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Cyber Control 2 III Programming
Generic Palette Example 2
Imagine that you want to create some dimmer palettes. Dimmer palettes can be useful
as the light output can look different depending on the size of the venu and the other lights you are
using.
However, some fixtures have inverted dimmers, no problem! Just create a generic palette for the
dimmer and it won't matter which brand of fixture you insert, what channel or range the dimmer is,
whether it is inverted or not, the brightness of the light will always be 50%.
Palettes Per Fixture and Per Fixture Type
Standard palettes can be created per
fixture or per fixture type. Palettes per fixture type can be included inside EasyTime effects, however
palettes per fixture cannot. This is because, when an EasyTime effect is built it does not ask for
information about each individual fixture, it simply asks for the amount of fixtures and the individual
properties of the fixture type. From this, the effect is generated.
For example, let's say we want to use a color palette inside a rainbow effect. If we were to take a
palette per fixture, the color of each fixture could be different, so the effect would not know which color
to take to generate the rainbow.
Palettes per fixture type can also be useful in circumstances where the amount of fixtures changes.
Let's say we have 2 different fixture types with the same gobos but in a different order. We could create
a set of gobo palettes so we only have to click one button to access the same gobo from both fixtures. If
we had a palette per fixture, we would have to create the palette for each individual fixture. If we added
more fixtures at a later date, these would then have to be updated. If we create the palette per fixture
type, then we can add as many fixtures as and when we want without the need to think about the
palette!
Generic Palettes
Generic palettes are primarily used for colors. They can be applied to any fixture and
also any fixture type. For example, if you create a generic palette with the color "fire red" (picked from
the color wheel), this palette can be used on any CMY or RGB fixture to turn the color "fire red".
If you are creating a matrix effect on a RECT, you must use a generic palette. This is because of the
same reason that you cannot use a palette per fixture type on an standard easy time effect. Rects can
cross several fixture types, they only know how to create colors, they know nothing about the fixture
types. If you have a palette per fixture type with 2 colors stored on 2 different types of fixture, the RECT
would not know which color to take to generate the effect.
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