Rack Palette - Operators Manual - Strand Lighting

General Information
Move and Copy
The Move and Copy commands are identical and work for Cues, Looks and
Channels. You can only move/copy Cues to Cues, Looks to Looks and Channels to
Channels. If you want to copy the contents of a Cue into a Look, the best way to do
that is to Load the Cue then Record the Look. If you want to copy the contents of a
Look into a Cue, the best way to do that is to type [LOOK] [#] [ENTER] [REC] [#]
[ENTER].
Note:
The Record dialog box defaults to recording cues, but you can type [LOOK]
[#] [ENTER] [REC] [CUE] [#] [ENTER] for completeness.) Also see other
command line methods in the topic on Looks and check out the Record Cue
option called Exclude Sub Masters.
On the QWERTY keyboard, commands are launched with the [C] and [M] keys.
Channels
The default tab for Move and Copy is the Channel tab. One of the most powerful
features of Palette as far as moving lights is concerned is the Abstract Control
Model. This basically means that all moving lights, regardless of who manufactured
them and what protocol they are using, are controlled the same way in Palette. Not
only do they all have similar 'control handles', but the data that is stored in the cues
is not raw DMX levels as traditional desk do. It is made up of 'real world' terms such
as "15 Degrees", "20 RPM" and "8 Hz". This means that even if you programmed
your show with one type of Channel, you can play it back with another. More
commonly, you will have a rig made up of multiple Channels and you will want to
talk to them using the same language. This is where Copy/Move really works to your
advantage.
If you have one light doing exactly what you want and you want another to do just
that same thing, you can Copy all of the attributes from the first Channel to the
second. If you've dialed something up really nice on one Channel, then figured out
that it may look better on another, you can just Move the attributes across. (The
attributes you move from the first Channel will be released.)
When you want to copy or move attributes of a moving light, launch the command
as described above to open the dialog box to the Channel tab:
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