Copy from parameter to parameter within the same fixture

The one thing I've found myself wishing for on more than one occasion is the ability to copy from one parameter to another within one fixture.  Even better would be to be able to exchange values between 2 parameters within one fixture.  Here are the 2 places it came up most for me:

1) A circular copy for the RGB 1 parameters to and from the RGB 2 parameters on a VMS FX layer - essentially, swapping the color between parts of one of the canned color effects.  This could also be very useful for an Aura when using the single fixture profile.

2) Moving the shutter parameter values 90º at a time around a fixture - copy Shutter 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4, and 4 to 1, or swapping Shutter 2 to Shutter 4 for a horizontal flip.

I know there are other places this could be useful, but these were the ones I often wished I had on my last theatrical and my last big event.

-Jason



[edited by: Jason1032 at 2:52 PM (GMT -6) on Wed, Aug 7 2013]
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  • Thanks Anne, I hadn't even noticed the cool copy and swap buttons between the 2 colors for an FX layer until I went back to look today - how embarrassing!

    I did figure out a way to do a circular shutter copy using macros.  It's clunky, but it works.  It would be great to have buttons to do a few moves like that in the Shutter part of the ML Controls window, much like the copy and swap buttons you added to the VMS FX.

    As always, thanks for your help.

    -Jason

     

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