Fading

Check the fade box for that scene then go into your steps box to the right hand side. This is all in the editor tab just so you know. Double click in the time boxes and select your fade and hold time and if you want to add a step click on the green plus sign icon. I believe that us right. Let me know If any of this is confusing you. Sincerely,

Any chance you could post a screen shot of the fade box you're referring to? I don't know exactly where/what that is.

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks xoticpt! much appreciated! Sincerely,

Does this fade "in" or fade "out"? If I have a scene where the first step has fade time, will that fade up to the max dimmer setting? Maybe I start with blackout step and then 2nd step have fade time... would that equal fade "in"?

It fades where you want it too. either at the start of a scene/Step or at the end. If you want a fade out then you add a step that makes it go to blackout and have a fade in that step. If you want it to fade in then there has to be a fade at the first step of the scene. Make sense?
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Originally posted by MoonBeez:
Does this fade "in" or fade "out"? If I have a scene where the first step has fade time, will that fade up to the max dimmer setting? Maybe I start with blackout step and then 2nd step have fade time... would that equal fade "in"?

Depending on what you want to accomplish and what level of automation you're looking for, you might be better suited to have a blackout SCENE rather than a step. That way you can manually dictate how long the blackout is. Just remember that your fade time always represents the fade into that scene (or step).

If you want the blackout to automatically transition to your next scene, you can accomplish this by piggybacking two scenes. If the target scene is static, you can simply set the blackout wait time, then set up the next (target) scene with the appropriate fade time. All you need to do now is change "Always Loop" to "Loop 1 time" on the blackout scene and select your target scene under "Next". Tip- if you're dealing with moving heads or scanners and you want them to already be ready to go, I'd suggest setting the target scene first, then duplicate it and dim the lights to create the blackout scene.

Now, what if you're fading into a scene that has movement? Maybe the first step of the target scene has a fade time of only a few milliseconds because your moving heads are circling? In this case, your blackout scene can include a step that fades it in. Same process- blackout, wait time, new step, fade time, NO wait time for step 2, loop once, then set your circling scene as "Next." If you wanted to be fancy, you could duplicate the circling scene and manually add the fade to the last few steps before sending it to the target scene.

By the way, under the above, if you wanted to trigger the fade in from blackout manually, you would still need a "helping" scene. Thus you'd have a blackout scene, a "fade in" scene (set with your appropriate fade time, loop once, and the target scene under "next"), and then the target scene.

I hope my explanation hasn't been too confusing. I really should sit down and do some video tutorials.