jaslynch
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Can I use Beam Palettes in effects?
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I'm prepping our console and I suspect our next show is going to have tons of lightning. I'm trying to get away from using multiple cues/follows for short bursts of lightning. (I just hate to bog my cue lists down with follows.)
I've already created 4 Strobe Beam Palettes (slow, medium, fast, and random) using the shutter strobe parameter and would like to have some effects pre-built for the designer. An effect with 3 seconds of lightning, 1 with 2 seconds, and 1 with 1 second and so on.
So- instead of using multiple cues/follows which I hate to start and stop the lightning, I would like to call up an effect on a fixture and have the fixture stop the strobe automatically via an effect without hitting GO, using follows, twirling around etc.
I noticed that I have the ability to use the Shutter strobe parameter in effects, but haven't really played with this idea. This may be my answer.
I hope this makes sense. Simply- I want to hit go see a burst of lightning/STROBE via shutter strobe and it to stop automatically. And have the ability to change the duration without a series of cues. A lightning EFFECT. (And no I don't want to use the intensity parameter if I can help it.)
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm using Mac 2K Washes, btw.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I'm prepping our console and I suspect our next show is going to have tons of lightning. I'm trying to get away from using multiple cues/follows for short bursts of lightning. (I just hate to bog my cue lists down with follows.)
I've already created 4 Strobe Beam Palettes (slow, medium, fast, and random) using the shutter strobe parameter and would like to have some effects pre-built for the designer. An effect with 3 seconds of lightning, 1 with 2 seconds, and 1 with 1 second and so on.
So- instead of using multiple cues/follows which I hate to start and stop the lightning, I would like to call up an effect on a fixture and have the fixture stop the strobe automatically via an effect without hitting GO, using follows, twirling around etc.
I noticed that I have the ability to use the Shutter strobe parameter in effects, but haven't really played with this idea. This may be my answer.
I hope this makes sense. Simply- I want to hit go see a burst of lightning/STROBE via shutter strobe and it to stop automatically. And have the ability to change the duration without a series of cues. A lightning EFFECT. (And no I don't want to use the intensity parameter if I can help it.)
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm using Mac 2K Washes, btw.