Re: [LCtalk] First experiences

[Fokko van Duin]

At 21:17 +0100 22-02-2005, Dennis Peeters wrote:
> It's a lanbox-LCM, LCedit+ 3.2.1 (bought it just last week) 
> controlled by a MAC G3 powerbook via USB (cardbus card)

Ah, now I remember, sorry. I have to ask: MacOS or OS X? The reason 
is I have seen here that refreshing of LCedit+ was stopped, but I 
don't know anymore on which platform. Another question is: was your 
Mac rebooted many days ago, or was the refresh stopped within a few 
hours after boot and running LCedit+?

If anybody can help us with more detailed info about this issue, we 
can maybe fix it in next version of LCedit+.


> > That's not what I mean. Let me give an example: I'm in cue 666.5, 
> > which has a fade time of 30 seconds I think the light is to bright 
> > on a perticular spot on the stage , so I adjust some percentages. 
> > Later on in the scene I realize that that light was there for a 
> > reason, so I want to reset it to the stored value.

OK, if you lowered a few % by hand why not raise it the same amount 
by hand (e.g. v-25 or v+25)? We do not have a reset cue, as it will 
lead to next question; what fade speed? If you set manual fade speed 
to e.g. 2sec, the +/- correction is also softened.

Note: I must admit I never understood why theatre lighting people 
created cues, and always change them when they use it. I mean, what 
you make is good, else correct it, not? :-)

BTW It's maybe an idea to make "reset cues" of your cues in a 
separate cuelist like:

10.1 show scene for ever, crossfading for 30s
10.2 --
10.3 --
10.4 --
10.5 show scene for ever, crossfading for 15s


Above two cues have "reset cues" at 910.1 and 910.5:

910.1 show 10.1 for 2.0s, crossfading for 2.0s
910.2 go 10.1
910.3 --
910.4 --
910.5 show 10.5 for 2.0s, crossfading for 2.0s
910.6 go 10.5

e.g. if your cue is at 10.1, you do some correction, and want to 
restore the original cue in 2s time, just call 910.1



> > Make a Blackout cue, and assign it to another function key.
>
> Again, I'd like the possibility to go back to the previously loaded 
> cue after a blackout.

Do the same as with your Flash, but in order to come back smooth to 
your "normal" cue, make the blackout cue like this:

  set attributes to fade and output     \\ only needed if you do auto 
flash/blackout
  set layer to mix LTP                  \\ for flash it must be HTP
  show d02 for 3.0s                      \\ blackout (or flash) for 3sec
  show d03 for 5.1s, fading out for 5.1s \\ restore slowly old cue

:d02
    1[000]    2[000]    3[000]    4[000]    5[000]    6[000]
    7[000]    8[000]

:d03
    1[255]    2[255]    3[255]    4[255]    5[255]    6[255]
    7[255]    8[255]

This way you can call a blackout (or flash) at any time, and it will 
always return to the cue(s) where you where.



> By the way, I can't get into single step edit, is this normal in 
> v3.2.1 ? Seems like the Replace button is what I'm looking for.

It's a bit protected, set layer first in edit mode, then on the 
cuelist editor set popup to "blind".


I hope this helps a bit, but realize there are many other ways to 
achieve what you want. It's most of the time being a bit creative, 
and not being afraid to do things different :-)

Regards,

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Fokko van Duin,                     Creators of the LanBox-LC
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