Go to Finder Preferences and select Show all filename extensions.
#GROUPS FROM CONSOLE LIGHTWRIGHT 6 MAC#
There is a Mac Finder preference you need to set so that file extensions can be seen on your system. Many Mac users have been confused as to why this function doesn’t seem to work. On a laptop- put the file in a folder in the EOS Showarchive folder.ĪTTENTION MAC USERS: Today is your lucky day. You need to export so your EOS can see the file. I’ve found better luck across several platforms traveling in and out of EOS, as some applications use different dividers between Universe and Address that can confuse consoles. Please note that I have selected to export Absolute Addresses in the Options area. I prefer to export all data so I can sort what is important on the console side.
Go to File>Export Data>For EOS Family Consoles. It has intelligent fixtures, but the file doesn’t have profiles specified in LW. Here I am using a House Plot LW file for a local venue here in Portland. We start in LW to go over the exporting process. (Get to the Tutorial Already! Instruction starts here) I can’t imagine doing a show without its error checking, it’s handy way of sorting data and exporting useful paperwork and lists. For those of you who don’t know the software- if you can imagine Microsoft Excel, but aware of what lights are, what electrical loads are, etc. Most of us in the Theater world use Lightwright. Once you understand some of how EOS and LW (I’m abbreviating Lightwright from here on out) work together, you can get into some more really cool stuff that allow you to reconcile patch, import/export groups, import cues, label cues and create scenes- all sorts of features I will cover in a future blog. Repeating data entry is a recipe for small frustrating disasters.
#GROUPS FROM CONSOLE LIGHTWRIGHT 6 PATCH#
It saves you a ton of time (why do things twice?) but it also means you don’t risk making mistakes by manually inputting your patch into EOS.
(Why Should you Care? – Skip this if you want to jump to instruction)ĮOS can import patch data, labels, gels, notes, a host of great information from Lightwright.
0 kommentar(er)
