Analysis and application of a specialized lighting design software

The lighting design software liberates lighting designer from the traditional low efficiency manual design,it becomes the lighting designer's highly effective auxiliary means.So long as there is a computer,the designer may design varied picks of stage lighting effect at anytime and anywhere.This article mainly introduces the main function of software SOFTSPLOT8 3D(SP8 3D),which can be applied in the television and stage lighting design.It has carried on the concise description to the SP8 3D system interface and the commonly used functions.Meanwhile,taking a small theater lighting design as the example,this article has carried on the detailed explanation to the SP8 3D software design method and the steps,then realized the design of the lighting plot and the lighting effect picture.