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    Andrew Riter
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ColourBlock newbie

Hi.

I'm told a show in February will be coming in with ColourBlocks.  I've got 2 I-Cues, but never programmed LED units.

I understand the strengths of using Colour Palettes, so I'm fine on that detail. 

Except: does the intensity of unit also get stored in the CP?

Would these be good units to patch "by-type?"

Is the Colour Picker accurate to match to pieces of gel?

Where should I start programming: Hue and Saturation, or . . . . the other option?

Looking in Patch: Colour Kinetics, there are LOTS of options for LED units.  Different bits, different lengths,   (6' RGB 8B 6"). If the unit is 6' long, what is the 6" for, or vice/versa?  I understand the RGB, RGBA, etc, and the more bits, the better control.  Can someone give me a primer on breaking down the different profiles in the console?

Seeing as these will be borrowed units, I don't know how much information will come with them to determine EXACTLY which model I'm looking at.

The event is an opera, 2 week tech, 4 night run.  Operating Ion 1.9.12. 2 universes.

Anything else I need to be aware of? 

Thanks for all the good (I hope) advice.

 

Andrew Riter

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

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  • hi andrew

    i have never worked with these specific products, so i will only answer some of your questions:

    color palettes will never store intensity. there are four kinds of palettes: Intensity, Focus, Color, Beam. whenever you want to record parameters of more than one group to a referenceable target, you want to choose a Preset for this task.

    i'm a tiny bit confused. you write about ColorBlocks, but also mention ColorKinetics. ColorBlock is a product by Chroma-Q afaik. ColorKinetics make ColorBlast...

     

    ueli

  • in reply to ueliriegg

    Hi Ueli

    thanks.  My question about the CP and intensity was because I remember previous posts about LEDs needing the intensity up, because without intensity, you have no colour.

    I was guessing at the ColourBlocks being ColorKinetics.  Too many similarities in the names with these products.  My questions still stand, and have more to do with LED lighting than the specific product, in this case.

    Andrew Riter

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  • in reply to ueliriegg

    Hi Ueli

    thanks.  My question about the CP and intensity was because I remember previous posts about LEDs needing the intensity up, because without intensity, you have no colour.

    I was guessing at the ColourBlocks being ColorKinetics.  Too many similarities in the names with these products.  My questions still stand, and have more to do with LED lighting than the specific product, in this case.

    Andrew Riter

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