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Parked channels have a blue background. And DMX channels being under the control of the DMX tester have a red
background. We'll look at parking and testing later in this chapter.
It can look like this:
If you press and hold the key, then it will show the DMX address instead of the value.
Ok, enough about the DMX view.
Back to Blind
Try to have the following views visible: Fixture view in Symbol mode, Fixture view in sheet mode and a DMX view.
Run cue 1 on the main cue list. This will turn on fixture 5 and 7 at 40% it's the same as a DMX value of 102.
Then select fixture 1 and give it a value of 50%. Now this should be visible on all screens. In both Fixture views and
in the DMX view (a value of 127). Then toggle blind mode. Notice that you can still see the values in your
programmer in the fixture view in sheet mode, but the symbol mode fixture view will display the fixture at 0%. Just
like the DMX view - here the value also disappears.
So programmer values can only be seen in the fixture view in sheet mode. The other views shows you the actual
output. Also notice the title bar of the two fixture sheets. The symbol mode one says "(only Playback)" and the sheet
mode says "(Playback + Blind Programmer)".
Notice that if you toggle blind again then your programmer values goes active again. This can be used to pre-load a
look in your programmer and exit the Blind to put it live on stage.
Now you might be thinking "That's nice, but then it just snaps on, that might not look to good". And you are right.
Program Time Master Magic Speed
Let me introduce you to the . This is one of the masters we can see in the
view
. It can be used to change the timing of the programmer. Press Store Time Prog Time and then one of
the keys associated with executor number 4.
Now try to move the new fader up till it says 2.5 seconds and toggle the Blind key again. Notice how the values
fades in and out. The two keys associated with the fader allows you to toggle the Program Time on and off without
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
while you are working on something else in the background. This is where Preview helps us.
Preview
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