DMXControl 3 lessons
Overview
In this lesson we explain advanced edit features for scenes and scene lists, e.g. for modification of already saved scenes.
Lecture 12: Editing scenes and scenelists
In lesson 8 we introduced the scene lists. In this lecture more advanced features are explained.
By default a new scene is added to an existing scene list by pressing the button "Store Cue". When you open the small dropdown arrow on right hand side of this button you see some more sophisticated capabilities with their short code. In most cases you have to mark a scene at first before applying this modification.
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Hint: The following operations are related to the values in the programmer.
| Function | short code | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add | Strg+A | add a new scene to scene list at the end | default |
| Insert | Strg+I | insert a new scene to scenelist before selected scene | |
| Replace | Strg+R | replace current scene attributes by the values in the programmer | |
| Merge | Strg+M | merges selected scene with programmer values | programmer values with higher priority |
| Append | Strg+P | append new property from programmer to the selected scene | existing scene with higher priority, new values from programmer are added |
| Subtract | Strg+B | remove a property from selected scene | hint: modify the wanted property so that this appears in the programmer |
| Update | Strg+U | no function yet |
In similar way, there are also edit operations for the scene list itself. As known from EXCEL, you can copy, cut and delete whole rows. With the copy/paste content operations you can take over the value from single fields to other cues.
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Again, here is the summarizing table for explanation:
| Function | short code | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | Strg+X | cut the selected scene | like EXCEL "cut row" |
| Copy | Strg+C | copy the selected scene | like EXCEL "copy row" |
| Paste | Strg+V | paste the selected scene | like EXCEL "paste row" |
| Delete | Del(Entf) | delete the selected scene | like EXCEL "delete row" |
| Copy content | Strg+Alt+C | to copy single value | like EXCEL "copy cell" |
| Paste content | Strg+Alt+V | tp paste single value | like EXCEL "paste cell" |
Example: You have a scene list containing 10 cues. You set fade=2sec in first scene and want to take over thies value to the remaining cues:
- mark fade cell of first scene,
- select menue "copy content",
- mark the fade cells of other cues,
- select menue "paste content",
- ready!
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topics to be added (by beta testers)
Excercise
- Test the append and subtract scene functions
Additional links and references
Certificate
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- preamble
- lesson 1: Installation and configuration
- lesson 2: The GUI panel concept
- lesson 3: Creating and patching fixtures
- lesson 4: The live view panel
- lesson 5: Setting properties with property panels
- lesson 6: Output plugins
- lesson 7: Summery and details - Setting
- lesson 8: Scenes (cues) and scene lists
- lesson 9: Fanning, chasers and other effects
- lesson 10: The programmer view
- lesson 11: Trigger concepts
- lesson 12: Editing scenes and scenelists
- lesson 13: Presets
- lesson 14: Summary and details - Programming
- lesson 15: Working with parallel scene lists
- lesson 16: Softpult
- lesson 17: Artnet
- lesson 18: Multi-media: Beamer tool, Matrix etc.
- lesson 19: Other clients and plugins (Android, iOS, ...
- lesson 20: Create new device definitions
- lesson 21: free topic
- lesson 22: Hints for testers and test reporting
- appendix1: Summary of commands ans shortcuts
- appendix2: Kernel menu tree
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