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NEWBIE: Looping Color-Changing Effect & Lightning Effect

I'm a total newbie with very little training, figuring things out on my own using training videos, forums, etc. Working in a new theater with all-new equipment and an ETC Element to run everything.

Getting lights up and down, setting cues, etc. makes sense. I think I've got that figured out. The results are really basic, but meeting the need.

However, I need to program in a couple of effects (at least, I'm assuming they're effects) into cues.

1) COLOR-SHIFTING RIVER LIGHTS

I need fixtures 70, 73, 75, & 76 to start out GREEN and shift to BLUE, while fixtures 71, 72, 74, & 77 start out BLUE and shift to GREEN. Then everything shift back to where they started, and loop the effect over and over until I'm ready for the next scene cue. Each shift should take about 3 seconds (i.e., the loop is complete after 6 seconds and restarts).

I need to add this effect to multiple cues through the show (basically, when the actors are standing by a river in various scenes).

Help! I can follow the video tutorials to create step-based effects and such, but I quickly get lost trying to apply those concepts to this specific need. Can anyone give me some step-by-steps to follow so I can figure this out?

2) LIGHTNING

A much simpler issue, I imagine. Maybe even something that can be done manually in the middle of a cue? I don't know.

I need fixtures 50-54 (all Slimpar Pro H USB 6ch) to flash white a couple of times to indicate lightning at one point in the show. Of course, the rest of the stage lighting would remain the same throughout the scene.

I have absolutely no idea how to set this up correctly. Again, can someone give me some step-by-step instructions?

 

THANK YOU!!!! (And thanks for your patience. I'm learning... slowly...)

I have no idea how to set this up.

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  • your color shifts:

    in Live, select Chan 70 Thru 77 and make them the blue you like. Then type: Chan 70 Thru 77 Record ColorPalette 1 Enter. with the same lights choose a green you like and record this with: Chan 70 Thru 77 Record ColorPalette 2 Enter.
    (if you already have color palettes you will of course need to use different color palette numbers. on an element you will need to hit the Frame button twice to get to the word ColorPalette)

    now go to the effect list by hitting Effect twice. create a new effect by typing a number that doesn't exist yet, let's assume Effect 1, and from the choice of effect types take Absolute.

    your absolute effect by default has two steps. in the Level column of the first effect type ColorPalette 1 Enter, in the field below type ColorPalette 2 Enter. Click the field CycleTime and type 6 Enter. you're done here, press Live.

    you have created an effect, this effect is essentially a pattern. now you need to assign your channels this effect. you will have to make your selection carefully because you want some lights to move together.

    type this: (Chan 70+73+75+76)+(71+72+74+77) Effect 1 Enter.
    you can create a bracket with Shift+/

    this should now do as you want. Update the cue.
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  • your color shifts:

    in Live, select Chan 70 Thru 77 and make them the blue you like. Then type: Chan 70 Thru 77 Record ColorPalette 1 Enter. with the same lights choose a green you like and record this with: Chan 70 Thru 77 Record ColorPalette 2 Enter.
    (if you already have color palettes you will of course need to use different color palette numbers. on an element you will need to hit the Frame button twice to get to the word ColorPalette)

    now go to the effect list by hitting Effect twice. create a new effect by typing a number that doesn't exist yet, let's assume Effect 1, and from the choice of effect types take Absolute.

    your absolute effect by default has two steps. in the Level column of the first effect type ColorPalette 1 Enter, in the field below type ColorPalette 2 Enter. Click the field CycleTime and type 6 Enter. you're done here, press Live.

    you have created an effect, this effect is essentially a pattern. now you need to assign your channels this effect. you will have to make your selection carefully because you want some lights to move together.

    type this: (Chan 70+73+75+76)+(71+72+74+77) Effect 1 Enter.
    you can create a bracket with Shift+/

    this should now do as you want. Update the cue.
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