX, we’ve never had such powerful lighting tools so accessible before.

But there is one mysterious lighting mode that eludes users, as there has been little information to be found about it just yet. And that's Magic Program.

If you aren’t yet familiar with the Sidus Link app, you may find our Sidus Link 101 breakdown more useful to start before exploring Magic Program.

What is Magic Program?

For film productions of all levels, working within a limited budget is a challenge that creatives must overcome to bring a project to life.

This constraint can result in fantastic achievements of ingenuity when approached correctly, or dangerous consequences when safety is jeopardized in the pursuit of reducing expenses. It’s a tricky balance of cost vs production value necessary to deliver the vision intended by a director.

So today, we’re discussing this same challenge that brought together a group of talented artists on Jasmine Sokko’s music video GIRLS and how cinematographer Teck Siang Lim used LED lighting with smart planning…

When picturing a film set, one word that comes to mind is BIG. “It takes a village” can be an understatement, with some productions consisting of hundreds of crew, extensive sets, and tons of equipment all needed to bring a story to life.

Yet somehow through the magic of preparation, teamwork, and sometimes a little luck, this grand scale operation creates the small moments we remember films for.

It also comes down to these details that make all the difference.