Spreading MLs

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I have 5 small MLs across the apron of a 30' stage. I want to point them all straight up then, in unision, tilt back 45' upsatge. Then criss cross (fan?) evenly in and out stage left adnd right.. What would be the best way to create such an effect?

sk8rs_dad · Answer

Create focus palettes for "straight down", "us 45", and "aerial crossed". 
 It's possible to build the movement as either a one-and-done absolute effect or a cue list. My preference would be an absolute effect that references the focus palettes. 
 Tweak the timings to suit. Any time you want to fire it add a cue that runs the effect and a subsequent cue to fade the lights. The fades could be built into presets if desired with the absolute effect referencing the presets instead of the focus palettes.

eos moderator · Answer

Good description of the effect! 
 You want an Absolute Effect for this, you'll need three steps: vertical, tilt and then the fan. All three steps will be performed by a Focus Palette in the Level column od the effect. To make sure that all channels perform the effect simultaneously you want to set the effect's Grouping to 1. 
 Since you'll be using three palettes for those effect steps you will have to create them. One with all the lights vertical, one with all the lights tilted and then one with the lights fanned. 
 To create the fanned position you can create either manually by selecting one half, repositioning them and then selecting the other half and repositioning those. Or you can use the console's Fan function: 
 Chan 1 Thru 6 {Offset} {Num Groups} 2 {Pan} [Fan] {Center} [Enter] This will make the console all left channels as one and all right channels separately as one as well. The Pan encoder will nowapply to one side in the opposite direction. 
 Either way, as soon as the channels are in the criss crossed position you can record them to the focus palette.

eos moderator · Answer

Element2 has a Fan button, above the Sneak button. You can also use W as a hotkey. 
 And Pan you can find here:

Spreading MLs

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