When you are programming your show, the fixtures you select and work with can be described as existing in different states. Understand the definitions of what changes these states helps explain why Marquee may treat them differently at different times.
Fixtures can be:
Released
Selected
Changed
Captured
Under Playback control
Under Look Master control
Under Flash/Highlight/Lowlight control
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Released fixtures are fixtures that are not captured for use in a pending record operation. These fixtures may be at their default level (i.e. not controlled by anything) or they may be set to a level by a currently active Cue List or Look Master.
Examples of Released fixtures:
Selected fixtures are fixtures that have been addressed and are pending immediate hands-on control. Selected fixtures that have not Changed and are not Captured can still be controlled by active Playbacks or Look Masters.
Selected fixture Only:
Selected and Changed:
Selected, Changed and assigned new part:
Under control of either Flash, Highlight or Lowlight tool:
Changed fixtures are currently or recently under control after being selected, but not yet recorded. These fixtures are necessarily Captured.
Changed, Selected and Captured
Changed and Captured
Captured fixtures have likely have changed and are pending a record. If you are in the LIVE display, these fixtures will not be controlled by Cue Lists or Look Masters. If you do a record, the Changed delta symbol is removed, but the fixtures are still Captured, meaning that Cue Lists and Look Masters will not control their level until they are released.
Captured fixture (not Selected but Changed):
Captured fixture (Selected and Changed)
Captured Not Changed (not Selected, probably just Recorded, but not released)
NOTE:
You can control whether or not Captured fixtures are automatically Released after recording a cue in Show Options.
There is a Console Option in Hardware Setup that allows you to use Last Action Editing. If you choose Last Action Editing, fixtures will remain captured until a cue takes control of them.
Fixtures under Playback Control must be Released. If you are using Last Action Editing, attributes will automatically be Released when a Cue Lists needs to take control of them.
Under Playback Control:
Fixture under Look Master Control must be Released. Additive Looks can affect levels similar to Cues, either under HTP or LTP control. Inhibitive Looks negatively affecting a fixture's intensity that is currently either under Cue List Control or Additive Look Master Control.
Under Additive Look Master Control:
Fixture under Cue List Control being inhibited by Inhibitive Look Master
Fixture under Cue List Control being inhibited by Cue List Master or Grand Master
Flashing fixtures are Selected. It may or may not be Captured. (See: Flash Fixture or Output and Highlight/Lowlight)
Flashing or Highlighted fixture: