Specifications

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Position presets
What is a position preset
Presets, are also known as 'preset focus' (position focus, not optical focus). Scenes containing
presets for effects contain references rather than an absolute 'physical' values. The result generated
by the sequences depends on the actual contents of the reference, not the absolute contents of the
scene. LightJockey implements presets for pan/tilt positions only. The maximum number of position
presets that can be created is 99.
Example of using presets:
When programming for a band on tour, it is often useful to use presets for beam positions rather than
absolute pan/tilt values via the pan/tilt position control. For example, when lighting the drummer,
create and use a preset rather than moving the pan and tilt values directly to the drummer position in
every relevant scene. Later, when in another venue, or when the drummer position or the fixtures are
physically moved, simply change the values that are contained in the preset; now all every scene
where the 'drummer' preset is used will automatically use the new physical values. Without presets
every fixture in every scene that lights the drummer will have to be modified one by one. Also, since it
is possible to name a preset, it is often much faster to apply named positions to fixtures, rather than
have to move them one by one to the desired position. It is not necessary to move fixtures to the
same physical position in a preset, a preset could easily contain a for example beam fan pattern. It is
also possible to use different presets for different fixtures on the same scene, for example 2 fixtures
on preset 'drummer', and 2 on preset 'lead vocal.
Using position presets
The position preset dialog is accessed through the Preset menu on the pan/tilt position control.
Position preset dialog
Creating and editing presets
Before any presets can be applied to fixtures, they must be created first. Create a preset by moving
the individual fixtures to the desired position and click Save Preset (hint : give the preset a good
name that identifies that position clearly - this will save time later when editing presets). The saved
preset will now be displayed in the list. When saving a new preset, a value will be saved for all fixtures
- fixtures excluded by the fixture selection (see below) will save the default top/left pan/tilt position.
When editing an existing preset the fixture selection will decide for which fixtures the preset is
modified.
Master fixture This will modify values for the master fixture only
Selected Fixtures This will modify values for all selected fixtures.
All Fixtures This will modify values for all fixtures.
Make sure that the correct preset is selected in the preset list before re-saving the preset.