Clarity
Palettes
Operator Manual
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Hover the mouse over a colour to see a larger view preview of that colour.
20.5
BEAM PRESETS
The Beam Presets pane shows
the beam presets and also shows the gobos for the currently
selected fixtures.
Hover the mouse over a gobo to see a larger view preview of that gobo.
20.6
FAVOURITES
Right clicking
on any individual preset or group and selecting
Favourite
makes this preset or
group also available under the
Favourites
tab. The same process can be used to remove a
preset or group from the favourite’s window.
The Favourites tab contains the
Favourite Groups
and
Favourite Presets
panes which can
also be freely re-sized by clicking and dragging on the pane dividers.
Favourite presets are also available in a Favourites tab in the Programmer window for quick
access to favourite palettes without selecting the Palettes window.
20.7
PRESETS
A preset is a special type of memory that can be recorded and recalled. It is stored with specific
fixtures numbers or fixture types and usually with only specifically selected attributes (for
example, only focus values). When a preset is applied to selected fixtures, they will change to
the attribute values recorded in that preset. If a cue is then recorded, a reference to the preset
is included in the cue, not the actual attribute values. When the cue is played back, it will
automatically recall the values from the preset.
Multiple cues can include a link to the same preset. If a preset is updated, any cue that
contains a reference to that preset will use the updated information.
For example:
Some Fixtures are focused onto the centre rostrum on stage and their focus (position) is
recorded as a preset (named centre rostrum). You now record the cues for your show by
creating different looks and recording each look as a cue. If a cue is to include the fixtures
focused on the centre rostrum, you select the fixtures then apply the centre rostrum preset and
record the cue. You might program 20 different cues that include the centre rostrum preset.
The centre rostrum is now moved down stage by 2 meters so those 20 cues will no longer light
the rostrum. You grab the centre rostrum preset in the programmer and adjust the position of
the fixtures to the new down stage position and update the preset. All of the 20 cues that
include the centre rostrum preset will now automatically recall the new position.
