Default colors for the color picker (Did you know?) DMXC3

	Article describe DMXControl 3.2.1 Stand: 04.03.2025	Default colors for the color picker (Did you know?) DMXC3
Table of contents A Autoprepare B Bedienoberfläche (GUI) Blackout Bühnenansicht (Stage View) C Chat D Dateien im Projekt (Project Files) DDFs im Projekt aktualisieren (Update Project DDFs) DMX-Schnittstellen (DMX-Interfaces) Device Manager (Add Device Dialog) DDF Library DMX-In DMX-Out-Zuordnung (DMX-In DMX-Out-Mapping) E Effekte und Filter (Effects and Filters) Effektvisualisierung (Effect Visualizer) Einfrieren (Freeze) Eingangszuweisung (Input Assignment) Executor Executor Seite (Executor Page) F Fanning Farbliste (Color List) G Gerät (Device) Gerätegruppe (Device Group) Gerätesteuerung (Device Control) Gobo-Ähnlichkeiten (Gobo Affinity) Goboliste (Gobo List) Group Handling H Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) Hauptschalter (Main Switch) Hervorheben (Highlight) HTP-, LTP- und LoTP-Mischung (HTP-, LTP- and LoTP-Mixing) K Kanalübersicht (Channel Overview) Kernel (Server) L Lastmanagement (Electricity) Launcher M Macroboard Master Matrix MIDI-Verwaltung (MIDI Manager) N Netzwerkfunktionalitäten O Ordnungsliste (Item List) P Panel-Konzept Patching Plugin-Verwaltung (Plugin Manager) Positionsliste (Position List) Preset Programm- und Projekteinstellungen (Application und Project Settings) Programmer Programmer Filter Projektverwaltung (Project Administration) Projektexplorer (Project Explorer) Projektaufgaben (Project ToDos) Protokolldateien (Log Files) R Radix Relative und absolute Werte (Absolute and Relative Values) S Softdesk Softdesk Designer Steuerungsfenster (Control Panel) Szenenliste (Cuelist) Szenenlistegruppe (Cuelist Group) Szenenzeitkonfiguration (Cue Timing Editor) T Timecode Player Tracking U Umbra

Did you know that you don't have to select your frequently used colors in your DMXControl 3 projects every time in the Colorpicker? In this "Did you know?" article, you’ll learn how to set your own default colors.

You may have experienced this: In your project, you use a selection of standard colors for your devices. You’ve noted down the color values somewhere and manually enter them repeatedly in the Device Control. But did you know that DMXControl 3 can save you this work? In this "Did you know?" article, we’ll show you how.

Creating a new color list

First, you need to create a new Color List in the Project Explorer under the directory Item Lists. To do this, click the button [Create Item List (Add Item List)] in the menu bar. In the following window, select the "Color List" entry and confirm by clicking [OK]. The newly created color list can be named according to your preferences. In this example, the color list is simply named "Standard Colorlist 1". By double-clicking the entry, a new window opens where you can add any number of colors to this color list.

Figure 1: Creating a new color list.

Figure 2: Naming the color list.

Figure 3: Selecting colors for the new color list.

Setting the color list for default colors

Option 1: Via project settings

To use this color list globally in all your projects from the color picker, open the Settings and go to the settings for the GUI under the section Current Project Settings. In the only entry "Colorpicker Colorlist Name", simply select the color list whose colors you want to use as default colors for the color picker. It’s also possible to create multiple color lists and then change the used color list for the default colors in the color picker depending on the situation. Once you save the changed GUI settings by clicking [OK], you can immediately get started. From now on, you’ll find an additional button in the color picker called "Default Colors." This will be visible when you select, for example, an LED spotlight or a moving head with a color wheel in the Stage View. Thanks to the HAL, you can also use your own default colors for devices with a color wheel. The HAL will use the color of the moving head that is closest to the selected default color.

Figure 4: Settings for the color list for the color picker.

Figure 5: Changing the color list.

This setting is saved per project. This means that you can set different color lists for the default colors in the color picker for different projects.

Option 2: Via the color list name

In addition to the method described above, there’s a second option to create your own default colors for the color picker. Simply rename a color list to "ColorpickerDefault" – it’s important to use the American spelling of the word "color" (without the "u" after the second "o"). DMXControl 3 will then automatically use this color list for the default colors in the color picker.

Figure 6: Defining the color list for default colors by renaming the color list.