Flickering Colors

We have a small rig and usually dont know what's going on until 5min before the show starts and therefore do almost all of out work live. Today I got a little sick of having to fade down the wash lights, change color and then fade them up again. So I made a cuelist with six different color cues, and for lack of something better to do with it, made the fader a manual crossfader (I know I could have used ICPB, but that wasn't what I really wanted). When I used the crossfader though, the color started flickering, like the CMY wheels where jerking backwards and forwards a little bit as they moved. The color change wasn't drastic, light purple to a dark purple. I then used the GO button and it made a smooth transition, even all the way across the spectrum.

Obviously it's not that important but I want to know if it's a bug? Or is it just because I'm using the manual crossfader as opposed to a automated transition?.....Or is it some little hidden thing about the H3 OS that I didn't know?......I'm a little bit stuck:1zhelp:......any ideas?
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  • Ah...

    This might explain the problem. With the Wholehog software you can create colors in two different manners, CMY or HS (hue/saturation). For CMY you adjust the Cyan Magenta or Yellow parameters. For Hue Saturation you adjust Hue or Saturation OR select colors from the Color or Gel Picker. If you are combining the two methods then you will see the effect you describe.

    It is best to stick with one method of color mixing throughout your show. If you are going to mix, then it is suggested to do so in black. Live changing from CMY to HS or vise versa can result in odd color change results.

    There is more information about these systems and how they each work in the user manual.
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  • Ah...

    This might explain the problem. With the Wholehog software you can create colors in two different manners, CMY or HS (hue/saturation). For CMY you adjust the Cyan Magenta or Yellow parameters. For Hue Saturation you adjust Hue or Saturation OR select colors from the Color or Gel Picker. If you are combining the two methods then you will see the effect you describe.

    It is best to stick with one method of color mixing throughout your show. If you are going to mix, then it is suggested to do so in black. Live changing from CMY to HS or vise versa can result in odd color change results.

    There is more information about these systems and how they each work in the user manual.
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