Fading to a new color using a chase?

Joe,

You have 2 options:

1) Build the color change cues and fan the delay times so that the change moves across your wall. Delay time can be set from the command line by pressing time twice. You can set different delay times for each fixture by fanning the times by pressing Thru. The syntax "1 Thru 10 Time Time 0 through 9 Enter" will set delay times of 0s for fixture 1, 1s for fixture 2, etc.

2) Build the color effect that you want with the effects engine. Fan the effect offset to get the motion that you're looking for. You will still need to fan the delay times of the effect to get the correct motion as you crossfade into the effect.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks.

It more than helps.

Thanks!


Joe

[quote=teerickson]The syntax "1 Thru 10 Time Time 0 through 9 Enter" will set delay times of 0s for fixture 1, 1s for fixture 2, etc.

How can I adjust the times on the delay column after the cue has been recorded? Now if I try to adjust the time it will just go to the last value.

For example, after "1 thru 8 Time Time 0 Thru 8" the delay column is "0s,1.14s,2.29s,...", if I try to adjust it like "0s,1s,2s,..." it will go to "2s".


Sulkkis

It sounds like you are you editing in the delay column of the cuelist rather than in the cue editor. This will cause the delay time to change for EVERYTHING in that cue (also true for wait, fade, path, etc, etc...).

Try OPEN+CUE or press the View Cue button from the cuelist toolbar of the cue you want to edit.

Then select DELAY from the top toolbar of the cuelist editor window, and turn on EDIT.

Select the cells of the fixtures you would like to fan delay over, type your value range and then ENTER.

When done press UPDATE, and close your editor if it does not close by default.

You should now see a range in the delay column of your cuelist window.

Additionally if you are trying to set 8 fixtures over a range of 9 seconds, you will get fractions of seconds because the console calculates how to distribute that extra second evenly across the whole range.

A quick bit of math in your head is all you need. Try setting the range from 0>7 seconds, or 1>8 to get whole number times in this case.

Hope this all helps:)

wow --great stuff yet again