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When working with automated fixtures, simple profile changes can be made without the need to enter Full Access or even Live Access. Some commonly used edits can be accessed directly from the Fixture Sheet, which can save you a lot of time when you’re setting up your rig. To access these options, hit the EDIT key, then touch the name of the Fixture in the Fixture Sheet, and a new window will appear.

Fixture Options Window

From within this window, you can rename your Fixture, change Pan and Tilt inverts or even swap Pan and Tilt – which are all fairly common defaults to change depending upon your show needs.
Options:
PAN NORMAL / TILT NORMAL – touching either of these options will set that attribute to “INVERSE”
NO SWAP - touching this will swap Pan and Tilt control from the console.
WITH MASTER- changing this option to NO MASTER will tell the console that this fixture’s intensity will ignore the level of the Grand Master.
The arrow buttons at the bottom of the window allow you to move to editing the next or previous fixture.

An extra note: The Master option is similar to ‘parking’ the intensity of a fixture only in that it can also override the Grand Master. The big difference here is that you can still change the level of that intensity at any time using all of the usual programming methods. When parking an intensity, it is necessary to un-park before you can change the level.

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