4.8. How to work with presets
Presets are a set of values that a specific selection of fixtures can use. This value set is stored in a special preset
pool that allows you to use the same value sets again and again. If you store the preset in a cue, then you store a
link for some attributes for some specific fixtures to the preset. This means that you don't actually store the
values in the cue, but a link to the preset. If you then update the values in the preset, then the look of your cues
will change. If you want to learn more generally about what the presets are, then you can read the What are
Presets help page.
Now we'll look at how to actually work with them.
Create some presets
I assume you have a show with some fixtures that have different types of attributes.
There are different preset types. The preset types change depending on what fixtures you have added to your
show. You can see the different preset types on the right side of the right screen.
You can make a Preset view on one the other screens using the view bar or you can open it on the right screen by
pressing the Preset key. It might make more sense to open the preset view on a screen that isn't the right one.
Do this and then see the title bar of the preset view change when you select the different Presets Types on the
right side of the right screen. Each Preset Type have it's own preset pool. This also means that you can only store
Dimmer values in a Dimmer Preset pool. The exception to this is the All preset type. The All type can store all
values across the different other Preset types.
Let's try to make some dimmer presets (I assume you have added some fixtures that have a dimmer channel).
Select some of your fixtures, give them a dimmer value in your programmer (if you don't know what the
programmer is then you should first learn about this - follow this link). Now press the Store key and then an
empty pool object in the Dimmer Preset pool. Now you can see that you have created a Dimmer Preset.
You can do the same with any of your available Preset types. Remember that you can only store Dimmer values
in a Dimmer Preset. The same is valid for each of the different Preset Types - except the All presets.
Try to have dimmer and color values in your programmer. Then tap All on the menu on the right screen. Press
Store and then one of the All Presets. Now you have stored a preset that have both dimmer and color values.
Notice that tapping the All button opens the All preset pool on screen 1. You can also open this All preset pool
by pressing + 0 .
Naming presets
If you start to type on an external keyboard directly after storing a preset, then you are labeling the preset. You
might also notice a label pop-up when you store a preset. Tapping this will open the naming window. If you need
to label a preset long after it's stored then you can press the Label key and then the preset you want to label. This
also opens the Naming window.
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