Re: [LCtalk] Features requests (was Command line focus)

[Fokko van Duin]

At 07:27 +0200 28-10-2005, Gilles Domenget wrote:
> Hello, In connection with timeline, my wish is to replace the window 
> Cuelist editor by  one other with the principle of the timeline, 
> edition of levels DMX by curves like the fader levels of a 
> sequencer, insertion of any actuals Cuelist events along this time. 
> No need for SMPTE or MTC in this timeline which will be put on like 
> any Cue in LCedit. I mean that there is not one timeline but each 
> Cue as its proper timeline.

Well, except for a timeline view everything is already in LCedit+. A 
timeline can never replace the table based cuelist editor, as nothing 
beats a table when editing huge amounts of DMX data. Still I 
understand the wish for timeline view, or maybe just add a time info 
column in the cuelist editor?
An open question is of coarse: Should every "cue" (can be many in a 
list) start again with time 0, as you don't know when the space bar 
will be hit.


Your wish for "edition of levels DMX by curves like the fader levels" 
is not really feasible. Due to the fact that a screen is way to small 
to show thousands of DMX channels as faders (or worse as complex 
fixtures), you need to get used to focus on small groups of lights:

e.g. If you create a group of 16 pars, you see them all separately 
(with % values) and the group intensity wheel. If you use this group 
to edit/create cues in the cuelist editor, you can use them to 
set/change the DMX values. Also if you type v+5<enter>, all channels 
in this group is set 5% higher. The same applies with v-5<enter> 
(-5%), or vff<enter> (full), or v50<enter> (all 50%).

Fokko van Duin,                     Creators of the LanBox-LC
CDS advanced technology bv,         DMX lighting controller.
http://www.cds.nl/                  http://www.lanbox.com/

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