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It is possible to make a group out of the currently selected items within the Grid. For example, use CTRL + select a few items
and then press SHIFT + MAKE GROUP to make a group i nthe Group Window for all those items.
22.9 Making groups out of LED pixels
To get the best out of a large array of pixel heads it is best to make groups. Select all the RGB pixels for a particular fixture and
record it as a group. The order in which you select the heads determines the order that FX are played back on them. You can
reverse the selection of an entire group by pressing the top right soft button in the Group Window.
If you have set up a Grid in the Plan View then you can easily select the pixel heads from this View before recording the group
in the Group Window. Use Auto Groups to generate groups in different directions on the group and from the centre outwards.
In the Plan View use SHIFT + MAKE GROUP to make a group from the currently selected heads. If no text is entered before
pressing MAKE GROUP the group is automatically named based on the first and last head numbers in the group.
To get a colour rainbow to roll seamlessly across a line of led battens you may need to reverse the selection of the individual
groups - it depends which way you numbered your LED fixtures.
22.10 Making new LED personalities on MagicQ
MagicQ has an in-built personality editor, so it is easy to create new personalities. New personalities can be based on other
personalities or created from a blank personality.
For simple LED fixtures you may be able to use one of the generic LED personalities - either generic LED 3 chan or generic
LED 4 chan.
When creating a personality allocate the red, green and blue channels to the cyan, magenta and yellow attributes.