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Amazing light shows like this over the Sydney Opera House don't just happen overnight. We go behind the scenes with The Electric Canvas - Australia's leading large projection specialist - as they prepare Customs House for it's Vivid 2011 festival debut. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Amazing light shows like this over the Sydney Opera House don't just happen overnight.

We go behind the scenes with The Electric Canvas - Australia's leading large projection specialist - as they prepare Customs House for it's Vivid 2011 festival debut.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Art Director Nick Tory, left, and senior designer Sydney Bouhaniche burn the midnight oil by putting the finishing touches to the lighting design. The Electric Canvas team of five designers have spend over 1000 hours in 2D and 3D modelling programs to create the final animations that will be projected onto Customs House. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Art Director Nick Tory, left, and senior designer Sydney Bouhaniche burn the midnight oil by putting the finishing touches to the lighting design.

The Electric Canvas team of five designers have spend over 1000 hours in 2D and 3D modelling programs to create the final animations that will be projected onto Customs House.

Picture: Charles Brewer

In order to cover Customs House, one projector in each of the forward towers will be elevated to an angle of 25 degrees. Stoppers are then screwed into place to make sure they can't move. Picture: Charles Brewer
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In order to cover Customs House, one projector in each of the forward towers will be elevated to an angle of 25 degrees.

Stoppers are then screwed into place to make sure they can't move.

Picture: Charles Brewer

With the projectors safely in place, each of the $10,000 lens' is carefully lifted up the towers and locked into place. For this job the Electric Canvas team are using a combination of three different magnification lenses to get the desired projection. Picture: Charles Brewer
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With the projectors safely in place, each of the $10,000 lens' is carefully lifted up the towers and locked into place.

For this job the Electric Canvas team are using a combination of three different magnification lenses to get the desired projection.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Steve Wylie checks each of the computer network connection so all eight projectors can be controlled from the main desk. From here the fine tuning can be done to get the image to sit exactly on the features of Customs House. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Steve Wylie checks each of the computer network connection so all eight projectors can be controlled from the main desk. From here the fine tuning can be done to get the image to sit exactly on the features of Customs House.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Peter Milne instructs his team on the line-up on Customs House as the rain comes down. Besides the obvious problem with electrical equipment and rain, the other problem is that the projected light hits the rain before the intended destination making it hard to focus. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Peter Milne instructs his team on the line-up on Customs House as the rain comes down.

Besides the obvious problem with electrical equipment and rain, the other problem is that the projected light hits the rain before the intended destination making it hard to focus.

Picture: Charles Brewer

With the projectors active, the team begin the line-up the test slide, which you can see on the computer on the left, on the features of the building. Picture: Charles Brewer
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With the projectors active, the team begin the line-up the test slide, which you can see on the computer on the left, on the features of the building.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011.

Picture: Charles Brewer

Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011. Picture: Charles Brewer
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Some of the animated projections that will greet visitors to Customs House as part of Vivid 2011.

Picture: Charles Brewer

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