Select and manipulate fixture

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Controlling fixtures

Let's point the fixtures at the person on stage.

·        In a 2D view, pick a fixture and press the + key on the numeric keypad.

·        Pick the other fixture and press the + key again.

·        Or hold the CTRL key and click on the fixtures or drag a rectangle enclosing both fixture

·        Both fixtures should now highlighted in green.

·        Select the Focus Beam button. Focusbeam

·        Click on the person on the stage.

 

 

LightMode

Tip:  You can use Light Mode to help when selecting fixtures, with this mode on you won't be able to select anything other than fixtures. Click on the Light Mode button to turn this on.

 

Now set up your lights. Right click on a fixture and select properties. By going through all the pages you will find all the settings for the fixtures, pick the colors, gobos etc to make the fixtures do what ever you want.

 

Use the orientation settings to position the fixture in the 3D space (See System Axis to understand the X, Y and Z fields)

Position: The physical location of the fixture

Rotation: The physical orientation of the fixture

Focus Point: The beam target .

SD_FixtureProperties_Orientation

 

Info/Patch

SD_FixtureProperties_InfoPatch

 

 

Beam

SD_FixtureProperties_Beam

Color Mix

SD_FixtureProperties_ColorMix

Color wheel

SD_FixtureProperties_ColorWheel

Gobo

SD_FixtureProperties_Gobo

 

Effect Wheel

SD_FixtureProperties_Effect

 

Pan/Tilt movement

SD_FixtureProperties_PanTilt

Other

SD_FixtureProperties_Other

Notes

SD_FixtureProperties_Notes

Layers

SD_FixtureProperties_Layer

 

 

Tip:  To deselect fixtures, so that you can change one fixture without effecting the rest, pick the fixture you don't want and press the "-" on the numeric keypad. Only the fixtures highlighted in green will be affected by the changes. To deselect all fixtures, press Shift & Escape.