Photon 2: DMX Light Controller 2.6.3 - App Store

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About Photon 2: DMX Light Controller

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...

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.

Version History What's new in 2.6.3 Sound and light on one device: your Bluetooth or AirPlay music keeps playing while Photon listens to the beat. Read the exact DMX values (0-255) of your controls, in the freshly redesigned Settings. Smoother and more stable, with fixes for iPadOS 26. 2.6.3 May 31 The Bridge Pro is now supported by Photon and brings its quad-core chip and 150+ lights. - Bridge Pro + Bridge v2, together. Switch between bridges in one tap. Every light knows where it belongs. - Your lights, by name. "Centura Spot", "Lightstrip Plus" : no more generic labels. See at a glance what's connected and what's not. - Rock solid. Long show sessions without slowdowns. Zero memory leaks. Plug in, map out, light up. 2.6.2 Apr 20 What's New in Photon 2.6.1 Major stability improvement and v2.6 features like Multi Dashboard. Organize your lighting controls like never before! • Create multiple dashboards to organize your widgets by fixture type, zone, or function • Rename dashboards to match your workflow • Add more widgets than ever — no limits on your control surface • Swipe instantly between dashboards during live performance • Drag widgets from one dashboard to another PHOTON+ SUBSCRIPTION Introducing Photon+ — unlock multi-dashboard and all advanced features: 512 DMX channels, MIDI integration, background mode, and more. Thank you for using Photon! 2.6.1 Mar 19 What's New in Photon 2.6 MULTI-DASHBOARD Organize your lighting controls like never before! • Create multiple dashboards to organize your widgets by fixture type, zone, or function • Rename dashboards to match your workflow • Add more widgets than ever — no limits on your control surface • Swipe instantly between dashboards during live performance • Drag widgets from one dashboard to another PHOTON+ SUBSCRIPTION Introducing Photon+ — unlock multi-dashboard and all advanced features: 512 DMX channels, MIDI integration, background mode, and more. Thank you for using Photon! 2.6.0 Mar 13 What's new in Photon 2.5.3? - Ability to copy/paste colors or positions between different groups - Duplicate sequences and presets with a long press (or right click on the Mac) - Fixed slowness when synchronizing devices with the database 2.5.3 01/10/2023 What's new in Photon 2.5.2? - Ability to remove icons on buttons and sliders (to leave images only) - Seconds are now real, correction of the approximation - Improved the stability of the application - Fixed some issues related to iOS16 - Other minor UI bug fixes 2.5.2 12/04/2022 What's new in Photon 2.5? • Introduce the new Latch & Solo Mode which allows the dashboard's buttons to be triggered in "solo". This feature allows the deactivation of the other buttons to switch from one scene to another for example. • Added a diagnostic reporting system that allows the most complex bugs to be fixed via the community support. • Improve stability of the app and prevent crashes (particularly related to the sequences) • Fixed an issue that could lead to the loss of the show • Other minor UI bug fixes 2.5.1 09/12/2022 What's new in Photon 2.5? • Introduce the new Latch & Solo Mode which allows the dashboard's buttons to be triggered in "solo". This feature allows the deactivation of the other buttons to switch from one scene to another for example. • Added a diagnostic reporting system that allows the most complex bugs to be fixed via the community support. • Improve stability of the app and prevent crashes (particularly related to the sequences) • Fixed an issue that could lead to the loss of the show • Other minor UI bug fixes 2.5.0 09/08/2022 What's new in Photon 2.4? • Improved performance of Photon when in the background to reduce power consumption • All MIDI channels are taken into account instead of just one • Fixed Live Mode initialization problem from the dashboard • Other minor bug fixes 2.4.0 07/22/2022 What's new in Photon 2.3? • MIDI : External triggers can interact with your dashboard. Connect external wired and wireless MIDI controllers like keyboards, pads, timecoders or others apps/softwares to control your fixtures. *Pro version only • Heavy optimizations of the Photon kernel for lower resource and energy consumption. Photon 2.3 also offers better performance on older generation iPads • It is now possible to clone a custom device (2.3.2) • Fix a crash on the Mac M1 version of Photon • Other minor bug fixes 2.3.2 02/16/2022 What's new in Photon 2.3? • MIDI : External triggers can interact with your dashboard. Connect external wired and wireless MIDI controllers like keyboards, pads, timecoders or others apps/softwares to control your fixtures. *Pro version only • Heavy optimizations of the Photon kernel for lower resource and energy consumption. Photon 2.3 also offers better performance on older generation iPads • Fix a crash on the Mac M1 version of Photon • Other minor bug fixes 2.3.1 02/14/2022 What's new in Photon 2.3? • MIDI : External triggers can interact with your dashboard. Connect external wired and wireless MIDI controllers like keyboards, pads, timecoders or others apps/softwares to control your fixtures. *Pro version only • Heavy optimizations of the Photon kernel for lower resource and energy consumption. Photon 2.3 also offers better performance on older generation iPads • Fix a crash on the Mac M1 version of Photon • Other minor bug fixes 2.3.0 02/13/2022 Fixes an annoying bug when patching DMX devices 2.2.1 01/05/2022 To better assist you in the realization of your light shows, Photon now includes a user guide fully integrated into the app. Do you need help to use Photon? What DMX interfaces are compatible? Learn about groups, presets, sequences, dashboard... and how to create your show from the beginning. You can access to our user guide directly from the app or with your desktop at docs.photon-ios.com 2.2.0 11/30/2021 Upgrade of the integrated manufacturer/fixture database Improve Photon stability with : - Fixed a crash during the payment process - Fixed a crash when pressing the beat tracker too fast 2.1.4 10/29/2021 - Better display management in case you have more than 20 groups on the Live Dashboard (thanks Amounra) - Crash fix when deleting a sequence during editing - Unlocking the beat tracker when the iPad locks and unlocks (thanks Jonny) - Fixed a bug that prevented to change correctly the value of the groups' circular faders 2.1.3 10/22/2021 • Ableton Link synchronization is now available for free ! • Fix presets edition bugs and crashes What's new in 2.1 ? DMX world now meets Philips Hue Entertainment* ! Photon 2.1 can now control your Philips Hue lights and other DMX lights in the same project. Simply connect your bridge to the app to use all the features of Photon with your Philips Hue. Brightening up your most beautiful evening at home or controlling strip lights in your bar is now at your fingertips ! * Philips Hue Entertainment requires v2 bridge (minimum) and Entertainment compatible bulbs (max 10 Philips Hue lights). 2.1.2 10/12/2021 NEW : DMX world now meets Philips Hue Entertainment* ! Photon 2.1 can now control your Philips Hue lights and other DMX lights in the same project. Simply connect your bridge to the app to use all the features of Photon with your Philips Hue. Brightening up your most beautiful evening at home or controlling strip lights in your bar is now at your fingertips ! * Philips Hue Entertainment requires v2 bridge (minimum) and Entertainment compatible bulbs (max 10 Philips Hue lights). 2.1.1 09/06/2021 NEW : DMX world now meets Philips Hue Entertainment* ! Photon 2.1 can now control your Philips Hue lights and other DMX lights in the same project. Simply connect your bridge to the app to use all the features of Photon with your Philips Hue. Brightening up your most beautiful evening at home or controlling strip lights in your bar is now at your fingertips ! * Philips Hue Entertainment requires v2 bridge (minimum) and Entertainment compatible bulbs (max 10 Philips Hue lights). 2.1.0 08/29/2021 Photon 2 is simply fantastic, but a few small bugs have crept in, here they are already fixed! 2.0.1 : - Fixed a scroll problem in the list of groups - Fixed an anomaly that did not allow multiple sequences to be stacked at the same time on the dashboard - Add Photon 1 exports files (.phos) compatibility - Fixed some bugs causing the app to crash Enjoy Photon 2 and if you find bugs please tell us on our community website 2.0.1 05/04/2021 2.0 04/14/2021

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Photon 2: DMX Light Controller since it was posted on our website on 2022-03-16 20:50:46. The latest version is 2.6.3 and it was updated on 2026-07-01 02:20:43. See below the changes in each version.

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