Re: [LCtalk] Virtual mixer #2 :-)

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Subject:	Re: [LCtalk] Virtual mixer #2 :-)
From:	MisterJ
Date:	Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:52:28 +0200

Flemming Bloch wrote:

Well, the reason why the mixer metaphore works so well is that you've got instant overview over a full scene. And it's something most light engineers know already, so no getting used to a totally different approach. Basically, what a virtual mixer should do is to present the engineer with a horisontal row of little vertical faders, one for each lamp in use (ie. the row should update if you add or delete a lamp). Then you just need a cue list with transition times and you've got something like 90% of what people will ever do with lights covered, and very intuitively as well.

I'm working on something like this.. It's absolutely not finished or ready for "production" yet, but I might as well show a screenshot: http://javalanbox.sourceforge.net/screenshot1.png

The idea is to make a program that is intuitive for (amateur-) theatre people (who only know sliders to fade-in and fade-out there lamps.. nothing more because that's to expensive anyways) as well as for people used to lcedit+ (sorry for stealing some of the layout..).

It's all Java and should therefore be crossplatform.

Jan

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