Learning Advanced Techniques - ETC Expression 2.0 User Manual

Chapter 5 Learning advanced techniques
chapter 5

learning advanced techniques

The lessons in this chapter address advanced features that allow you to
use Expression more efficiently and to create more complex lighting
effects .
Before you start the lessons you should know how to create and play
back cues and submasters and how to take manual control of timed
fades . Chapter 4, Learning the basics includes lessons on these tasks.
The lessons in this chapter will teach you how to:
• Create and run multipart cues
• Use Track record function
• Use Track Sheet
• Use Group feature
• Create and run effects
• Create and run subroutines
• Create and run autoloads
• Create and run macros
Each of these features is described briefly below.
Multipart cues
A multipart cue is a cue that consists of two or more parts. Each part is
in effect an individual cue with its own levels and upfade and downfade
times. A multipart cue allows you to simultaneously run and control up
to eight discrete looks through one multipart cue. Each part may have its
own fade and wait times. A multipart cue takes up the equivalent
storage space of three cues.
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