Move on Dark glitch

[Zulu]

Hi. I’m using a couple of moving lights in various cues, for my theatre style cue stack on the master playback.

move on Dark is set, and the light does as expected when entering the cue.

But….. when moving to the next cue which does not need the moving lights, the moving lights visibly move and change colour during the fade-out. Not the desired effect, as I’m just wanting it to fade before moving.

any thoughts?

many thanks, Zulu

[Archie D]

Hi @Zulu,

It sounds as if the cue in which your fixtures fade out have position and colour information too. To let these fixtures fade out without any movement or colour changes, we need to remove that information from that cue.

First, save a copy of your showfile so you can revert to it if needed (Z/Shift -> Save Show).

Now select your problematic cue (the one to fade out the fixtures) and tap GO to proceed into that cue. Select your moving fixtures, then tap the Home icon (top left of the internal touchscreen). This homes & tags all parameters for the selected fixture(s). Now, we want to un-tag only the Intensity parameter so that the intensity of the fixtures still go to zero (e.g. that information is preserved), instead of previous values tracking through. To do this, tap the Z/Shift key, then tap 'Intensity' above the first encoder wheel - it should switch to have a dark background. That parameter is now un-tagged.

Now tap the UPDATE key (you may have to hold it for the Update Window to appear on the internal touchscreen, this behaviour can be adjusted in SETUP -> Settings -> Record & Update), ensure 'Remove' has a red stripe (enabled) and Smart Tag has a blue stripe (disabled). Also make sure that 'Cue Only' has a red stripe so that we are only dealing with and affecting this cue. Tap your Master GO button to submit the update.

You should now find that the fixtures fade out without changing position and colour. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Archie