Beam Explained
In Ray Console it is possible to control some standard beam attributes of your Moving Light:
Iris - Controls the size of the hole through light is emmited. Changing this will reduce the amount of light
your device produces and may also make the beam appear narrower.
Zoom - Controls how narrow the beam is. When zoomed out the beam will be wide and your device will
cover a large area on the stage. When zoomed in the beam will be narrow and only shine on a small area.
Focus - Controls how sharp the edges of the light is. Changing this can make edges of the circle of light
cast by your device either sharp or blury. If you are using gobos, we recommend that you make the edges
of your beam sharp.
Strobe - Makes your device flash quickly. Setting a strobe makes your device flash slowly or quickly.
Shutter - The shutter is a mechanical component used to create strobe effects. It is a piece of metal that is
moved briefly in front of the light source. We do not recommend setting the shutter to closed, as it is easy
to forget that you have done this. Please use the intensity fader.
Gobo
To set the gobo of a device:
1. Go to
Light View
(press
[Home]
a few times).
2. Tap the Device Symbol or press the button of the device you want to position.
3. Select
Gobo
on the right hand side
4. Find the device you want to set on the left hand side
5. Tap the wheel you want to set first
6. Select the gobo you wish to set on the large wheel in the center of the screen
Because no type of device has the same gobos located on the same position of the same wheels, it is
necessary to select the gobo for each type of selected device.
Gobo Picker
Each different selected device is listed, with a small graphic showing their gobo wheel. Select a gobo
wheel to choose a gobo and move the on screen fader to set rotation of that gobo. Up to three gobo wheels
can be controlled per device.
Along the bottom of the gobo picker are the recently selected gobos. Simply tap a recently selected colour
to apply it to a device. Ray Console will help you out if you try and select a recent gobo that is not
available on the current device.
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