Re: [LCtalk] SGM giotto spot400

[Fokko van Duin]

At 11:23 +0100 23-03-2006, Peter Schakonat wrote:
> Thank you very very big!!
> I think I need a lesson in how to do nice icons we can take that later.

The fastest way to create iconstrips is by copy them from the current 
collection. There is one big image file LCeditIcons at 
http://www.lanbox.com/downloads/downloads.html#other

In a pixel editor (e.g. PhotoShop) open this image and make a new 
image of 12 or 16 pixels height, and n times the height for the 
width. Now copy each wanted icon (16x16 or 12x12) into the strip side 
by side. The left most will be the first icon counted from DMX value 
0. The strip must have a width of a multiple of the height.

When you have all icons for a wheel or button in the strip, copy and 
paste it into the Iconstrip of the library editor. You also may save 
the strip, and drag the file onto the icon strip dialog.

When the strip is pasted, the icons are automatically assigned to a 
part of the 0-255 DMX range. In almost all cases, you need to change 
it to the DMX table of the fixture manufacturer.

For buttons, keep in mind that you may assign multiple icons to the 
same button in order to get animated icons (as for speed). Also with 
the continuous option, icons slide instead of jump. This e.g. useful 
if gobos or color wheels have a continuous mode.

I hope this helps a bit, more info can also be found in the tutorial :-)

Regards,

Fokko van Duin,
CDS advanced technology bv,
http://www.lanbox.com/