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To zoom out, you select the "zoom-out" tool, represented by a magnifying glass with a
minus sign and click on the editor: this will zoom out incrementally one step with every
mouse click.
Side note: double clicking the "zoom-in" tool will force the editor to zoom exactly to the area
delimited by the interactive perimeter, which is the area where tracking will take place.
(Remember that the interactive perimeter is set automatically around your stage marks if the
system was calibrated automatically, otherwise, you may define a custom interactive perimeter
in the "options" screen). Double clicking on the "zoom-out" tool will zoom out the editor to the
maximum point possible.
In addition to using the zooming tools, you may use the following keyboard shortcuts:
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press the "+" key zooms in 1.25 times, (in a standard keyboard either hit shift "="
or turn the numlock on and hit "+" there).
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press the "-" key zooms out 1.25 times, (either hit shift "_" or turn the numlock
on and hit "-" there).
Scrolling the editor
The MLD lets you scroll to see other parts of the editor when you are zoomed in.
Simply press the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the editor window in any
direction. You may also press the stage labels (e.g. "stage right") with the selection tool
(the hand icon) to navigate to other areas.
Notes on layers
You may draw up to 32 rectangular regions to define a layer. All these regions will
belong to a single "layer" that will be associated to control specific lights or MIDI
instruments.
Layers are listed on the top right corner of the MLD main screen; they are labeled by
default as "layer -1", "layer - 2", "layer - 3", ... up to "layer - 8" and each has an
associated colour. The rectangular regions that you have drawn up to now should
belong to layer -1, the green layer. Click on any layer that is not layer - 1 and try
drawing a region: the new region will have the colour of the layer you selected. When
you click again on layer - 1 the editor tools will again be applicable to the green layer.
While you draw a layer you may hide other layers by clicking on their "visibility check-
boxes", the coloured boxes that are immediately on the left of each layer's name.
While you may only edit the highlighted layer (i.e. the one that has a red bounding
perimeter) viewing other layers simultaneously is useful to get a global view of all the
different areas defined on the stage and position them relative to one another.
Side note: Because layer regions may overlap, sometimes one layer may completely cover an
underlying layer. In such cases you may want to press the editor's "Options" button and
deselect the "Fill-in Regions" check box: this will let you see through the layers.
If you would like to have more than one media relation at the same time for the same
tracker you can use any of the eight layers to define a different media relation and
applicable area. For example: suppose you wanted to automatically increase the
intensity of some automated followspots when your performer approaches downstage,
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