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Merging In Colour Palettes Without Matching By-Type Chan Doesn't Merge Data

So this may be deliberate, it may be I've never noticed before, it may not. Comments welcome. Software version 3.1.1.

Show 1 has chans 1>21 (say), which are a GLP Impression X4L (say). Chan 1 is the by type channel for colour palettes.

We're trying to merge that show data into a new show, call it Show 2. Show 2 has chans 11>21 which are GLP Impression X4L, patched as the same fixture type.

In Show 2, we merge in all the colour palettes as the same numbers, wth 'merge channels' unchecked.

After that, we have no colour information for 11>21 in Show 2.

If in Show 2 we create a channel 1, same fixture type, then do the merge again we do have colour for all of our X4Ls. 

In other words if the 'by type' channel doesn't exist then the 'by type' reference data doesn't get loaded and so none of the other channels of that type have any colour data.

Feels like the import should figure out what the values for those channels should be, even if not specifically importing the reference channel (just as if you import a cue which is all tracked values, you still get the correct state for that cue).

Thoughts?

Rob.

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  • The by type channel must be present in the same type for the console to bring the by type data over.  This is intentional.

  • in reply to saranow

    I have a similar problem. I am building my base show file out of a lot of show files. All show files contain the same color palettes, using the same order. 

    My method is:

    Import->Advanced -> Color Palettes: Start 1, End 1, Target 1;

                                  -> Patch:               Start 1, End 1, Target 1001.

                                                                Start 41, End 41, Target 1002, etc., etc. 

    I repeat for a few showfiles that contain different fixture types that all have my neatly recorded BT Color palettes.

    Now I end up with some color parameters being magenta, others blue. In some instances they are even white. (although not in the same channel).

    My base show file only contains unique fixture types. How does this add up?

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  • in reply to saranow

    I have a similar problem. I am building my base show file out of a lot of show files. All show files contain the same color palettes, using the same order. 

    My method is:

    Import->Advanced -> Color Palettes: Start 1, End 1, Target 1;

                                  -> Patch:               Start 1, End 1, Target 1001.

                                                                Start 41, End 41, Target 1002, etc., etc. 

    I repeat for a few showfiles that contain different fixture types that all have my neatly recorded BT Color palettes.

    Now I end up with some color parameters being magenta, others blue. In some instances they are even white. (although not in the same channel).

    My base show file only contains unique fixture types. How does this add up?

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