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having to move the fader. This is really nice for live shows, where you want to set up the next look.
The down side of the Blind function is that you can't have anything in your programmer that you would like to keep
live while you are working on something else in the background. This is where Preview helps us.
Preview
The other option for looking at something without actually outputting it is the Preview function.
With this we can look at and edit cues and we can test how the fade times look from one cue to another. All
without actually outputting anything.
This might be best explained by a scenario. In our theater the designer is considering to add fixture 1 at 50% in the
first cue.
So "Off" everything and run cue 1 now add fixture 1 at 50% in your programmer. So now he's sitting talking with the
set designer about this change. But you really want to add the Hex7's with an orange glow in cue 3. But you can't
go into blind, cause that would take out fixture 1. So what to do?
Try to press the Prvw key and then the big
headline! This is to show you that they are currently showing you something that isn't the real output.
Notice that fixture number 1 is still active in the output. The DMX view is still showing the actual output of the
console. But fixture 1 is not in our programmer. It's not in any of the Fixture views.
We are currently looking at cue number 1, both in real life and in Preview. But we want to edit cue 3.
Try to press the little Go+
executors) and then the Prvw
add the Hex7's just as we would normally do.
Fixture 21 thru 24 needs to go to 15% in an orange color. All this is currently in your
notice that this is visible in both the Fixture views, but no value has changed in the DMX sheet.
Now press Update Please
our previewer.
This is cue 4. Here we need to turn off the Hex7's and add this zero value to the cue. Please do this.
Now let's say the director and set designer are done talking and decided not to add fixture number 1. Now we can
exit the preview mode. Press
Now back in real world, we can run our cues to check what we have programmed in preview. Clear the
programmer and run the cues.
The Preview function is a nice tool to work in the background and check fade times. If you want to preview other
executors then you need to press
DMX Tester
In the beginning of this chapter I mentioned that DMX channels that was under the influence of the DMX tester has a
red background in the DMX view. So let's have a look at the DMX tester.
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Go+ under the main executor. Now your fixture views get a red
in the command section (it's important
. Now you can see the fade from cue 1 to 2 and the follow into cue 3. Now we can
and tap Ok to update cue number 3. Clear your programmer and run the next cue in
Esc . If you have something in your command line you might need to press it twice.
Preview and then a key associated with that executor.
not to
press the big Go+ under the main
preview programmer
. Please
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