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3.4. What is Presets

Presets are used to store values for fixtures in nice pools for each preset type.

It's very useful when you want to reuse a value. It could be a position, color or something else that you use.

If you use a preset in a cue then you don't store the values stored in the preset, but you store a

link

to preset. If you

then update the values in the preset, then your cues will automatically use the updated values.

Think of presets as a lot of drawers in a big chest of drawers. We have a chest for each of the preset types we see

on the right side of screen 1. So each chest is labeled "Dimmer", "Position", "Gobo" etc.

Now you can put something in these drawers. If you select a fixture and give it a color, you can store this in a color

drawer. It's like writing a small note and putting it in the drawer. What you write is the ID number of the active

fixture(s) and the(ir) active values.

This information is then put in the drawer and the drawer is labeled. If it was a red color then it would be labeled

"Red". Not all drawers are label this smart. The dot2 don't know what the different positions are, so they are just

labeled "Position".

You can put other notes in the same drawer, but there can only be one note for each fixture. The same fixture can't

have a note that says "Red" and one that says "Blue". But fixture 1 can be "Red" and fixture 2 can be "Blue".

Now if we select a fixture and then a preset and store this in a cue. Then we actually store that the cue should go

look in the drawer for the value. It only stores this reference for the fixture you have stored in that cue. This means

that if you later add more notes for other fixtures in the same drawer, then this don't change the cue. The cue is still

only looking in the drawer for the notes to the specific fixtures stored in the cue.

If you change the values written on the note for the fixtures you use, then your cues will use the updated values. You

might need to change the values on the note if the color wasn't right or if the position change for the singer or for a

million other reasons.

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