User manual AVOLITES DIAMOND 4 TITAN V3.0

[. . . ] Diamond 4 Titan Operator's Manual Version 3. 0 D4Titanv3-0. doc 31/08/2010 09:23:00 Co py rig ht Av oli te sL im i ted 20 10 Useful Avolites phone numbers:Avolites England Service out of hours* Fax Email Website (+44) (0) 831 17 8888 name@avolites. com Sales and service* (+44) (0) 20 8965 8522 (+44) (0) 20 8965 0290 http://www. avolites. com Sales and service* Fax (+1) 865 938 2057 (+1) 865 938 2059 The latest version of this manual and Diamond Software can be downloaded from the Avolites website. The small print : No Liability for Consequential Damages Avolites has a policy of continuous product and documentation improvement. As such the detail within this manual may not match the operation of the Diamond 4. In no event shall Avolites be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages or loss whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the Diamond even if Avolites Ltd. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. [. . . ] When a palette is recalled in this way, a time is added and the palette fades in over that time. 2> 3> Type in the time for the palette on the keypad 4. 6. 2 Storing times and overlap in palettes You can store fade times and overlap settings in a palette, which will automatically take effect when the palette is recalled. This again is a useful feature when busking a show, enabling great effects to be D4Titanv3-0. doc 31/08/2010 09:23:00 Co Palettes applied with a fade time do not get put into the programmer, so will not be saved in any cues; don't use fade times when programming. This is to ensure that when used in a live situation, the next cue will override the palette and play back as intended. Also, the Clear button does not affect timed palettes. There is a user setting under the Panel tab which allows you to access this function from any menu, not just the top level root menu. py Palette fading can be very useful when recalling a palette live during a show, as you can smoothly move fixtures to a new position or change colour slowly (on colour mixing fixtures). rig Press the palette button ht 1> Select some fixtures Av oli te E [Press to latch menu] keeps the Move mode active, so you can keep Moving things without having to keep pressing the Move button. Press Up to leave Move mode. sL Press the Palette/Flash button of the palette to be Moved. im i ted You can delete a palette entry by pressing the blue Delete button, then the grey Palette button to be deleted. Press the palette button again to confirm the deletion. 20 10 4. Palettes - Page 151 created on the fly. 1> 2> 3> Press A [Set Times] from the top level menu. Press the palette button to be edited Use the menu softkeys to set the times required (see page 167) D4Titanv3-0. doc 31/08/2010 09:23:00 Co py rig ht Av oli te sL im i ted 20 10 Page 152 - 5. Shapes D4Titanv3-0. doc 31/08/2010 09:23:00 Co py rig ht Av oli te sL im i ted 20 10 5. Shapes - Page 153 5. Shapes This chapter contains: Selecting a shape; changing the size and speed of a shape; spreading a shape across multiple fixtures; editing shapes which are running. 5. 1 Playback 5. 1. 1 Creating a shape To create a shape you simply pick it from a list on the softkeys. Shapes are listed using the IPCGBES attribute groups, so you can pick from a list of Intensity shapes, or a list of Pan/Tilt shapes, or Colour shapes, and so on. You can also pick from a list of All Shapes. When you choose a shape, it will be applied to all selected fixtures. Select the fixtures the shape is to be applied to. Press the Shape button (to the right of Wheel 3). Shape button D4Titanv3-0. doc 31/08/2010 09:23:00 Co 1> 2> py rig ht Av When you use a shape with more than one fixture, you can choose to either apply the shape identically to all the fixtures, or offset them so that the shape runs along the fixtures creating "wave" or "ballyhoo" type effects. This is called the Phase of the shape. oli te In addition to position shapes, there are a large number of other shapes available in the Diamond. The shapes are defined for a particular attribute such as colour, dimmer, focus and so on. Some shapes will not work with some fixtures; focus shapes, for example, can produce nice "focus pull" effects on fixtures which have DMX focusing, but will do nothing on fixtures which don't have focusing. sL A shape is simply a sequence of values which can be applied to any attribute of a fixture. A circle shape, for example, applied to the pan and tilt attributes, would cause the fixture to move its beam around in a circular pattern. [. . . ] This is now fixed sL Live Recording: There have been more fixes to recording a cue whilst it is live. im i Partial XFade of Chases Causes Strobing: Setting the XFade of chases to anything but 0 or 100% could cause strobing. This is now fixed ted 20 10 Page 272 ­ New for version 2. 4 Dimmer Functions: Having more than one function in the Dimmer attribute causes the user to be unable to correctly record that attribute to a Playback. This is now fixed Palette Fades: Long timed palette fades override more recent palettes. This is now fixed Fixture Exchange Dimmer: Exchanging to certain fixtures would force dimmer values to 0%. [. . . ]