Re: [LCtalk] A few theater questions

[Fokko van Duin]

At 14:30 +0100 22-01-2007, Pepijn Stutterheim wrote:
> Restting a chase:
> Ok, chases run fine, but when I reset the layer they run in or just 
> stop the sequencer, there are still some fixtures that give signal. 
> I'd like to reset it to all the (in the chase used) fixtures to 0.

Be sure you have a "zero" cue (hold for ever) for the same lights 
running in an underlaying layer, or do just Go this zero cue in the 
chase layer instead of resetting/killing the chase.


> Fading chases in&out.
> I'd like have one chase that has to come up slowly and has to go 
> fading out to.

Make a control cue to start and fade in the chase, and another one to 
fade out and stop it:

To start chase 99, run 10 in any other free layer.

 // Cuelist 10 (2 steps), modified 22-01-2007 19:13
  set layer A to mix transparent from 100% to 0% in 10s
  go 99.1 in layer A


To fade out and stop a chase in A, run 11 in any other free layer.

 // Cuelist 11 (3 steps), modified 22-01-2007 19:15
  set layer A to mix transparent from 0% to 100% in 15s
  hold for 15s
  go 0.0 in layer A


> Fade in and Fade out times are not equal.
> While using the crossfade I get equal fi and fo times. Sometimes I'd 
> like a longer fo time and a shorter fi for the new step.

Use split fades, see example in the tutorial:

  show d02 for 0.05s, split fading in for 5.1s
  show prev for ever, fading out for 10.0s

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Fokko van Duin,
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