Appearance - Strand Lighting NEO User Manual

NEO Lighting Control Console

33. Appearance

Use the options in the appearance tab to define how the software looks on screen. This provides the ability to set up
the software to your own personal look and feel. If you are running NEO on a slow computer system you way also
want to turn off some of the graphical options in the channel window.
System Properties, Appearance Tab
Show pan and tilt position within fixture image - By default NEO will draw a small x inside the image at the top of
the channel cell to represent the position of the pan and tilt values. Turn this option off to disable this feature.
Show graphic bar representation of dimmers - The "fade bar" is a blue (default) bar that displays the current
channel level and appears just under the text. Toggle this option to determine if the software displays this bar.
Show picture of intelligent fixtures - If you have patched an intelligent fixture you can display a picture in each cell
of the channel view. Toggle this option to turn this on or off.
Show picture of basic fixtures - A basic fixture is a fixture with only a single dimmer attribute. Use this option to
toggle if the software will display a picture in each cell of the channel view.
Skip over unpatched channels - With this option on the software will not draw a cell for every channel unless it is
patched. Unpatched channels will be ignored. When turned off the unpatched channels will appear as a grey cell in
the channel display.
Return focus to channel grid when opening fixture control - When an intelligent fixture is selected the fixture
control window will automatically appear. This option determines if the focus is retained in the channel display or
moved to the new fixture control window.
Show color block for RGB fixtures - By default a color only fixture will not display an image of the fixture like
other intelligent fixtures but rather a block representing the color set. Turn this option off to show the image instead of
the color. The color will still be shown but in a small bar below the image.
Show help balloon for keyboard shortcuts - In the channel display a help balloon will appear in the top right hand
corner as soon as the control key is pressed to show all of the keyboard shortcuts that can be accessed. Use this option
to turn off the display of these messages.
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Appearance