Light cues in separate cue list?
CHNL
- When storing light cues in a separate cue list, can I "address" them in random order (e.g. jumping for cue 1 to cue 4 to cue 8 and back to cue 1)? Is assume so, however....
- If so, does the tick box "Collate effects of previous light cues when running this cue" work in the same way? Or, for this "tick box" to work do light cues have to be set up sequential as they are used during the show?
- If the tick box "Collate effects of previous light cues when running this cue" does not work in this situation, would I then have to set up light cues in a separate list using the option to store all fixtures in a cue and would that make it possible to store the light cues in random order and trigger them using the start cue from the main list
Chris Ashworth
Hello,Working on a show for which I plan to use QLab for lighting as well. Is it possible and, if yes, helpful to put light cues in a separate cue list and trigger them from the main cue list using start cues? It's not a very complicated show (some 50-60 fixtures).What I like to know is:
- When storing light cues in a separate cue list, can I "address" them in random order (e.g. jumping for cue 1 to cue 4 to cue 8 and back to cue 1)? Is assume so, however....
Yes, you can trigger any cue at any time. (And you can use start cues to trigger any other cue in whatever order you like.)
If so, does the tick box "Collate effects of previous light cues when running this cue" work in the same way? Or, for this "tick box" to work do light cues have to be set up sequential as they are used during the show?
The collate box has the following effect:
Any light cue that has “collate” checked will take every light command from every light cue above it in the same list, and add those to its own commands. By the time the light cue finishes, it will be as if every light cue up to and including it has run in order.
If you use the collate option this means you can jump around in the list and always get the same result — like a “normal” light board.
If you turn this option off, the cue will run and “layer on top” of whatever state your lights are in when the cue runs.
If you want to jump around in a random order, you might use the collate option, or you might not — it depends on how you are using the cues or what effects you want.
If the tick box "Collate effects of previous light cues when running this cue" does not work in this situation, would I then have to set up light cues in a separate list using the option to store all fixtures in a cue and would that make it possible to store the light cues in random order and trigger them using the start cue from the main list
Can you describe more about your design? The answer will depend on what you are trying to do.
For example, if you just want to have each light cue control every one of your lights every time, it doesn’t matter whether you use collate or not — if each cue has every light in it, you can trigger any cue at any time and always get the same look. (Enabling or disabling collate doesn’t matter in this case because the cue has a command for every light.)
A different example would be if you have two lights — a red and blue light — that you want to flash like a police car. You could create a few light cues that control only those lights, turning them up and down in sequence, and fire those cues any time to make the lights flash. In this case you would NOT want to use collate, because the cues should control ONLY the red and blue lights, no matter whatever any other light is doing.
Other examples would be set up different ways.
Hopefully that helps, or feel free to describe the goal a bit more and I can try to answer further.
Cheers,
Chris