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Written by Emma Thompson. Last Update 07/08/13
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centre point. This means you can set a circle shape to run around a position on stage for example.
Shapes are grouped by category, so you have Dimmer, Position, Colour, Gobo, Beam and Effect
shapes. In this section we are going to look at making shapes and using them in a show.
Creating Shapes
Try creating a shape - select the All Spots groups, and create a shape by pressing softkey D on the
root menu [Shapes and Effects]. You will see the Shape Library window has opened, showing you
the available shapes for the fixture you have selected. This is filtered by attribute bank, so if you
have Position selected, it will only show you pan/tilt shapes, if you have Colour selected it will only
show you colour shapes, but if you have Dimmer selected it will show you all shapes.
Choose the Tilt Saw shape, and you will then be brought into the shape control menu. A shape has 3
parameters you can control - size, speed and spread on the wheels. The spread value refers to how
many fixtures need to be counted before the shape repeats, so a spread value of 2 will give an odd /
even spread, a value of 3 will mean that the first and 4th fixtures will be in synchronisation. If you
have fixtures with multiple cells selected, you will be prompted as to whether you want to run the
shapes on the sub fixtures (ie all 10 cells of a Sunstrip individually), or on the super fixture, which
makes all the cells act as one.
Exercise: Try adjusting the speed and spread of the shape, and look at the effect.
NB. If using a dimmer shape on a sunstrip, or colour shape on an LED Batten, try using the [Reverse
Selected Fixtures]option.
Recording Shapes
When you have created a shape you want to save, they can be recorded into a playback in the same
way you would record a normal cue, by pressing [Record] and pressing the blue swop button of a
free handle.
To get the most flexibility out of your shapes, it is best to save them in Channel mode.
Exercise: Try recording the Tilt Saw you just created in Channel Mode.
Playing Back Shapes
Shapes by default will behave like LTP values – ie at 10% of the fader value they will jump to the full
size and speed they were recorded at. You can get them to be relative to the fader level in the same
way Mode 2 behaves, by pressing [Playback Options], then choosing the blue swop of the playback
containing the shape. You can then toggle the items displayed as [Shape Size] and [Shape and Effect
Speed] between being ‘Fixed’ and ‘On Fader’
CHAPTER 11: RUNNING THE SHOW
Avolites consoles are ideally suited to running both entirely preprogrammed shows, and busking
shows. Live fixture overlap and live palette fades are both essential tools in busking.
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