Off line editing for the ION using Polar Capture

First thing is I'm a bit lost and would love some help. I have the ION off-line editor. Totally makes sense but I have one stupid question-how do I record a cue? Just can't seem to find a way to do this or the record button since I'm using a laptop. Ok secondly I would like to use Polar Capture to pre-vis a show coming up. How do I do this? How can I get the off-line editor to talk to Polar Capture. I have the set imported into Polar Capture from 3ds-max. I haven't put the lights in yet but that seems pretty straight forward. I want to cue the show off-line and see everything happening in Polar Capture. I'm guessing I need two computers for this? How do I get them to talk? As much detail will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

sk8rs_dad over 11 years ago

Recording a cue is done pressing the "R" key (Record).

[r]27[Enter] will record whatever is active into cue 27 in the current cue list.

There is a wiki article on integrating with Capture Polar and other visualizers. I have both the offline client and Capture Polar running on the same PC using the Microsoft Loopback Adapter.

A document for keyboard shortcuts should be in the EOS Family Documents folder which can be accessed via the shortcut that gets created on the desktop.

[edited by: sk8rs_dad at 10:37 AM (GMT -6) on Wed, Nov 20 2013]
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saranow over 11 years ago

Hello, Schweitzer22:

What sk8rs_dad has posted is great info.

In case you can't find that shortcut keys document, here is a link: http://www.etcconnect.com/docs/docs_downloads/miscdocs/Eos_Family_v201_Shortcuts.pdf

Thank you!
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sk8rs_dad over 11 years ago in reply to saranow

This document is the one I meant:

http://www.etcconnect.com/docs/docs_downloads/miscdocs/Eos_Family_v2.0_Hotkeys.pdf
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schweitzer22 over 11 years ago in reply to sk8rs_dad

Thanks seems to work. My next issue is when I import or open my 3ds-file its huge, as in the units that were 50' are now 3000'? So when I add an object from Captures library, like a person, they are super small. Any idea why this conversion is so off? Thanks
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sk8rs_dad over 11 years ago in reply to schweitzer22

Beats me. I can't afford the version with imports. You may want to ping support@capturesweden.com to see what they have to say about scaling.
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RickR over 11 years ago in reply to sk8rs_dad

Chances are that you have a unit mismatch. Feet to millimeters or something.

FWIW: I do Ion offline and Capture on the same machine without a loop-back. I've done other offline with Capture and other visualizers that way too. Extra screen space really helps!
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sk8rs_dad over 11 years ago in reply to RickR

Loopback is useful if you aren't connected to a router or want to keep the traffic off the corporate network.
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