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--- macros:example:colourchasechanger_v2 [2017/12/16 21:52] – icke_siegen
+++ macros:example:colourchasechanger_v2 [2020/04/05 08:02] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ^ ::: | [[http://forum.avolites.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4823|In the original post]] there is also a short manual linked which you might find helpful. |
+Kim Wida developed a slightly changed version: [[macros:example:palettechasechanger_v3|]].
-{{tag>[ change chase blind colour ]}}
+{{tag>change chase blind colour}}
 ==== functions ====
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   * [[macros:function:Palette.ApplyPalette]]
   * [[macros:function:actionscript.setproperty]]
-  * [[macros:function:Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace]]
+  * [[macros:function:Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace]] -- alternatively [[macros:function:Palette.MergeCurrentPalette]] (see [[#explanation]])
   * [[macros:function:Programmer.Editor.Clear]]
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 a brief explanation of the syntax used. For all the other XML details please refer to [[macros:formats_and_syntax#xml_format|Formats and syntax]]
-<code>
-  <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", true)</step> //first step for going into blind mode
-  <step pause="0.01">Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step> //second step, after this step the desk goes into blind mode
-  <step pause="0.01">Group.RecallGroupNumeric(100)</step> //selects group 100
-  <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,1,16", false)</step> //selects the colour palette on the first page on the 16th slot
-<step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,1")</step> //sets the colour palette on the second page on the 1th slot into the desks memory
-<step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step> //replace the palette in the desks memory with whats in the programmer
-<step pause="0.01">Programmer.Editor.Clear(Attribute.Mask.Clear.Value, Programmer.Editor.Fixtures.Clear.Presets, false, Expert.ClearMenu.FadeTime)</step> //clear the desk
-<step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", false)</step> //first step of going out of blind mode
-<step pause="0.01">Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step> //second step of going out of blind mode
-</code>
 Essentially this macro does:
   * enter blind mode
-  * replace a palette - e.g. our forground colour - for a certain fixture group with another palette, clear
+  * replace a palette - e.g. our foreground colour - for a certain fixture group with another palette, clear
   * replace yet another palette - e.g. our background colour - for a certain fixture group with another palette, clear
   * exit blind mode
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   * ''Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,1,16", false)'' selects the colour palette on the first page of the Colours workspace window, 16th slot
   * ''ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,1")'' sets the colour palette on the second page on the 1th slot into the desks memory, i.e. makes it the current palette handle for the next actions
-  * ''Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()'' replaces the palette in the desks memory - the active palette handle - with what's in the programmer
+  * ''Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()'' replaces the palette in the desks memory - the active palette handle - with what's in the programmer \\ **HINT:** if you instead want to replace only a part of the palette then you need to merge it instead of replace the entire palette. Use [[macros:function:palette.mergecurrentpalette|]] instead
   * ''Programmer.Editor.Clear(...)'' clears the programmer (for the parameters see [[macros:function:Programmer.Editor.Clear]] - clears according to the current clear mask, clearing the presets as setglobally, in the globally set clear/release time)
   * repeat the above steps, now with ''Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,1,17", false)'' and ''ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,2")'', in order to replace the background colour
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   - make a color chase that uses color pallets
   - place those color pallets on the color pallets windows page 2 positions 1 and 2
-  - create a group for all the fixtures used in that color chase and give that group ID 100
+  - create a group for all the fixtures used in that color chase and give that group usernumber 100
   - when you want to change the colors, place the 2 new colors you want on the color pallets page 1 positions 16 and 17
   - run the macro and have fun.
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