Feature request: edit magic sheet while live

I would like the option to put a magic sheet into editing mode while staying in live. I just worked on a commercial using Nomad and I kept trying to create/edit a magic sheet. Editing the magic sheet automatically puts you into blind. The gaffer would call for a light to be on and I would have to go back into live to set the intensity. The problem is that when I re-enter the magic sheet editing mode, it resets what I was working on so it takes twice as long to make the magic sheet.

 

Also, if there is a dialog box open on the magic sheet editor it won't go into live. I found this out the hard way a couple times. The gaffer was calling for a light to be on and I kept hitting [live] and it wouldn't go into live and I couldn't figure out why. I'm going to also post this as a bug.

 

Someone suggested I use another computer to create the magic sheets but I don't want to have to buy another computer and bring it with me just so I can create magic sheets.

 

Gern Trowbridge suggested I use the aRFR to set levels while I'm in blind and this is a good workaround but I don't have that setup yet.

 

I'm not a software engineer but it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to create an option to click the chevron on the magic sheet to put that sheet into edit mode and keep the rest of the console in live.

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  • I would definitely get iRFR. it'd great being able to stand next to the DP and Gaffer and set levels. Plus on large sets where you cant see every fixture or the console is in a corner behind a flat it helps immensely. As for your issues I don't seem to be having that problem on any of my desks or my laptop. Magic sheets save as they should when bouncing over to live.
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  • I would definitely get iRFR. it'd great being able to stand next to the DP and Gaffer and set levels. Plus on large sets where you cant see every fixture or the console is in a corner behind a flat it helps immensely. As for your issues I don't seem to be having that problem on any of my desks or my laptop. Magic sheets save as they should when bouncing over to live.
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