Artist Help: Using sub-scenes

Sub-sceneing is a way of saving settings or moves that can later be added to cues. It can be added to as many cues as you like and each cue can provide different rates, master level, ramp and triggers.

In the Movement Sub-sene example you created a sequence of four positions in a group of fixtures. Now we are going to make a usable cue using it as the basis.

Activate all the fixtures and set the preset levels from the Fixture Control Tool bar.

In the Parameter Control right-click on the joypad and select 'Zero Level'. This will zero the output of the position parameters in all the fixtures.

Activate the movement scene. You will now see the movement of the sub-scene.

Double-click on the scene name in the scene list view. This will open the Scene Sequence control panel from where you can adjust the speed and other parameters affecting the movement.

Adjust the gobos, colour and effects as required.

In the program control window click 'New Cue' in the cue programming section. This will create a new cue.

You can use any number of sub-scenes in this way. Also, each time you use a sub-scene the parent cue sets the rate, trigger, level etc. In this way the same sub-scene can run a different speeds etc.