Passfire Labs, creator of the well known hobbyist pyro website passfire.com and producer of the top selling ShowSim simulation based scripting and choreography software, has released another product this month for the pyro hobbyist community.  The new software, called AfterGlow, brings all the simulation features of their high-end ShowSim 3D product at a price anyone can afford.  Helping to fuel a pre-existing movement by young gamers to choreograph amazing virtual fireworks shows using consumer games such as Roller Coaster Tycoon3, AfterGlow gives budding young pyro artists tools specifically designed just for making fireworks shows set to music-- tools every bit as powerful as those used by real pyrotechnicians!

AfterGlow's creator, Kyle Kepley, has been working with young show designers at http://www.vpyro.com/ for a few years while developing the ground breaking ShowSim 3D software for the professional market.  "The shows these guys make are just amazing.  Every bit as good as anything you would see from a real display company," Kyle notes, "not only are they good at choreographing fireworks to music, but they are very good at creating custom fireworks effects as well."  He believes the contributions from AfterGlow users will actually benefit the professional users as well. AfterGlow, like ShowSim 3D, has a highly customizable simulation engine.  Not only can you create your own custom effects and organize them into distributable libraries, but you can customize visual elements at the particle level and even add your own sound effects.  These custom "effect skins" can then be shared with other users as the community grows.  "After seeing what these young guys were doing with just a simple sim game not even designed for making fireworks shows, I knew I had to give them a real tool and tap their skills in a way that would benefit the professionals as well.  Some of these guys are already designing real fireworks shows now for other companies!"

2009 is about to meet its end and the projects just do not stop. Grupo Luso Pirotecnia will be present from the north to the south in the celebrated night of 31st December, with fantastic and magnificent pyrotechnical performances which mark the turn of a new decade.  Grupo Luso Pirotecnia are particularly focused on New Year's Eve in Lisbon, where two fireworks productions will be simultaneously launched at midnight. Click for more information...

Premiere of the pyromusical show "Taming of fire" happened on October, 4 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on the stadium "Meteor". The pyromusical show created by pyrotechnic company "Sheriff" was the greatest fireworks in Dnepropetrovsk ever. The show was devoted to relationship of human and fire through the history of mankind and lasted for 1 hour.

6 trucks with pyrotechnic equipment and pyrotechnics, 2 minibuses with stage equipment (light, sound), 2 minibuses with accessories for fire-show, 100 liters of kerosene, more than 500 fountains and flashes were delivered to the stadium Meteor. "The taming of fire" became a combination of fire show and the art of fireworks. More about it here http://pyro-ua.com/463.html

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the accession of Éric Cardinal amongst Concept Fiatlux's shareholders. Mr Cardinal, General Manager of Ampleman Pyrotechnie, brings with him a well established company and his team of experts with an unsurpassed sense of creativity.

This association will bring you the Fiatlux-Ampleman Group, the new Canadian leader in the pyrotechnic industry. The knowhow, unified teams and artistic forces will allow us to offer a wide range of pyrotechnic possibilities unique to Fiatlux-Ampleman.

No companies have been announced just yet but here are the countries and their respective dates:

12 June: Taiwan
19 June: Italy
26 June: Poland
3 July: Portugal
10 July: Hommage to Celine Dion
17 July: USA
24 July: Canada
31 July: Sweden
7 August: France
14: August: Jupiter Ceremony

Stay tuned: http://www.internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com

The Convention and Visitors Authority and the co-sponsor Las Vegas Events announced that the New Years firework will be launched from the MGM Grand, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island, the Venetian, and the Aria Resort (at the new CityCenter). New safety guidelines were designed to allow using fireworks on rooftops. Grab your yard long margarita drinks and set your clock to get your butt outside to watch this fantastic display put together by Grucci Fireworks. Remember to kiss your neighbour and run back inside to party the night away! (What happens in...)