The Effects Package; Modifying Preprogrammed Effects - Compulite Sabre User Manual

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The Effects Package

The Effects Package
A predefined Effects Package is included on the Hard Disk.
An Effects archive can be downloaded from our web site and loaded in Sabre. The archive
is named – Compulite Effect package v1.0.

Modifying preprogrammed Effects

The basic effect attributes that you will probably need to change to suit your application are
Size, Rate, and Base.
Example: Adapt a preprogrammed Circle Effect.
Keypresses
1. Select Spots
2. Press [EFFECT] (NSK
mode).
3. Press the NSK for the Circle
Effect.
4. Press [EFFECT] (next to [Y])
to open the Effect Editor.
5. Move the Size wheel to
change the Size of the Effect.
6. Use the Rate wheel to
change the speed of the
Effect.
7. The Base value determines
the center of the circle, to
change the base values use
the Trackball.
8. Store the modified Effect as a
memory or as an Effect
Palette.
Further simple modifications can be made to the Effect. Example: Select all of the odd
numbered spots participating in the effect and reverse the direction by pressing the [NEG]
option under the Rate attribute. This results in all even numbered spots rotating clockwise
and odd numbered spots rotating counter clockwise. You can then synchronize the
movements by pressing [ALL] under the Offset attribute and pressing [0] on the numeric
keypad.
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Note
All selected parameters (parameters appearing in red) are affected by any changes in the
Effect Editor. If necessary deselect parameters.
Sabre
Results/Comments
Skip this step if the NSK mode is Effect.
The selected spots begin running the Effect.
The Effect Editor is displayed.