Lasershow Designer 2000 is the all-in-one solution. It is so comprehensive that by using a portable computer which includes our entire laser production with synchronized music and on-screen previews, everything can be done on-site.
With a digital camera or camcorder, capture the client's image as a digitized photo. LD's award-winning raster feature turns the image into a TV-like laser-projected photograph, or Load in one of the our 100,000 already-drawn laser clip art frames, or call up client's logos from Corel, Photoshop or other sources and use LD's built-in Auto Trace to convert it into a vector (outline) laser frame.
Put an audio track into the animation and create precise cues then Preview the show in full color on the computer screen, complete with CD quality music accompaniment.
This is ideal for checking last-minute changes, or for a client approval presentation - no laser projector needed.
We can even e-mail you an AVI of the presentation for your approval.

As you can see, LD has a tremendous variety of features, all designed so we can more easily create client-pleasing lasershow productions.

The “secret” to LD’s power is its hardware board. Every LD system comes with a Pangolin-manufactured QM2000 PCI Card.
The Card is a self-contained computer with its own microprocessor, memory, DMX, Video sync and projector control inputs & outputs.
The board gets commands from the LD and Showtime programs. When displaying a frame, or playing a show, the board does this completely on its own, without relying on the host PC. This advanced technology means more reliable shows. In fact, the host PC can crash or even be rebooted during the show, and LD will keep on playing.

This software is used by us and other top companies for the best shows and products. LD2000 is chosen for the world’s best shows because of its hardware and software sophistication.
For example, one of the largest laser shows in history featured 400 watts of laser power from 16 projectors in Moscow’s Lushniki Stadium. Pangolin developed a network so a single operator could run different show material on every projector, using 16 computers equipped with LD. The show producer chose LD specifically because no other system had this much control.

We have also developed a system we have called LSPro MicroLINK.
This remote control system allows us to control a Laser or many Lasers, DMX equipment and all the features of LD from several kilometres away.

Another reason we selected Lasershow Designer is because it has an open architecture. If we need a specialised feature, we can then use Visual Basic or C to develop a product to control LD.
One example is AVI’s Omniscan, the world’s first 360 degree, full-dome planetarium laser projector. It uses custom software to control the laser, lens, and effects — and to control the LD system used for all graphics and beams.

Our Software has won many more awards than any other laser software. It has been honoured with ILDA Awards for technology achievement.
In addition, Pangolin has earned the Laserist’s Choice “Brewster” Award for best laser product in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Even better, our clients can enjoy award-winning shows. In recent years, about half of all ILDA Artistic Award winners have used LD for part or all of their entry — significantly more than any other laser software.