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5.
Shapes
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. You can set the centre point of the circle, the size of the circle and
the speed of the circle movement.
In addition to beam position shapes, there are a large number of other
shapes available in this console. 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.
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
spread
of the shape.
In AD1000 1024, 5 shapes can be run simultaneously, but, only 1 shape is
editable.
5.1
Select a shape
1)
Select fixtures;
2)
Press <Shape> in “Function area”;
3)
Press <A> [Playback a shape];
4)
Press <Up> or <Down> to select a shape type and confirm with a soft
key;
5)
Press <Up> or <Down> to select a shape and confirm with a soft key.
5.2
Edit a shape
1)
Press <Shape> in “Function area”;
2)
Press <B> [Edit a shape];
3)
Highlight the shape that you want to edit with a soft key; then, press
<Exit> to exit this menu;
4)
Press <C> [Shape Parameters];
5)
Highlight the parameter that you want to modify with a soft key; then,
change the value with <Wheel Value>.
Size: The amplitude.
Speed: The running speed of the shape.
Repeat: Repeats pattern after repeat number of fixtures.
Spread: How the instruments are spread across the pattern, 0=even
spread.