When you store presets in a cue, you don't store the values that are stored in the preset. You store the reference (or
link) to the preset. So if you change the content of the preset afterwards, then your cues look different. We are
going to try that.
Making presets
Select the four LED's and give them a color. Press
Store
and then the first available color preset in the preset
view.
Notice that the console automatically gives the preset a name. You can change the name if you want to - just like
working with groups.
The preset we just stored is now in our programmer. So we don't have the values in our programmer, we have a link
to the preset. If you store a cue now, then you would store the preset in your cue.
The best way to see this is in the Fixture Sheet View.
Try to give your fixtures a dimmer value and a new color. Now store this as a new color preset. Notice that we still
have the original dimmer values in our programmer. That's because we can't store dimmer values in the Color
preset. So we have the original dimmer values and the link to the color preset in our programmer.
Now try to tap All then
Store
and tap one of the empty All presets. Now we have store a preset that have the red
color
and the dimmer value.
Make some more
color
presets so we have something to choose between.
Make a
red
colored preset and call it
MyColor
.
Using presets
Clear your programmer and tap one of the color presets once. That didn't change the color. What it did was
selecting the fixtures that can use the preset you tapped. Tap the preset again. Now they got the color.
If you don't have a selection when you tap a preset, then the fixture(s) who can use that preset gets selected. If you
have a selection of fixtures and tap a preset, then the fixtures that can use the preset, get the reference to the
preset in the programmer and the output from the preset. Remember that you are not actually getting the values
from the preset in your programmer, you get the reference or link to the preset.
Make the MyColor preset active and give the fixtures a dimmer value. Store this as a cue on executor 101 (top row
closest to the main executor).
Clear the programmer and run the cue. Now your fixtures should be red.
Select the fixtures and give them a blue color. Now press
Store
and then the MyColor Preset. Select the Merge
option in the store pop-up. Finish by clearing your programmer.
The fixtures are still blue. That's because the cue we stored is still active and even though the cue was stored when
the preset was red, then you changed the preset, so now the cue will give us the fixtures in blue.
Try to delete the MyColor preset. Say OK in the confirmation pop-up.
The fixtures are still blue!
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