Excuse me , you are right , I though that was there already :-)
but it's not .
Agree with you
Excuse me , you are right , I though that was there already :-)
but it's not .
Agree with you
yes. actually this stuff is useful-
i came across this years and years ago - and it was the reason that people used celco desks on tv shoots - because they have a master output knob for each channel.
Sometimes even i think up usefull stuff.
I look forward to a knob in Catalyst.
Tyler Roach
Eclipse Creativity, Inc.
Just a suggestion... If I need to fade an output, I will usually use library 0 and file 1 (which is a black file) on a top layer. Then I can bring up the intensity of this layer on an independant fader and it acks like a fade to the whole mix. Yes, I know you loose a layer by doing this but until there's an upgrade, it's a good workaround.
SourceChildTODD SCRUTCHFIELD
...if it ain't broke...
gimme 5 and then don't act surprised
Well it seems to me with all the control we are given already with Mix Layer Selection , and Mix Shape....there really ought to be a whole DMX profile just for mixes.
So a user would simply patch a whole Mix as a fixture from the DMX console, which includes the Mix Layer Select, and Mix Shape parameters.
Other things I would personally like to see with this are a Master Intensity (as already stated), and Color FX, and Visual FX just like on the regular layers.
I hate to draw this comparison to another product here, but....it would be great if Mixes were controllable much in the same way as the "GLOBAL" fixture of a DL.2.
So a DMX chart might look something like this:
MIX LAYER FIXTURE
1 - Mix Intensity
2 thru 17 - Mix layer select
18 Output-1 select
19 Output-2 select
20+21 Mix X-position (pixel placement in raster)
22+23 Mix Y-position (pixel placement in raster)
24 Mix X-size/aspect
25 Mix Y-size/aspect
26 X1 Shape
27 Y1 Shape
28 X2 Shape
29 Y2 Shape
30 X3 Shape
31 Y3 Shape
32 X4 Shape
33 Y4 Shape
34 Mix Color FX
35 thru 37 - CMY/RGB parameter control
38 Mix Visual FX
39 VFX param-1
40 VFX param-2
Does this make sense? 40 channels just like a sub-layer.
I do realize that with 12 layers + 4 mixes this goes way over a single DMX universe, but this is easily overcome by using ArtNET, or using fewer layers/mixes.
Best Regards,
- Marty
Does no one else have any thoughts on this??
Best Regards,
- Marty
I'd love a light version of layers layout . No Keystone , no strobe , no trail .
Very basic stuf to control only the contents .
All other control could then go in the Mix control .
Not as standard , I do not say I don't want the 40ch , but I'll like a light version of the layer .
Also I wish a A/B crossfade layout . Say 6 A/B xfade layers .
the A/B xfade it's very useful , once you set the geometry in the Layer what you have to do it's only to select different contents and fade from A to B
Easy simple and useful , 90% of catalyst programming it's about crossfade from one content to an other .
I'm sure someone will jump in and will say that I'm having the worst idea by thinking to the A/B xfade but this is what I wish .