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When to use the Fan command

Running Ion: 1.8.  No other masters, sometimes an RVI.  Conventionals only.

With the implimentation of the Fan command, I used it once for intensities and it gave me a slope from low level to high level across the channels.  Just as designed.  But my question is WHY?

Does it also work with ML and focus positions?

When would a designer choose to use such a command, esp with conventional fixtures?

 

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    Hi Andrew-

    With intensities only - you could still use the fan command on a range of channels to do the same as you discuss, but keep them on the level wheel. You could, for example, say [1][Thru][5][Fan][Enter] and then use the wheel - this would leave 1 at 0 and start bringing 5 to Full, ranging 2-4 in between.

    As you keep wheeling from that point, the others will also move to Full.

    With colour changing fixtures, the concept is the same - you might take a series of RGB LEDs and start them at red and fan them to blue using the color picker. In between, there will be fixtures in purple. With ML positions, you could center-fan a line of MLs from home and use tilt to create a diagonal line.

    Hope that helps?

    -luke-

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    Hi Andrew-

    With intensities only - you could still use the fan command on a range of channels to do the same as you discuss, but keep them on the level wheel. You could, for example, say [1][Thru][5][Fan][Enter] and then use the wheel - this would leave 1 at 0 and start bringing 5 to Full, ranging 2-4 in between.

    As you keep wheeling from that point, the others will also move to Full.

    With colour changing fixtures, the concept is the same - you might take a series of RGB LEDs and start them at red and fan them to blue using the color picker. In between, there will be fixtures in purple. With ML positions, you could center-fan a line of MLs from home and use tilt to create a diagonal line.

    Hope that helps?

    -luke-

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