Working
with
cuelists
Timeline
events
Working
with
selection
handles
A quick and easy way to create dynamic lighting effects is to ‘skew’ the events on
the timeline. When you select a group of events, Vista displays a selection box
on the corners and sides known as
around them with aqua /black squares
‘handles’:
events. In this
are selected. By selecting a
or finish point of the selected
he lower edge of the
over 2 seconds, offsetting the
nd fade time for the individual
You use these handles to change the duration of the selected
example, the Intensity events of a set of fixtures
handle and dragging it you can change the start
events. In the example above the fixtures will fade in over 1s
In the next example, we’ve selected the middle handle on t
selection and dragged it right to fade the events
start and end fade times while retaining the 1 seco
fixtures:
Using the selection h
s of
the selected events w
intensity, colour and beam attributes at any time while adjusting the timeline
events.
Making
precise
timing
adjustments
If you want to set the start and end
a precise
point on the timeline
isually, or
enter the
ual time values.
the
set
timing
You can set event timing and optionally scale events using the ‘Event timing’
window. To do this select the event(s) and select ‘Set Event Timing’ option from
the Timeline menu. You can also right-click
from the popu
andles in this way you can utterly transform the attribute
ith just a few quick clicks. You can also adjust any of the
times and durations of events to
you can either zoom right in and line them up v
act
Using
window
on select the event(s) and select this
p menu.
option
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User
Guide,
Version
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