Commands in Magic Sheet

In the command editable text box. Type out the command line.

For examples, hover your mouse over the box.

To add to Ueli's point it also makes merging a magic sheet into Showfiles much easier. If the functionality of a magic sheet is all within as commands rather than linked to macros, presets and palettes, you only have to merge the magic sheet rather than keeping track of the macros, presets and palettes used and merging them as well.

Pretty much the majority of the buttons of this magic sheet are commands with exception to the edge/zoom/iris buttons:

I'm not saying you should never link them to presets and palettes, but limiting the amount certainly helps. If you can do it with a command, use the command. If you need to, learn the macro and copy it into the command text field.

would you mind sharing this magic sheet? I'm trying to use commands in a magic sheet to write labels/notes to cues and can't get it work correctly...

Thanks!

 I'm trying to teach myself how to write commands. I've used the advice of copying what the macro creates for the syntax. But this is not working well for me. To be specific, the command I'm trying to create is the Effect Effect button push to open the Effect editor from a Magic Sheet. Currently what I have written is: (Effect Open_Effect_Blind Clear_Cmdline  Blind Effect *) the asterisk is the final enter. (The asterisk is only used for this text. In reality I do have the diamond Space for enter; Not an asterisks). I can double push The magic sheet object and have the effects editing page come on, but I want to make this a single push. The above command does not function to do this.

Yes, I do have a macro that can do this. But my objective is to learn how to write commands. Does someone have a solution for this? And even better, is there a cheat sheet for writing commands? I have not been able to find any thing.

I would greatly appreciate any direction in resolving my quest.

Hi Christopher,

Start your command with "macro:" and your command will work.

It's example 4 on the tip that pops up when you hover over the command field.

It seems that the "macro:" is needed for certain commands to keep them from posting to the command line.

It would be nice to have a cheat sheet for writing commands.

This syntax work for me:

macro:Tab_Down 13 Tab Up Clear_CmdLine Blind _effect

And enter at the end.

I realise that you don't need the tab_up Tab_down.

Just type

macro:Blind Effect

End with enter

Thank you T Drga and bernat! Great solutions that worked i.e. macro:Blind Effect

Thank you T Drga and bernat! Great solutions that worked i.e. macro:Blind Effect

I have also wrote a command for opening up the Effects Control from a Magic Sheet object with just one push.

   Clear_CmdLine * Effect   (the astrisk is a substitute for the Return Diamond )

This way, with one click from a Magic Sheet, you can quickly access Effect changes on a Cue basis  without altering your base effect. Hopefully, this can be helpful to those reading this thread.

Bonus: Here is a picture of the solution that T Drga and bernat provided: