Dark and Light moves.

I'm getting confused. Lets say I have a cue with ML #123 pointing downstage, Full Int. In the next cue I inadventrly grabbed it and pointed it upstage (still at full). When the cues are played back  we see the beam travelling across the stage! (I call it a smear).

Now, in the PSD/Flags section would this put a D or and L under the m/v column aginst the first or second cue? Let's assume we are only talking about a single fixture here.

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  • No, this would create neither L nor D.

    D (Dark Move): The fixture was at 0 in the previous cue, still is at 0 in the current cue, but has a move instruction for a non-intensity parameter.

    L (Live Move), case 1: The fixture was at 0 in the previous cue, is on in the current cue (Intens > 0), and has a move instruction for a non-intensity parameter.
    L (Live Move), case 2: The fixture was on in the previous cue, is at 0 in the current cue, and has a move instruction for a non-intensity parameter.

    If you're marking you'd normally not see case 1 of L.

    The open move you're describing triggers neither L nor D. It will however indicate in PSD with a box around the time of the respective category time.

  • I did not know that. It is not how a Live move is commonly defined. This is (case 3) one or more NInt parameters moving between two cues with the intensity >0 in both cues. It could be useful to add a letter for this case as well.

    Actually it could make sense to change the case 1 live move and case 2 live move to a lower case l and a full live move (case 3) to an upper case L in the PSD.

  • Now we're in the realm of a feature request. Please head over to the respective section of this forum and post there. That way the product management team can review and prioritize this change.

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