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Converting preset pan/tilt values to XYZ using known Z-focuses?

I have a showfile with about a hundred mover presets targeting actors, with focus values recorded as pan/tilt. I am now taking the show on tour and I want to convert these preset focuses to XYZ. However, EOS has somewhat arbitrarily assigned XYZ values along the path of the pan/tilt values, so sometimes the z-value is at 1.8m when it should be at 0.2m, or vice versa.

I know, for each preset, whether the target performer is lying on the floor, standing on the stage or standing on one of several raised platforms. I want to be able to 'lock' the pan and tilt values, set a Z-focus, and have EOS calculate the corresponding X- and Y-focuses. Is this possible to do?

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    Can you clarify the problem you are running into? Is the issue that the z value is not matching real life, or are you experiencing the position of the Focus Palettes to change when switching to xyz?

  • 0 in reply to TJ Hill

    I have this problem as well

    I recorded my Presets with Pan Tilt data, not looking at the XYZ values. Now that we've finished teching I want to convert them to XYZ Presets, but the Z values are all over the place because the same Pan Tilt values could be corresponding any point along the path of the light's beam, to an actor standing DSC with an XYZ of 0'0'5', or the floor behind them at 0'5'0'.

    I know what the Presets do, so I know if the preset was focused on an actors face or focused on the floor, and I would like the XYZ data to reflect that when I convert the Presets from Pan/Tilt to XYZ. So as SCollins described I want to 'lock' the Pan/Tilt values in my Presets so they don't change, change the Z-Value, and have the X/Y-Values recalculate to match the corrected Z-Value

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  • 0 in reply to TJ Hill

    I have this problem as well

    I recorded my Presets with Pan Tilt data, not looking at the XYZ values. Now that we've finished teching I want to convert them to XYZ Presets, but the Z values are all over the place because the same Pan Tilt values could be corresponding any point along the path of the light's beam, to an actor standing DSC with an XYZ of 0'0'5', or the floor behind them at 0'5'0'.

    I know what the Presets do, so I know if the preset was focused on an actors face or focused on the floor, and I would like the XYZ data to reflect that when I convert the Presets from Pan/Tilt to XYZ. So as SCollins described I want to 'lock' the Pan/Tilt values in my Presets so they don't change, change the Z-Value, and have the X/Y-Values recalculate to match the corrected Z-Value

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