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7.27.1 Quickly adding Virtual Dimmers to patched heads
It is possible to add virtual dimmers to a head in the Patch, View Heads view using a single action. Place the cursor on the head
you wish to add a virtual dimmer for and then press SHIFT and ADD VDIM. You can use SHIFT + the cursor keys to select
multiple heads.
Virtual dimmers can only be added to heads that do not have an intensity channel. For heads with multiple RGB elements, a
virtual dimmer will be made for each RGB element.
Virtual dimmers added in this way will appear unpatched. Note that virtual dimmers take up channels from the total channel
count.
7.27.2 Heads always with virtual dimmers
It is possible to make heads that automatically patch a virtual dimmer. In the Head Editor, View General, Options there is an
option "Virtual Dim". If this is set to "yes" and the head has no dimmer then a virtual dimmer is automatically patched for this
head.
The MagicQ head library includes a mode of LED3chan with a virtual dimmer.
Note that Virtual Dimmer is distinct from Virtual Channels where all the channels of the head have separate DMX addresses.
7.28 Patch Head Filtering
In Patch, Choose Head it is possible to filter personalities by type, making it easier to find the personalities required. Filter
options include All, Patched, Live, Club, Film/TV and User.
Patched enables users to see which heads are patched in the current show and to re choose them easily.
Users can tag heads that they use frequently so that they appear in the User filter. This could be used for example to include all
heads in the stock of a rental company.
Heads can be tagged and untagged in both Choose Head, Simple View and Choose Head, Adv View. In Simple View you can tag
all heads from a particular manufacturer, or all modes of a specific head. In Adv View you can tag individual modes of a head.
In Adv View the Tag column shows a "U" for all heads tagged as user.
MagicQ stores a file of all tagged heads in the heads folder called userheads.csv. It is possible to create or edit this file with a text
editor/spreadsheet. The format is:
<manufacturer> , <short name> , <mode>