Cues can be modified in the Live or Blind display modes. When you modify a cue in the Live display, the attributes you alter will be seen on both the screen and the stage. Working in the Blind display lets you modify cues without affecting any active stage levels.
Note:
These methods described here are not using the Load method.
If you have just changed values that were going up or going down in the cue (i.e., not tracking and not palettes) the only option will be to update the current cue. (more on this later)
Select Edits Track Forward if you want the changes to continue to track from this cue onwards. Uncheck the box if you want the changes to revert to their old levels in the next cue.
Press [ENTER] to update the selected items.
Note:
If you change values that have been tracking, you will have the option to change them in the current cue or in the cue they have been tracking from (Track Back cue). You would do this for example if you were part way into the scene and the designer ask "Why is the chandelier so hot?" You could then make the adjustment and have it track from the beginning of the scene.
If you change the value of an attribute that was set by a palette, you have the option to update the current cue with raw values or update the original palette. You will also be presented with Track Back options for palettes too.
The Attributes+ button will open the Attribute Families dialog box allowing you to selectively update portions of your changes. Hold down [SHIFT] to change the softkeys and short-circuit opening the Attribute dialog box.
Anything that does not get updated (either by Attribute Filtering or by de-selecting items in the Update List) will not be Released allowing you to make further changes and subsequent updates. You may want to release un-updated attributes and return them to normal control if necessary.
If a Look Master is running a recorded Look and that master is at 100% and you change the value, you will have the option to update the recorded Look.
Updates only occur in one place. For example, if you move Pan/Tilt values and choose to update a position palette and the cue, only the position palette will be updated. If you press [S4] to Select All, Marquee will update in this order ensuring that redundant data is not recorded:
Looks
Track Back Palettes
Track Back Cues
Current Palettes
Other Cues on Other Cue Lists
Current Cue
Select
from Fixture Grid Tool Bar or
press [SHIFT]
[BLIND].
By default, if the Blind editor was clear (no captured attributes), the current cue will be previewed.
Highlight the Cue in the Cue List to be modified. Note that as you move the Blue Box, the highlighted cues automatically gets Previewed as seen in the pink status bubble:
Make the changes required by Selecting Fixtures and if necessary Releasing them to remove them from the cue.
Alternately, if you just want to remove intensity attributes, use the syntax [#] [@] [ENTER]. The intensity will be marked with a delta symbol and the tracked level will be purple.
When you move the Blue Box, a dialog box will ask you if you want to save changes. Click Yes to keep the changes, No to discard them.
Note:
You can return to LIVE at any time when working in BLIND. When you return to BLIND, everything will be just as you left it. You can go back and forward between Live and Blind as often as you like.
You can use Load to load multiple things to combine idea. The first item loaded (the one shown in the Loaded Status Bubble) will be updated when you press [UPDT].
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