Jands Vista T4 User Manual

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TheVista Simple,Powerful,Visual Version2.1B ...

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Copyright&disclaimer This product is approved for use in Europe and Australia/New Zealand and conforms to the following standards: • European Norms Australian / New Zealand Standards • EN55103-1 AS/NZS 4251.1 • EN...

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 Contents Contents 1. WelcometotheVista..............................................................2‐1 What’sdifferentabouttheVista? ....................................................................... 2‐1 ...

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Contents SmartFX...............................................................................................................5‐49 Extracts ..........................................................................................................

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 Contents S1ControlSurface.............................................................................................. 11‐2 M1Controlsurface .........................................................................................

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Contents Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................17‐30 PrivateIPaddresses..........................................................................................17�...

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 Contents GeneralSpecifications...................................................................................... 24‐83 25. Index.....................................................................................25‐1 VistaUs...

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WelcometotheVista What’sdifferentabouttheVista?  1. WelcometotheVista Welcome to the User Guide for the Jands Vista lighting console. This guide is intended to give you the information you need to get you...

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Aboutthegenericfixturemodel WelcometotheVista Aboutthegenericfixturemodel One thing about the Vista that’s not immediately obvious is the ‘generic fixture model’. What is it? It’s a part of the softw...

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Gettingstarted Settinguptheconsole  2. Gettingstarted Settinguptheconsole Power Connect the Vista T, I or S series console to any mains supply between 100 and 240vAC. The Vista M series obtains power via t...

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Switchingon Gettingstarted Switchingon When you switch the console power on or launch the application on your PC, Vista starts up and displays the opening splash screen: Once it finishes loading the program, Vista displays the P...

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Gettingstarted Switchingon  This is the Patch window, waiting for you to start creating a new show. To see the other Vista windows you use the buttons on the toolbar at the top left of the screen: This button… does this… dis...

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Creatingandloadingshows Gettingstarted Creatingandloadingshows Creatingashow To create a new show at any time, choose the New Show option from the File menu. Loadingexistingshows To load a show you’...

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Gettingstarted Creatingandloadingshows  The first time you save a new show, Vista displays the Save As window: Type a name for the file and then click the Save button. Vista automatically creates a show folder, with the same ...

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Creatingandloadingshows Gettingstarted 3. Click on the Show button and then select the show to backup from the list of show files. 4. Click the Next button. Vista displays the Export window: 5. Click the Browse button and ...

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Gettingstarted Creatingandloadingshows  This option… does this… Lock entire console the password is required to use any console functions or controls. Disable all editing the password is required to edit cuelists, gr...

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Usingtheinterface Menubar  3. Usingtheinterface The latest version of Vista features a new simpler layout. No matter whether you have worked with Vista before or are seeing it for the first time it’s worth taking so...

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Maintoolbar Usingtheinterface This button… does this… (Alt + 3) displays the Programmer Fixtures window (Alt + 4) displays the Programmer Timeline view. (Alt + 5) displays the Playback control window (Alt + 6) di...

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Usingtheinterface Maintoolbar  Standardbuttons When you first start a new show Vista loads the standard set of buttons but you can customize each and every button, as described below. This button… does this… Saves th...

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Maintoolbar Usingtheinterface This button… does this… Release All Clicking this button releases all the fixtures from their current settings as determined by the cuelists that are running and returns them to their default st...

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Usingtheinterface Maintoolbar  This button… does this… De-select all De-selects all fixtures Previous selection Vista remembers the last set of fixtures you selected; you use this button to toggle back to your previou...

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Maintoolbar Usingtheinterface This button… does this… Append cue Adds a new cue at the end of the cuelist being edited Insert before Inserts a new cue, before the cue that is being edited Insert after Adds a new cue af...

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Usingtheinterface Maintoolbar  Ctrlset(YellowModifier) Hold down the Yellow modifier button or the Control button, on your keyboard, to access and display the Control set. This button… does this… Live propert...

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Maintoolbar Usingtheinterface This button… does this… Move in Black Opens the Move in Black window where you can Mark a cue and add MIB events that pre-set the selected fixtures so that when they turn on you don’t see them m...

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Usingtheinterface TheSidebar  Configuringthesoftbuttons To change the function of a soft button, right click on the button and choose a command or function from the popup menu. Any command from any menu can be assigned...

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Toolbars Usingtheinterface You can adjust the width of the sidebar by clicking on the window divider and dragging to the left or right. Toolbars Most windows have optional toolbars that provide buttons for sets of menu commands. T...

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Usingtheinterface Toolbars  This button… does this… Strike Ignites the lamps in the selected fixtures. Douse Switches off the lamps in the selected fixtures off. Reset Resets the selected fixtures to their factory de...

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Toolbars Usingtheinterface This button… does this… Store Look displays the Store Look window where you can save the complete output (the look on stage). Storing this way will ensure that when you play a Cue back it will appear ...

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Usingtheinterface Toolbars  This icon… does this… Ctrl+Z Undo the last action Ctrl+Y Redo the last action Fixtureselectiontoolbar To open or close a toolbar select the ‘Toolbars’ option from the View menu: ...

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Toolbars Usingtheinterface This icon… does this… Programmed Select all the fixtures that are programmed in the current cue. CommandLinetoolbar See Using a keypad in the programmer windowon Page 5-51 Fantoolbar Th...

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Usingtheinterface Toolbars  Componentstoolbar The components toolbar includes buttons to create new Presets, Groups and Extracts This option… does this… Preset Opens the create New Preset window. Group Opens the cr...

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Patchingyourrig Addingfixturestothepatch  4. Patching yourrig Once you’ve got your Vista system connected and powered up you can patch your fixtures the way you want them using the Patch window. If it’s not ...

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Addingfixturestothepatch Patchingyourrig ChoosingafixturefromtheFactorylist To add a fixture from the Factory list: 1. Click the ‘+’ symbol beside ‘Factory’ in the Fixture Type box. Vista displa...

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Patchingyourrig Addingfixturestothepatch  In our example above the selected fixture is called ‘2 VL2500Sp’. This title consists of two components: • a unique ID number [2], that Vista assigns automatically. This n...

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Changinguniverses Patchingyourrig 7. In the DMX Universe field, Vista automatically displays the number of the currently selected universe. If you want to add these fixtures to another universe, enter the universe number. 8. In t...

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Patchingyourrig Settingfixtureproperties  Note that you can’t place them in such a way that any of the channels will ‘fall off’ the end of the universe. Renamingfixtures To rename one or more fixtures select them i...

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Settingfixtureproperties Patchingyourrig To view and set the properties for one or more fixtures, use the pen to select the fixtures you want on the patch panel. Vista displays the details of those fixtures in the Properties and T...

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Patchingyourrig Settingfixtureproperties  lamp life or prevent fixtures from ever reaching full intensity. Dimmer Curve ons; nverse This popup lets you select a dimmer fade curve. The default option is Linear but you can s...

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Viewingthepatchindifferentways Patchingyourrig S sformers a ble from the Properties tab as described a one of th ansformers click on Pan offset or Tilt O This option… ome of the tran bove. To choose re also availa e a...

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Patchingyourrig Viewingthepatchindifferentways  Tableview The Patch screen defaults to the Table view, as shown earlier in this section. This is the view you will use most of the time: here you can drag and drop f...

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Controllingthefixtures Patchingyourrig You use this screen to display the output values of each and every DMX channel. Each cell displays the channel number and it’s DMX output value. The cells are clear if there is no output an...

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Patchingyourrig Exportingandimportingpatchinformation  2. Select the ‘Clone Fixtures’ option from the Patch menu or right-click on the patched fixture and select Clone from the popup menu. Vista creates a clone of th...

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Exportingandimportingpatchinformation Patchingyourrig 302 1:241 VL2000 Spot Enhanced 16 bit V2000Se6 316 5:1 Color Block 2 Mode 3 ColBk2m3 317 5:17 Color Block 2 Mode 3 ColBk2m3 432 9:1 MediaMaster Lay...

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Patchingyourrig ConfiguringtheDMX&EthernetOutputs  ConfiguringtheDMX&EthernetOutputs V2 Vista does not automatically connect Universes to the DMX outputs on your console or to external Artnet d...

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ConfiguringtheDMX&EthernetOutputs Patchingyourrig ConnectingUniversestotheConsoleDMX&Ethernet Outputs The DMX connections window lists all the internal DMX connections, USB-DMX, Ethernet-...

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Patchingyourrig ConfiguringtheDMX&EthernetOutputs  2. Click on the box in the ‘DMX Universe’ column and either type a Universe number or use the up and down arrow buttons to select the Universe you want. Vist...

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TheChooserwindow TheChooserscreen  5. TheChooserwindow TheChooserscreen To get all your fixtures up and running you click the Chooser button on the toolbar at the top of the screen. If this is the first time y...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout Vista displays all of the fixtures you added on the Patch screen as icons on the Fixture layout panel. When you first view this screen, the...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  6. Type a name for the layout and click OK. Vista creates a new layout and adds a corresponding ‘tab’ at the bottom of the layout panel: 7. Arrange the fixtures as des...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow • Rename a layout by double-clicking on the name and typing a new one. • Change the order of the layout tabs by selecting a layout and moving it up or down the list using th...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  This option… does this… Snap to Grid Locks or Unlocks the current layout. Fixture and Group icons can not be moved when a layout is locked. But they can be scaled. Show...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow Layoutoptions The Layout options submenu let’s you quickly configure some commonly used 1. by clicking on its tab at the bottom of hooser p 2 t option u: layout propertie...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  L isatio There are a number of ways to customise layouts and the way the fixture icons are displayed. To make a tion from the Chooser menu. does this… ayoutorgan n chan...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow This option… does this… Manage Layouts Opens the Layouts window where you can add, delete, organise and customise your layouts. New layout Opens the New layout window. Dup...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  This option… does this… Align Lets you align a group of fixture icons, to the right, left, top or bottom of the group. Distribute Lets you distribute a group of fixture...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow Addingnotestothelayoutwindow You can add text boxes to the fixture window to help identify different fixture types or areas. Notes can be either attached to an obj...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  This option… does this… Rows Specify the number of rows you want in the grid. If you enter a value here the number of columns is calculated automatically. Columns Spec...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow 2. Adjust the size of the matrix by clicking on the handle on the bottom right hand corner and dragging to the size you want. 3. Drag your fixtures into the matrix. You can eithe...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  Sortingfixtures It’s often important to sort fixtures in a certain order. For example when you are, storing groups, applying effects fanning parameters or copying and pa...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow Random random order. Each time you de-select and re-select fixtures they are sorted into another random order. Position by columns and rows, from top left to bottom right, based ...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  Fixture Ganging allow fixtures grouped together, so that if you spread or fan a feature setting across some fixtures, the settings can be in blocks and / or repeated througho...

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Arrangingfixturesinalayout TheChooserwindow CustomFanshapes In these examples, there are 10 fixtures selected and intensity is fanned across the fixtures using the following Fan shapes: 1. Fan from Centre: ...

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TheChooserwindow Arrangingfixturesinalayout  Â To fan a feature or events, select the fan mode and hold the Yellow modifier or Control key while setting the feature value or dragging the event bars. Â ption is repl...

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UsingtheProgrammerSidebar TheChooserwindow UsingtheProgrammerSidebar The Programmer Sidebar has two tabs: to control all the main aspects of your lighting lour gobo and beam. Extracts and Snapshots along with ...

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TheChooserwindow ThePalettetab  Commonfeaturesofthepalettes All palettes have a popup menu that you open by clicking the palette type button: Click on the drop dow n arrow on any of the palette type button t...

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ThePalettetab TheChooserwindow Checkingthateverythingisworking One of the first things you’ll probably want to do after setting up your rig and patching it all in on the Patch screen, is check that everything’s w...

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TheChooserwindow UsingtheAllpanel  UsingtheAllpanel The All panel has controls for all the most commonly used features of your t provides a quick easy way to set Intensity, Position, Colour, Gobo and s the most u...

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UsingtheAllpanel TheChooserwindow FineMode Some parameters, such as position, can be difficult to control when the palette is ne’ button. Repeat this to turn you can choose the way you want to in normal mode. To switch...

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TheChooserwindow UsingtheAllpanel  Swatch This tab provides the actual gel colours, numbers and names from the Lee swatchbook so you can pick the exact colour y ou want: Click in the Colour, Number (#) or Name (N) butto...

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UsingtheAllpanel TheChooserwindow Settinggobo The Gobo summary panel displays icons of the gobos available on the selected fixtures: ype of fixture selected, the icons Vista displays represent all fixture. Fixtures th...

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TheChooserwindow UsingtheAllpanel  Settingbeamsizeandfocus The summary Beam panel has two tabs for controlling the most used beam attributes: and zoom of the selected fixtures: Focus The Focus tab control...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels ls in the Intensity group: Intensity Click on the Intensity button to select the detailed settings panel for all fixture channe In this view: ...

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TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels  Position The detailed Position panel provides a larger version of the position target panel. You’ll notice that ust just the pan or just the tilt by using the Pan and Tilt slider...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow The buttons, in the middle of the colour panel select the colour mechanism. There – hue and saturation values. ur s • Wheel – pick a col If a fixture only has a colour mixing mec ...

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TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels  HueandSaturationvalues ker iders: When you select the HSV colour option the colour panel provides a colour pic panel and a set of sl To pick a hue and its saturation, ju...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow LeeSwatch This option provides a list of Lee filters so you can pick a colour by it’s name, number or swatch. Click in the Colour, Number (#) or Name (N) our swatch. You can als...

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TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels  Customvalues Some fixtures hav f a channel to a particula aren’t included in Vis See About Custom value panels. Gobo The detailed Gobo pa so you can see exactly w d where...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow On some fixtures you can rotate the individual gobos. For these fixtures: ttons spi lected gobo by clicking on the Gobo and Rotate butto gobo clockwise • If the gobo slot is spinning...

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TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels  Beam The detailed Beam panel provides sliders for all the beam features and a graphic representation of frame (shaping s hutters) , if the fixtures have this feature: Focus U...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow Framing The Frame tab is specifically for fixtures that have beam shaping frames, so yo can shutter-off parts of the beam: u To set the posit ions you want the frames to drag c...

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TheChooserwindow Usingthedetailedpanels  AboutCustomvalues Some fixtures have effects and other special features that can only be used by setting a channel to a particular value. These features vary from fixture to f...

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Usingthedetailedpanels TheChooserwindow F res the Vista des information about the value channels n o for a parti ck on the custom p r double- feature window: Customfeaturewindow The custom feature window range that ...

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TheChooserwindow TheComponentstab  This field… does this… Range buttons entire channel range (i.e. 0-255). h value ranges. Clicking on the In this column there will always be one button that selects the If the Vist...

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TheComponentstab TheChooserwindow This button… does this… Groups elect or modify the groups you’ve saved. displays and let’s you s Presets displays and let’s you select or modify the presets you’ve saved. FX dis...

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TheChooserwindow TheComponentstab  This button… does this… X Clears the search box. QuickerPickerpanels The Quick Picker panels provide an e you’ve created: • Groups • Presets • SmartFX (FX te •...

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TheComponentstab TheChooserwindow The Sidebar has two panels (QP1 and QP2) that normally display three quickpicker k ickpickers drag the divider(s) to the bottom of the panel. by n menu at the top left side of each colu...

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TheChooserwindow TheComponentstab  T picker is a dow, it can either be docked inside the m it can floa beside the main window. T floating wind r and drag it off the main w e panel and d le T er nor he w ker cli e one or t...

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TheComponentstab TheChooserwindow This option… does this… Clear page assigned components are removed and a blank page Clears all playbacks on the current page – the is left. Delete page Deletes the current page. Set a...

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TheChooserwindow TheComponentstab  This button… does this… Icon size adjusts the size of the icons displayed in the Quickpicker. Text size adjusts the amount of space available for the label. Padding adjusts the amou...

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Groups TheChooserwindow Groups If you have a big rig, the last thing you want to do is manipulate dozens of auto type that you patch. You can also create your own groups. A gr wha t in a group. Some typical groups might be all t...

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TheChooserwindow Presets  To create a group: Select the fixtures you want in the group: Click the [+] Add Group button at the bottom of opens the Create New Group window: Type a name for the Group and click OK or press Enter. name...

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Presets TheChooserwindow 4. Enter a name for the p 5. Click on the icon and sel 6. Set the Preset store options: Th reset in the name box (beside the icon) ect and different image if required. is option… does this… Update op...

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TheChooserwindow Presets  separate presets for intensity, colour, gobo, beam and clude or exclude any features. icon so that it is not highlighted. miscellaneous features. However the filter bar lets you in To include a feature c...

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Presets TheChooserwindow L If you are working live w ‘Live Time’ window can simply selecting a (non-linear) value in the de in. For example you might be working in the Li To set the Live Time: 1. Click the ‘Live’ button on the...

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TheChooserwindow SmartFX  Fade Curve sets the fade curve. To set the fade curve click on the icon and select an option from the popup list. See the glossary for more about fade curves 4. Click on the ‘Save as’ button and giv...

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Extracts TheChooserwindow 4. Click the Stored (Canned) FX tab. Vista displays the list of available stored (canned) effects. The letters in the ‘content’ column each effect tell you which n, C-Colour, etc). 6. To adjust the param...