ETC Element v2.1.0 - Manual (Page 147)

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Using Groups and Intensity Palettes 135
Using Intensity Palettes
Intensity palettes can be either applied to a selection of channels or recalled in their entirety.
Intensity palettes can be selected from the control keypad using [Int Palette], from the direct
selects, or from the ML Control display. When palettes are applied or recalled, all data is manual
and will display in red.
Applying Palettes
Palettes are applied only to selected channels. If a selected channel has no stored value in the
applied palette, it remains in its current state.
Applied palettes will appear as manual data for the specified channels. That data will appear as
abbreviations of the palette type (IP3 = Intensity Palette 3), or as the palette label as defined in
Setup> Desk> Displays> Show Reference Labels. To see the numeric values behind any palette
(or other referenced value), press and hold the [Data] key.
When palettes are applied, channels with stored data in the palette will be recalled according to
manual time settings. Palettes may also be applied using the sneak feature (with default sneak
time) or a time specified using the [Time] key.
For Example:
To apply an intensity palette, you must select the channels and which intensity palette you
want to use.
• [1] [Thru] [5] [Int Palette] [2] [Enter]
As long as channels 1 through 5 were originally recorded as part of intensity palette 2, they
will now be at the intensity level of that palette. If they were not originally part of the palette,
those channels will remain at their current state.
Recalling Palettes
Palettes can be recalled from the control keypad or from direct selects.
Recalling a palette can be done in two different ways. You can recall a whole palette, so you don't
need to remember which channels are used for what palette.
For Example:
• [Recall From] [Int Palette] [2]
All the channels in intensity palette 2 will be selected and put to the level of the palette. The
data will appear as abbreviations of the palette type (IP3 = Intensity Palette 3), or as the
palette label. To see the numeric values behind any palette (or other referenced value),
press and hold the [Data] key.
• [Intensity Palette] [y] [At] [/] [z] [Enter]
Recalls the intensity palette for selected channels and sets all recalled intensity values to a
proportioned level of their recorded states.
The above example breaks the referenced link to the intensity palette. To maintain the link,
the palette must be recalled without a modified intensity value. Calling back the intensity
palette at full will also break this link.
Recalling palettes from the direct selects will autoterminate the command line, unless you hold
down [Shift] while selecting the palette from the direct select.
For more information on using intensity palettes, please see Using Moving Lights and Palettes,
page 145 .