Hi Wholand, 

Ah thanks, I will try that:)
Have a great dayEva

TextEdit has the possibility to set the background to dark, then set the text color to white, and you can also speak the text if you want.

I have added a "contrast adjust" actor because the TextEditor background appears not totally black in Isadora. 

if you can work with a second monitor for TextEditor it is very confortable

TexEdit:

Best regards, 

Jean-François 

@dcmp

I would be happy to put something together for you. Please just try to describe what You are trying to accomplish clearly so I can put this together in a useful way for you.
Is there a specific part of the video you want to control the lights? What is the light effect you are trying to get?

See also:

https://community.troikatronix.com/post/40886

https://community.troikatronix.com/post/51632

a bit dated but the concepts are helpful: https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/5467/body-mapping-with-isadora

@tarox

Additionally, taking a look at the timing logic from this example file of mine might be helpful for understanding more about how to do this kind of thing: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/random-media-random-duration/

@jfg said:

You need the absolute value to switch between 0 and 1. Without it will switch between -2/+2

 You can also go into the property inspector and change the min and max of the 'speed' input from -2 to 2 > 0 to 1. Then you can connect a Toggle to it directly.

@wotrombone said:

Are there other ways to fade into the next scene with  a jump actor that use those times? is there a way to automatically grab those times?

You could also just use one of the different Jump actors (for example Jump By Name) and set your fade times in the Jump actor. I usually don't use the Scene fade times and use jump actors instead. This might be a lot of work depending on whether you've already got a bunch of cues programmed. 

Generally, I use a Background actor renamed to "#CUES" and put stuff like the Jump Macro you've built in there. Then I put that Background in the same place in every Scene (generally top right) so that I know where it is in any given Scene and, since the Background actor has been renamed to "#CUES", I can use the hashtag list to jump to it easily if I need to find and edit it.

I tend to make a template Scene with the stuff I need most often and just copy-paste that Scene when I need to create a new Scene, then modify the copy. It'll already have whatever Jump actor I'm using with a default timing of 3 seconds in it, so that I don't need to manually set that every time and only need to change that number if I want a different fade time for a specific Scene.

@woland Thanks for the Suggestion. Still - having this feature inside Stage Settings would enable the User to Safe the Setting with the Show. That would simplify Setup and reduce room for error, espacially in enviroments where we run multiple Shows from the same Computer. Cheers

@Eva

another possibility on Mac is syphon Recorder. I use it always, it is easier to configure as OBS and it works very well:

https://syphon.info/recorder.html

Best regards, 

Jean-François

@juriaan

Thanks. Just found this topic. I assume it's all still relevant. Thanks this is just what I need as I'm setting up the exact same hardware.

@mmharvey

In the program you can also go to Help > Isadora Manual...

The section Actor Reference is what you're looking for

@video-architect here's a quick Izzy file with the appropriate actors. You just need to change the I.P. address of the ArtNet Send actor.

Hope this helps! 

Simon

dmx-lighting-artnet-send.izz

@jfg

thanks, that's a helpful suggestion. And yes, I'm running Blackhole so i can send it out and back using different channels.

I'm guessing restoring that function within the movie actor is not likely to happen soon. What a pity Apple messed up Quicktime.

thanks @jfg @skuven 

And  I'll add in my set of Timecode Tools (user actors): TROIKATRONIX : ISADORA - DX – Timecode Tools

@jjhp3 said:

point by point process

 Yes, only the selected points will move, and they all move the same amount. I 'stretch' type move would be a great feature request though. I will add this. 

@dusx

Thanks, Ryan.

It'd just be a stream from an IP Camera on the local network, so I think the OBS / NDI solution will work fine for my needs. 
I'm sure you have better things to do with your time :-)

Cheers

Mark

@dusx said:

With that said, you use the standard method of mutating your inputs/outputs to the expected types. 

 @Aolis 

These User Actors of mine can be quite useful for that: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/mutator-user-actors/

@gpeddino said:

And I want to create an actor that will read the incoming MTC and immediately jump to the correct scene.

 The question for me, is how do you find editing these timecodes to be easiest. I would build your approach around what you find easiest to edit/adjust.

@michel Thanks Michel for the quick and helpful reply ~ will try.

@thatmattrogers

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Best regards, 

Jean-François