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Version 1.5 – 2018-11-29
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and also try to exceed the 360 number.
There's often effects called something like "Soft" or "Hard". These effects will change between the high and low
values with either a soft (sinus) or hard (PWM) curve. You can often adjust this by using the right encoder while
you press the
Dimmer and color effects can often be adjusted in width. The width control how many of your selected fixtures
are using the "High" value and how many are using the "Low" value. Width can be adjusted on the right encoder
(without pressing the
Two or Three . These can be used to set the amount of fixtures using the high value.
When a fixture is under the influence of an effect, then there's a magenta marker next to the Fixture ID.
Store an effect
Once you have build your effect to your liking, then you can store it. You can store it in an existing cue or you can
store it in a new cue or even in a preset.
The effects will begin when you run the cue, and it will fade in using the fade time of the cue.
Note that effects are solely templates in presets. Changes that were subsequently made to the effect do not
change the cues which contain this very effect.
Stop an effect
You can stop an effect that is running in a cue by stopping the executor or you can program a cue where it stops.
To program a cue where the effects stops you need to have some active "stop" values in your programmer. We
use a special effect called "Stomp" to stop effects values.
Select the fixture you want to stop running an effect and select the Preset Type of the running effect. Now open
the effects editor by pressing the
will just take values out of your programmer. It doesn't stop your effect. You need to have the Stomp value in
your programmer and store this as a cue after the one where the effect is started.
If you don't have any fixtures selected when you tap Stomp then you are stopping all fixtures using an effect in
that Preset Type.
Effects will stop using the fade time in the cue.
Grab running effects
If you need to grab an effect from a cue and store it in a new cue, then you need to have the "source" cue running
- could be in preview
type that's running the effect. Now you have these effect values in your programmer and can store it somewhere
else.
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key.
key). Tapping the encoder gives you access to some predefined values called One ,
Effect key. Here you can tap the Stomp button. Don't tap the Off button. This
(What are Preview and Blind) - select the fixtures running the effect and activate the preset
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