In contemporary stage design, LED walls dominate with their massive visual presence, becoming an indispensable backdrop. Yet this trend brings new challenges: when background Led screens run at full power with full brightness, stage lighting often gets "washed out," leaving performers' faces dim and flat, stripping away the depth of light and shadow.

At the 2026 Ningbo Spring Festival Gala, this pain point was front and center. How to restore balance in brightness ratios and bring the audience's focus back to the performers? Neptune Series moving head wash NW10-X, delivered a compelling answer.

1.RGBL LEDs structure – Restoring the Performer's Presence

To ensure the audience truly catch every gesture of performers and have an immersive viewing experience, stage lighting must overcome the interference of high-brightness LED screens. At the 2026 Ningbo Spring Festival Gala, vast high-brightness LED walls challenged the lighting team to redefine visual focus and restore the performers to center stage.

NW10-X pioneers an industry-first 60W RGBL color formula. This configuration delivers high-color rendering and strong luminous output, enabling the fixture to "compete" directly with LED walls. In practice, NW10-X cuts through screen brightness, projecting clear, vivid light onto performers. This robust output avoids actors from being visually drowned, ensuring every detail of the performance is illuminated with clarity.

2.Precision Optical Zoom – Building Narrative Depth

Directors rely on spatial control to shape storytelling. Without precise lighting, narrative space collapses. NW10-X offers optimized optics with a 3.5°–60° zoom range. This empowers directors to sculpt space with accuracy.

From tight-focus on solos to wide washes for group choreography, NW10-X seamlessly achieves uniform and vivid lighting. It defines stage and background with clear layer through precise optical control, maintaining overall harmony while avoiding visual gaps-empowering directors to shape narratives with confidence.

3.Infinite Pan rotation – Synchronizing Rhythm and Emotion

Lighting is not static but resonates emotion. NW10-X supports infinite pan rotation, shattering the static limitations of traditional lighting.

During musical and dance sequences in Gala, Light designers can animate beams to track performers' movements, symbolizing hesitation or determination. At climactic moments, sweeping rotations synchronize with rhythm, amplifying intensity. This dynamic light language breathes life into the stage, enveloping audiences in emotion and unifying performance with visual impact.

4.AI Digital Color Processing – Rendering Every Emotion

If brightness ensures visibility, color defines emotion. Accurate color reproduction is crucial for delivering emotion. NW10-X integrates AI digital color processing, offering continuous CCT adjustment from 1800K to 10000K with CRI ≥85.

Light designers can seamlessly shift color temperature to match artistic intent. Warm hues for nostalgia, cool tones for futuristic visions. With 24-bit dimming and 24 color presets, NW10-X harmonizes perfectly with LED wall tones, achieving "screen-light unity." This is not just visual matching—it's emotional rendering. Every beam conveys atmosphere, warmth, sorrow or passion, striking directly at the audience's heart.

Additionally, the fixture comes standard with rainbow backlight effects, offering 289 pre-programmed looks. This dramatically boosts programming efficiency, enabling creative ideas to materialize quickly and ensuring emotional precision in every scene.

At the 2026 Ningbo Spring Festival Gala, the application of NW10-X was more than a technical upgrade—it was an artistic revolution. With its power, precision, and emotional resonance, NW10-X carved out a luminous space for performers amidst dazzling LED walls.

Respecting performers, returning to the essence of acting. Supporting directors, making light the faithful translator of narrative and emotion. This is the core value NW10-X brings to modern stage art, transcending LED glare to restore the soul of performance.