As it says on the tin, colud this be done with my DMX, if so how long do you reckon it could take?
Link To You Tube Lighting sequence.
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Yes you can. You just got to figure out how you are gonna program all that. But for sure it can be done in my dmx. It may take you about a good day's worth of programming time maybe less depends on how fast you get the concept of how you have to program it.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Might take me a month or two!
no that was a short sequence. Won't take that long but i urge you to think of your own. Why copy someone else's if not just to learn? Create your own show. And try to make the one you saw better.
Oh i will try and learn it, just downloaded the Elation software aswell, going to have a look at that.
But no doubt ill be sticking with the basic my dmx to start with
But no doubt ill be sticking with the basic my dmx to start with
Oh yeah, that is SO do-able. Beyond my creativity, but gives me some ideas.
One thing to do is to "think a step ahead". When a light is not on, have it snapping to the next location it needs to be, which is critical with scanners and movers when doing fades.
For example, during my blackouts, I am programming my movers to point to where I need them to be with the gobo and color wheel in position so I can just snap the shutter open(it doens't dim). I also will dial-in the RGB values of my other fixtures that need it, as well as move color wheels of any other fixtures so when we come out of blackout, I'm ready to go and it looks better.
Notice when the guy was doing the quick scan up(odds) then switch to evens, I bet during the odds scan up, the evens were already set and ready for their lift.
With some time, effort and creativity(or in my case, some direction!), a lot can be done with MyDMX. I'm doing an entire 97 minute shadowcast with MyDMX. I will admit some items have been difficult to do, but I was able to figure things out.
One thing to do is to "think a step ahead". When a light is not on, have it snapping to the next location it needs to be, which is critical with scanners and movers when doing fades.
For example, during my blackouts, I am programming my movers to point to where I need them to be with the gobo and color wheel in position so I can just snap the shutter open(it doens't dim). I also will dial-in the RGB values of my other fixtures that need it, as well as move color wheels of any other fixtures so when we come out of blackout, I'm ready to go and it looks better.
Notice when the guy was doing the quick scan up(odds) then switch to evens, I bet during the odds scan up, the evens were already set and ready for their lift.
With some time, effort and creativity(or in my case, some direction!), a lot can be done with MyDMX. I'm doing an entire 97 minute shadowcast with MyDMX. I will admit some items have been difficult to do, but I was able to figure things out.
I cant even get a simple scene together at the mo 
Check out.
www.YouTube.com/mydmxtech
it is our my dmx tech channel on you tube. I do need to add some more videos but these walk you through the basics.
Sincerely,
www.YouTube.com/mydmxtech
it is our my dmx tech channel on you tube. I do need to add some more videos but these walk you through the basics.
Sincerely,
Not to brag, but I had simple scenes going within minds of using MyDMX after assembling my universe and makng my custom library files as needed.
Take your time Dean. Just stay patient.
Step 1: Assign channels to units.
Step 2: Save
Step 3: Play
Step 4: Save
(every even step should be a save!)
Have fun!
Right now I'm working on a big show and MyDMX is doing the job just fine. I've had some complex scenes, but I've managed to get the job done so far. I have around 20 pages of script to go, not all pages have new scenes and changes. I want to get the scenes done by end of day Friday and bust out an animatic on DVD before Friday to hand to the director.
Too many drafts: BluRay transfer to make working video. From there, further edits to make "work DVD", which I am basing my animatic off of(it just has more chapter marks). Now to get the entire set of scenes in MyDMX to work properly. Fortunately, I have some cheat options to save myself SOME amount of frustration. My show has to sync dead-on to video PLUS with check-points and over-rides at all scenes to ensure if something gets off, we don't stay off very long.
Take your time Dean. Just stay patient.
Step 1: Assign channels to units.
Step 2: Save
Step 3: Play
Step 4: Save
(every even step should be a save!)
Have fun!
Right now I'm working on a big show and MyDMX is doing the job just fine. I've had some complex scenes, but I've managed to get the job done so far. I have around 20 pages of script to go, not all pages have new scenes and changes. I want to get the scenes done by end of day Friday and bust out an animatic on DVD before Friday to hand to the director.
Too many drafts: BluRay transfer to make working video. From there, further edits to make "work DVD", which I am basing my animatic off of(it just has more chapter marks). Now to get the entire set of scenes in MyDMX to work properly. Fortunately, I have some cheat options to save myself SOME amount of frustration. My show has to sync dead-on to video PLUS with check-points and over-rides at all scenes to ensure if something gets off, we don't stay off very long.
Its actually not a lot. A lot of the stuff is used and reused, just different colors/gobos/speeds. I don't now if it is possible in MyDMX to load a scene, change something like color or gobo, and then re-record it as a new scene. If it is, then that will say you a ton of time right there. Setting positions is the most time consuming thing. Colors and gobos are easy, especially if all the fixtures are the same or there is some pattern like odds/evens stage right/left, etc. I am again not sure if this is possible in MyDMX, but with that you can select all your fixtures as groupings and it saves time even more. I am pretty sure both of those things are possible in MyDMX, jingles or Chris can confirm.
On a side note, that guy needs to reset his fixtures/calibrate his pan and tilt values. That drove me insane from the moment the video started through the whole thing. Sorry, very picky with things like that. One of the reasons why I can't go see live shows anymore.
On a side note, that guy needs to reset his fixtures/calibrate his pan and tilt values. That drove me insane from the moment the video started through the whole thing. Sorry, very picky with things like that. One of the reasons why I can't go see live shows anymore.
I was thinking the exact same thing: 1 fixture was out of alignment and for me that was a major distraction. First thing I noticed too.
In regards to MyDMX, it has a Scene copy function. I use that a lot, especially coming out of one scene and into a blackout scene. I copy the previous scene, delete all but the last step. In ths new scene, I also copy the step I left in there IF I'm blacking out my moving heads. Since my movers don't dim, they have a shutter, so I like to take that first step with 4 10th's of a second fade and slam that shutter closed, then in step 2, I can do my fade as desired, setting all outstanding values to zero sa required.
I may also copy that "zero" step to prepare to come out of blackout for the next scene. Get my color wheels, gobos, bounce, spins, bounces, X/Y coordinates, and even RBG values(minus dim) ready for when I start up the next scene so it goes a bit nicer.
Right now, I am 12 scenes shy of completing a big shadowcast event. I call the director up during reasonable hours, ask a few questions, then finish it up and start to generate the animatic. I intend to have a DVD of the animatic done by next Thursday prior to rehearsal Friday.
Check out what I'm talking about with an animatic:
http://www.studio42.com/repo/
It's the WMV file in there. It's a complete scene. The screen area was a green area in MyDMX, and in Sony Vegas, I chroma-keyed it out. The video was captured via SnagIt!
The video itself was a transfer from the BluRay to a format I could use. Standard definition is more than sufficient for this project.
Now, imagine that type of thing stretched out to just over 97 minutes. I intend to get MyDMX so dialed in that once I correct for the first non-blackout scene, I shouldn't have to do anything the rest of the film.
I can't comment about all the other things MyDMX does. I have discovered some very useful things today. I'm quite pleased with the results.
In regards to MyDMX, it has a Scene copy function. I use that a lot, especially coming out of one scene and into a blackout scene. I copy the previous scene, delete all but the last step. In ths new scene, I also copy the step I left in there IF I'm blacking out my moving heads. Since my movers don't dim, they have a shutter, so I like to take that first step with 4 10th's of a second fade and slam that shutter closed, then in step 2, I can do my fade as desired, setting all outstanding values to zero sa required.
I may also copy that "zero" step to prepare to come out of blackout for the next scene. Get my color wheels, gobos, bounce, spins, bounces, X/Y coordinates, and even RBG values(minus dim) ready for when I start up the next scene so it goes a bit nicer.
Right now, I am 12 scenes shy of completing a big shadowcast event. I call the director up during reasonable hours, ask a few questions, then finish it up and start to generate the animatic. I intend to have a DVD of the animatic done by next Thursday prior to rehearsal Friday.
Check out what I'm talking about with an animatic:
http://www.studio42.com/repo/
It's the WMV file in there. It's a complete scene. The screen area was a green area in MyDMX, and in Sony Vegas, I chroma-keyed it out. The video was captured via SnagIt!
The video itself was a transfer from the BluRay to a format I could use. Standard definition is more than sufficient for this project.
Now, imagine that type of thing stretched out to just over 97 minutes. I intend to get MyDMX so dialed in that once I correct for the first non-blackout scene, I shouldn't have to do anything the rest of the film.
I can't comment about all the other things MyDMX does. I have discovered some very useful things today. I'm quite pleased with the results.