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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
16:15, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page File:Main screen.jpg
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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...")
15:18, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Palette (Created page with "This command performs palette functions. Display Palette type Parameter the palette tab to display is provided by the parameter value. Colour display the Colour palette tab Brush display the Brush palette tab. Focus display the Focus palette tab. Beam display the Beam palette tab. Select Palette index Parameter highlight the index defined by the parameter value. Palette index n highlight index n. Execute selected index execute the currently highlight palette...")
15:18, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Dynamic Fader (Created page with "This command connects linear data with the displayed client view. The functionality depends on the view. Fixture Group When a Fixture Group is displayed in the client area this command will control the active parameter as displayed in the Fixture Control toolbar. The active parameter can be selected by the Select Fixture Parameter system command. The offset is a value added to the parameter value to give the index of the fixture to be adjusted. This will depend on how...")
15:18, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Select Fixture Parameter (Created page with "This system command sets the Active Fixture Parameter to allow external adjustment. Defined by Parameter a bit confusing! This means the selected parameter is defined by the input parameter (part of the MIDI message) Parameter n selects the specified fixture parameter n You can use switched or level control with this commands. White key selection of Parameter This example shows how to connect the first 5 white keys of a MIDI keyboard to the first 5 parameters of...")
15:17, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:File loading (Created page with "These commands allow the loading of Artist file dynamically. MTC load a different MIDI time code event file Input Patch load a different Input Patch file. RTC load a different Real time event file. Workspace load a different Workspace In each case the file name should be entered.")
15:16, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:CD Audio (Created page with "This command is used to play a CD audio track. The mounted CD track list is displayed in the CD Audio branch on the Resources Tree view.")
15:16, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Video clip (Created page with "This command controls the video clips in the Video Manager. Select clip The combo box is used to select the video clip file by name as it appears in the Video Manager. Preview Use these buttons to preview the selected clip file. Include time code Check this box to also play time code events when the clip is played.")
15:15, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Linear Control (Created page with "This command is used to provide linear level input from various sources and direct then to system objects. Active Parameter the level is sent to the currently active parameter in the currently active fixture group. The parameter from the source is used to determine which channel of the parameter and which fixture receives the level. Active Fixtures the level is sent to the currently active fixtures in the currently active fixture group. The parameter from the source is...")
15:15, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Shell (Created page with "These commands provide access to the Windows shell. The following are defined. Enable Screen Saver this does not turn the screen saver on but enables it so that it will come on after the idle time specified in the Windows Control Panel. Disable Screen Saver this prevents the screen saver from coming on at all. Turn off monitor this turns the system monitor off one second after this command is issued. Turn on monitor this turns the system monitor on. Set Power Scheme...")
15:15, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Wave audio Output (Created page with "This command controls the audio waves in the Audio Manager. Select wave The combo box is used to select the Audio wave file by name as it appears in the Audio Manager. If Stop All is selected this value is ignored. Preview Use these buttons to preview the selected wave file. Include time code Check this box to also play time code events when audio is played. Loop Check this box if you want the wave file to repeat until a stop command is issued. Volume You can set th...")
15:14, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Digital Output (Created page with "Digital Outputs are defined in the Input Output patch in Resource. Digital Output select the Digital Output as define in the Input Output patch. Bits select the number of bits to set either 1, 4 or 8 bits Position select the position of the bits. This is dependent on the number of bits you selected to set. 1 bit - in this caze you can select bits 1 through 8 4 bits - you can select the low nibble (bits 1-4) or high nibble (bits 5-8) 8 bits - there are no options in th...")
15:13, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:MIDI Output (Created page with "This system commands send a MIDI message via any of the installed MIDI ports. A knowledge of MIDI messages is required. Output selects the MIDI output. See Input Output Patch Message Select the MIDI message Channels Set the MIDI channel in the range 1 through 16 Data1 Set the first MIDI message data byte in the range 0 through 127. Data2 Set the second MIDI message data byte in the range 0 through 127. If the System Command is embedded in a Cue and this value is s...")
15:13, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Network Output (Created page with "This command sends data to one of the available Network Hosts connected to the computers network interface. Select Host select from the available hosts defined in Network Hosts. Enter serial message string enter the text string message to send to the host. Only text messages are currently supported.Character Sequence Meaning \xnn this sequence is replaced with the hexadecimal value defined by nn \v this sequence is replaced by the hexadecimal value of the byte level...")
15:12, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Serial Output (Created page with "This command sends data to one of the available system COM ports. Select COM port select from the available system COM ports in the combo box. Enter serial message string enter the text string message to send to the COM port. The following table shows character sequences for replacing. Character Sequence Meaning \xnn this sequence is replaced with the hexadecimal value defined by nn \v this sequence is replaced by the hexadecimal value of the byte level from the pa...")
15:11, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Global (Created page with "Wizard page - Set Global information Category Global Command Master Black/Restore The Black function in the Cue Control section. Toggles between Black and Restore. Black Only Same as above without restore function. Restore Only Same as above without Black function. Fade In/Out The Fade function in the Cue Control section. Toggles between Fade in and Out. Fade Out Same as above without the Fade in function. Fade In Same as above without the Fade out function. Panic...")
15:08, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Variables (Created page with "These commands are used to set or clear parameter flags and Variables or time stamped events. Clear all parameter flags clears all parameter flags that have been marked as changed. Clear selected parameter flags clears on those selected fixtures' flags. Set Binary Variable set one of the internal Binary variables to True or False Clear Binary Variable clear one of the internal Binary variables. (deprecated) Mark time stamped event creates a time stamped event in the...")
15:07, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Activate (Created page with "This command function activates a workspace object, i.e. a Fixture, Scene or Cue. Its parameter are as follows. Type Parameter the object to activate is in List View defined by a parameter from the input message. Current the object to be activated is in the currently displayed List View. Fixture the object to be activated is in the Fixture List View. Scene the object to be activated is in the Scene List View. Cue the object to be activated is in the Cue List View...")
15:06, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Display Window (Created page with "This command function causes the desired Section and Window to be displayed. The following are its parameters. Frame Section Master Cue Control display the Cue Control window. Time Control display the Time Control window. Program Control display the Program Control window. Client Templates display the Template List View. Fixtures display the Fixture List View. Scenes display the Scene List View. Cues display the Cue List View. Patch display the Patch List View....")
15:06, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Page:Display Client (Created page with "This command function causes Artist to display the desired List View and group in the client area. The following are its parameters. Type Parameter the List View to be displayed is defined by a parameter from the input message. Current the List View is unchanged. Fixture the Fixture List View will be displayed Scene the Scene List View will be displayed Cue the Cue List View will be displayed Group Parameter the Group to be displayed is defined by a parameter fro...")
15:00, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:System Commands (Created page with "The system commands are listed here by category as they are in the System Command dialogs in Artist. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | Artist Page:Display Client || this causes the desired List View and group to be displayed in the client area. |- | Artist Page:Display Window || this causes the desired Section and Window to be displayed |- | Artist Page:Activate || this activates a workspace object, i.e. a Fixture, Scene or Cue. |- | Artist Pa...")
14:46, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Automation (Created page with "Automation is the name given to connecting external devices to controller Artist or for Artist control other applications, local or networked. The following is a list of connection methods. {| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | MIDI Outputs|| to output MIDI message to external equipment. For example, Synthesiser, MIDI controllable Laser Controller, etc. |- | MIDI Inputs|| input messages from an externally connect MIDI device. For example, a musical keyboard, electr...")
13:55, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Control (Created page with "demo trigger accesses a system command. Global/Trigger/Manual trigger.")
13:54, 14 May 2024 MickShowCAD talk contribs created page Artist Help:Gobos (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ Caption text |- | No Gobo|| no gobo or rotation. |- | Gobo 2|| gobo 2 selected |- | gobo 3|| gobo 3 selected |- | Gobo 4|| gobo 4 selected |- | Gobo 5|| gobo 5 selected |- | Gobo 2 + rotate|| gobo 2 and rotation |- | Gobo 3 + rotate|| gobo 3 and rotation |- | Gobo 4 + rotate|| gobo 4 and rotation |- | Gobo 5 + rotate|| gobo 5 and rotation |}")