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The second way to start the editor is
on an effect
by pressing the “Edit Effect” button in the
Font Wizard, on any effect page. If it starts this way, it will keep the association with the font
and the event assigned to, so you can write it directly on the board without the need to save it
on your computer.
Managing effects
On the top of the effect editor window there’s a control bar which allows you to, among other
things, clear, load from computer, save to computer and rename the current effect. Effects are
saved in
.peff
files, which pack together both the light sequence and the sounds.
If the saber is connected to the computer then you can run the effect directly on the Diamond
Controller, to make sure it behaves as expected. The “Test” button starts running the effect and
the “Stop” button stops it, but the effect won’t be saved on the board: it just plays once for test.
