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Chapter 12
Using Moving Lights and Palettes
This chapter will briefly look at Element’s moving light controls as well as discussing how to use
focus, color, and beam palettes. Palettes are building blocks that can be used to create cues and
effects. Palettes are a critical component when using moving lights and can save considerable
programming time when editing show data.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Moving Light Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
• About Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
• Palette Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
• Storing Palettes Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
• Using Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
• Editing Palettes Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
• Editing Palettes in Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146