Custom fixture selections

Good morning- or afternoon on the East.

I have been working on a rig with 24 color blasts all lined up in a row across the stage, lighting different scenic elements. I have been trying to create a chase or an effect where all units have a base color of purple, then creating a green color shift that uses 3 units at a time, but fades from one to another in a marquee fashion. So for the first step all units are purple and units 1-3 are green. The next step units 2-4 are green, rest are purple including unit 1. Step 3 is 3-5 at green rest at purple. I know that buddy's and repeats are used for fan effects, but is there a efficient way to select a group of 3 fixtures then hit "next" and the group of 3 moves over one fixture?

I have ended up creating 25 individual groups, representing the different steps and created the chase that way. It just took a lot of time setting up the groups.

I do not what fixtures to pass through other colors getting from green to purple, otherwise I could just use a fanned effect from the effects pallet.

Looking for any suggestions. Thanks for any help.

Glen
Parents
  • Here's another way to do it. May not be exactly as you're asking for, but much easier to program.

    Cue1: 1 thru 24 green; color fade 0s; follow
    Cue2: 1 thru 24 purple; color fade 0.5s; color delay 0 thru 24s;follow
    Cue3: 1 thru 24 green; color fade 0.5s; color delay 0 thru 24s; wait 3s

    The logic here is that cue 2 will start turning the lights from green to purple one every second with a .5s fade time. After three seconds cue 3 will start turning them back to green. Once cue 3 has completed turning them back to green the cue list repeats. The net effect is a purple band, 3 lights wide that takes 24 seconds to travel from fixture 1 to 24.

    Adjust the timing by using delay 0 thru X and wait time of 3*X/24.

    I think it will work (but I make no guarantees)
Reply
  • Here's another way to do it. May not be exactly as you're asking for, but much easier to program.

    Cue1: 1 thru 24 green; color fade 0s; follow
    Cue2: 1 thru 24 purple; color fade 0.5s; color delay 0 thru 24s;follow
    Cue3: 1 thru 24 green; color fade 0.5s; color delay 0 thru 24s; wait 3s

    The logic here is that cue 2 will start turning the lights from green to purple one every second with a .5s fade time. After three seconds cue 3 will start turning them back to green. Once cue 3 has completed turning them back to green the cue list repeats. The net effect is a purple band, 3 lights wide that takes 24 seconds to travel from fixture 1 to 24.

    Adjust the timing by using delay 0 thru X and wait time of 3*X/24.

    I think it will work (but I make no guarantees)
Children
No Data
Related