German Light Products JDC1, User Manual

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German Light Products®
JDC1 User Manual Rev. 3.0 19
Plate color priority
The JDC1 lets you set an RGB color for strobe flashes and FX patterns that are
superimposed on the Plates as well as setting an RGB color for the background on the
Plates. You can choose from three options that define how strobe flash and FX pattern
colors are superimposed over background colors using the settings available via DMX
on channel 7:
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FX Pattern Priority : A strobe flash or FX pattern on the Plates will always use the
FX/flash color and override the plate background color.
For example, if you have created a 100% intensity red FX or flash and a 50% intensity
green background, the FX or flash will always be visible as 100% intensity red over a
50% intensity green background.
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Color Mix : A strobe flash or FX pattern on the Plates will mix with the plate
background color using additive color mixing. The color of the FX pattern or flash will
change if you adjust the FX pattern / flash color, and it will also change if you adjust
the plate background color.
For example, if you have created a 100% intensity red FX or flash and a 50% intensity
green background, the FX or flash will appear as 100% intensity yellow over a 50%
intensity green background.
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Background Color : An FX pattern or flash on the Plates will only be visible if no
background color is set on the Plates. If a background color is set on the Plates, the
FX pattern or flash will use the plate background color.
For example, if the fixture is in
Background Color mode and you have:
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created a 100% intensity red FX or flash, and
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created a 50% intensity green background,
then the FX or flash will be not visible: you will only see the 50% intensity green
background. However, if you dim the background intensity down to zero, you will
see the 100% intensity red FX pattern or flash.
The Plate Color Priority settings can help you set up interesting effects when the Plates
are controlled as one pixel, but they can give even richer, more complex effects when
the Plates are controlled as twelve separate pixels. In
Color Mix and Background Color
modes, setting different Plate pixels to different colors and intensities will affect the
appearance of any FX patterns or flashes that are superimposed on those pixels.
For example, if the fixture is in
Background Color mode and you have:
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created a 100% intensity red FX or flash,
• set even-numbered pixels (2, 4, 6, etc.) to zero intensity, and
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created a 50% intensity green background on odd-numbered pixels,
then the FX or flash will only be visible on the even-numbered pixels. On the odd-
numbered pixels you will only see the 50% intensity green background.