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20:38, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Event Flags (Created page with "=== Variables === You can view the system Variables in Navigator/System Control. Right-click on any of the types Binary, Decimal or Colour and select Properties. This will display a window that allows you to look at the current values of the variables. You can use this window to manually change these values for test purposes. Variables can be set via system commands. Variables types are as follows, === Binary === These are simple on/off values and can be used to step...")
20:36, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Re-ordering colour mix channels (Created page with "Ordinarily production colour mixing fixtures are either arranged as Red, Green, Blue (RGB) or Cyan, Magenta, Yellow (CMY). Situation sometimes arise where this is not the case. In these case you have to be able to change the channel order to achieve meaning colour change control. Colour Mixing Parameter With this type of parameter it is done at the template level. Using the Template Wizard create you template and add the Colour Mix or Colour Mix Dimmer parameter as req...")
20:35, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Converting from text templates (Created page with "Converting from Text ShowCAD (the DOS version) used text format templates. Artist will load these text templates and convert them to an Artist format. To Load Text Templates Select Templates in the Client area from the main menu, select File/Import Text Template select the text template file from the standard file dialog. Note that the text template files have the same file extension as the Artist template file. Be sure not to load an Artist template using this met...")
20:35, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Importing a Workspace (Created page with "=== Import Workspace === You can import another workspace into the currently loaded. You may want to do this if you currently have two computers each running a separate part of the show and you want to merge them into one. All the fixtures, scenes and cues will be imported. The fixtures will be assigned to new DMX lines which, of coarse, you can change. Before the import process is carried out, Artist will backup your existing Workspace to the backup directory. If ther...")
20:34, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Importing Scenes and Cues (Created page with "=== Importing Cues and Scenes === Currently, the software allows Cues and Scene files to be imported into a Workspace from another. It is important that the source and destination Workspaces have the same Fixtures defined. At present no error checking is made and if any error occurs during this process the system will throw an exception. Prior to either of these operations, Artist will create a backup of your Workspace to the backup directory. If you are planning to i...")
20:32, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Importing Fixtures (Created page with "=== Importing Fixtures === You can import the fixtures defined in another workspace. You may want to do this if you currently have two computers each running a separate part of the show and you want to merge them into one. This will not import the scenes or cue from the other workspace. The imported fixture will be assigned new DMX lines which you can alter after importing. Before the import process is carried out, Artist will backup your existing Workspace to the back...")
20:31, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Adding a one-shot Scene (Created page with "You can make a scene sequence run through its step once by opening its control panel and setting a count of 1. If you try to save a New Cue at this point the chances are that the scene will have deactivated itself before you have a chance to complete the operation. * Test your scene manually to set the rate and other setting you require * Right-click on the parent cue you want to add it to. * Select Add Scene/Cue * Browse through the scene tree to find the one-shot s...")
20:29, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Sound to Light (Created page with "A very effective pseudo sound to light can be achieved as follows. Set maximum level on the parameters required for the bass trigger of the effect. Click New Scene in the Program Control window and click Save + NoClear. Click New Step in the Program Control window to create a second step the same as the first. Open the scene control panel for this new scene and set the trigger to 'Bass decay' and the rate to about 0.3s Now create a scene in the same way for fixt...")
20:29, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create a blank Cue (Created page with "A client wished to create several cues and scenes which had only Serial messages in them. No fixture parameters were to be accessed. You can only add Serial output System Commands to existing Cues or Scenes. Therefore you must create blank cues first. This you do from the Program Control window. === To create a blank cue === * Select the cue list you wish to add the new cue to. * Click on 'New Cue'. The New Cue dialog will show no data being added. * Edit the name...")
20:24, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create Momentary Cue (Created page with "You make an individual cue deactivate after a period of time. This you might want to do for smoke machines or strobe lighting. In the case of strobes you can add a chase with a count of one to a cue. This will mean that when the cue is activated the chase will run through once only. The cue, in this case, will continue to be active. In the case of a smoke machine you can open the cue's Control Panel and set the hold time to four seconds, for example, and check the 'Hol...")
20:24, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Multiple Users (Created page with "Some times it is desirable to stop the user from installing other programs and feature that may interfere with the some operation of the system. You may want the operator to run Artist in a Standard User Account within the Windows operating system. The steps to successfully achieving this are as follows, * In Window Control Panel/User Accounts, create a Standard User Account. This will be the account that the operator will have access to. * Install Artist in the normal...")
20:22, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Live editing (Created page with "Often you wish to make changes to your cues while they are running in live situation. Dimmer levels are easily altered as follows, * Right-click on the cue in question and select 'Set Parameters'. This will override the cue by setting the contained parameters levels and their flags. This will not affect the DMX outputs. * View the fixture parameters in the Fixture view and activate those you wish to adjust. * Use the Fixture control panel to adjust the active fixture...")
20:21, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Copy Contents (Created page with "The article describes the process of programming and the best ways to save time and effort. This recaps the previous articles to give a general overview of the process. === A new Workspace === Create a new Workspace using the Workspace Wizard. This will produce a blank set of files for you to create you show. Install all system Fixtures using Fixture Wizard. This informs Artist of all the fixture devices connected to your DMX512 lines. Position you fixtures on the...")
20:20, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Automatically Strike Discharge Lamps (Created page with "Often you may want to strike the lamps of you fixtures automatically when Artist boots up. From the main menu select Tools/Preferences Select the Start Up tab check the Lamp ON box. click OK to close. The next time Artist boots up it will issue a lamp strike to all fixtures. The lamp strike command can also be accessed via a System Command. The system command can be accessed from an external source (e.g. MIDI message) or from a Real time event. This would allow...")
20:19, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Transfer Workspace (Created page with "Because Artist will run unregistered on any computer it is possible to do setting up and basic programming on a laptop, for example, and later transfer the workspace files to the target computer. === Installing Fixtures === Set up the number of Universe you require in Input Output Patch. You need not connect them to actual interfaces devices at this stage. These will be virtual universes. You can install your fixtures in the usual way using the virtual DMX lines and v...")
20:16, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Backup/Restore (Created page with "=== Backup === Each time the Workspace files are saved copies of the files are saved to a compressed archive file. The location of this file is relative to your workspace folder. By default this is, 'My Documents\My Workspaces\Backup' You can add a backup copy of your workspace to the archive file manually, if you wish, by selecting, 'File/Backup Workspace files/to Archive'. You can create a copy archive of your workspace to a removable storage medium or a network...")
20:14, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Complex Steps (Created page with "This example which is found in 'SceneSteps.wsp' is compiled from a customer's request for help. This scheme consists of forty Metamorphosis Mix LED fixtures from Space Cannon. The client gave the following remit. * All fixtures off * All fixtures start turning BLUE (chasing) from fixture 1 to 40... At the end all would have to be in blue * This cue stays 15 seconds (fixtures all in blue) * Then from fixture 1 to 40 (chasing) the fixtures start turning Yellow. Wait 1...")
20:08, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Override Cue (Created page with "This document describes a scenario where you have a list of cues controlling a group of fixtures. These cues are in constant use but occasionally you want some of these fixtures to do something other than what the other fixtures in the group are doing as programmed in the cue. This idea uses the fact that setting the Parameter Flags of a fixture parameter causes data from the cues to be blocked; a kind of override. The principle is that a cue will activate a scene usin...")
20:06, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Accessing RGB (Created page with "Sometimes you might want to connect a fader to each of the axis of a colour mix device. Ordinarily, you would access all three axis in a cue thus setting the complete colour parameter in one hit. This article shows how to create three cues each controlling red, green and blue of a group of colour-mixing devices. Accessing a colour mix parameter from a cue means that all axis are set, therefore creating three cues - one for each colour - will not work correctly because...")
20:04, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Change the splash screen (Created page with "When Artist is launched a small logo window opens with our company logo and the version number of Artist. You can use you own image file (png, bmp, jpg or gif) by editing the registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/ShowCAD/Artist/Settings Add a new String value called SplashImage and enter the name of the image file to load. The default image file is Splash.png.")
20:02, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Creating a scene sequence with a point to point movement (Created page with "=== A Four point move === This example shows how to make a scene that causes the fixture mirror to move between four positions. This will be used as a sub-scene within a cue and so it will contain only mirror data. * Select all fixtures and set the preset levels from the Fixture Control Toll bar. * In the Program Control window select the scene group in which to create the new scene. * Select the first fixture only and position it where it is required for step one...")
19:59, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create a cue with a mirror/yoke movement effect (Created page with "=== A Cue with an Effect === This example uses an effect to produce two-dimensional movement in a fixture. * Select all the fixtures and set the preset levels from the Fixture Control Tool bar. * Now right-click the mirror/yoke parameter and select 'Zero Level'. This will zero the levels on all the position channels. * Open the Effect Control. You will see Mirror/Yoke parameter in the list. * Double-click in the 'On' column. This will activate an effect with defa...")
19:57, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create a cue with a mirror movement chase (Created page with "=== A simple cue with a Chase === This example is much the same as the Simple Cue example only this includes chase effects on the fixture dimmer parameter. * Select all the fixtures and set the preset levels from the Fixture Control toolbar as in the previous example. * Now right-click the mirror and select 'Clear and Zero'. This will zero the levels on the mirror channels and clear the flag. * Open the Fixture Chase control. You will see Mirror-X axis and Mirror-Y...")
19:54, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create a cue with a dimmer chase (Created page with "=== A simple cue with a Chase === This example is much the same as the Simple Cue example only this includes chase effects on the fixture dimmer parameter. * Select all the fixtures and set the preset levels from the Fixture Control Toolbar. * Now right-click the dimmer and select 'Zero Level'. This will zero the levels on all the dimmer channels. * Open the Fixture Chase control. You will see Dimmer in the list. * Double-click in the 'On' column at the Dimmer ro...")
19:51, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Create a simple static Cue with a one second fade in (Created page with "=== Static Cue with 1 second fade === This example will show how to make a simple cue from four moving mirror fixtures arrange within a group. This will be a static cue with each fixture having the same colour and gobo. * Display the Fixture group in the Fixture List View. You will see all the parameters are displayed in the Fixture Control Panel. * Select all the fixtures selecting 'All' in the combo-box of the Fixture Control tool bar. * From the Fixture Control...")
17:43, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Scene seq.jpg
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17:41, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Scene.png
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17:38, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Fixture group.png
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17:36, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Fixture control.jpg
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17:34, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Fixture block.jpg
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17:28, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Cue.png
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17:21, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Data flow2.jpg
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17:07, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Start Up Preferences (Created page with "You can set the following actions to take place automatically when Artist is booted. === Main Window === The main Artist window can be forced in to one of the following modes at start up. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Normal || The Artist window will be saved as it is stored in the workspace in the normal way. |- | Maximised || The Artist window is shown maximised. |- | Minimised || The Artist window is shown minimised. |- | In Tray|| The Artist window i...")
17:00, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Security Preferences (Created page with "Artist has a set of four access policies, known as Security Schemes, which can be used to prohibit access to elements of Artist and of the workspace. This property page is only accessible from within the Installer scheme. === Defining the Security Schemes === From the main menu select Tools/Preferences to open the Preferences dialog. Select the Security tab. Select a scheme to show the features available in the Windows tree view. If a password is defined for the sch...")
16:57, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Control Preferences (Created page with "=== Joypad Mouse Acceleration === {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Sticky Pad || if checked the joypad behaves as a sticky control when clicked (i.e. as if the mouse button were held down) |- | Enable|| enable mouse acceleration using DirectX. |- | Acceleration || rate of mouse acceleration |} === Cue Activation === {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Restore blackout || if a cue is activate when the system is in blackout, the blackout state is reset...")
16:45, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:File Saving (Created page with "=== Auto save === Artist Automatically saves a shadow copy of the loaded workspace periodically. This dialog allows you to set the period. In the event that Artist shuts down prematurely, when you restart if there were unsaved files you are prompted to overwrite with the shadow files. === Workspace directory === When you create a new Workspace or restore one from backup it is stored in the directory define in the edit box. The browse button allows you to select another...")
16:34, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs moved page Artist Help:System Options to Artist Help:System Preferences
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15:19, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:PowerPoint (Created page with "This system command can launch Microsoft's PowerPoint, load a presentation and play a slide show automatically or slide at a time synchronised with events in Artist, for example, a time code event or an external trigger. Commands Load Presentation this will launch PowerPoint if it is not already started and load the specified presentation file. Run Slide Show this will start the full screen slide show. It proceed with the timings specified in the presentation. Show Sl...")
15:19, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Cue List Commands (Created page with "These commands are specific to Cue Lists. List Action By Parameter action is defined by input parameter. Latch Set cue list to 'Latch' Interlocked Set cue list to 'Interlocked' Momentary Set cue list to 'Momentary' Deactivate in list deactivate all cues in the list Step step advance to the next cue in the list XFade manual fade advance to next cue in list. Seq start list sequence Chase start list chase Stop stop chase or sequence on cue list Page up this com...")