Change multiple projector values within and across scenes
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Those are both options for sure.. however best suited to the needs of real-time manipulation.Personally I consider it 'best practice' to wrap projectors in User actors from day 1, and build up in this manner. -
I opt for data array because i often make creation but doesn't go on tour. With the demo software and data array, the technician can record the setting to an external file and recall it, you cannot do it with user actor. -
In that case I can see the external being helpful.... although I would personally use a JSON file loaded into the javascript actor. Mostly because JSON allows you to use descriptive names for the object variables.( to include a file in the Javascript actor... useinclude("filename");as the first line.. it will be parsed as Javascript, so you can set variables in this file as you like. ) -
@DusX i would love to see a couple of js patches
somehow it is not so easy to get an idea what can be done and howso if you are happy to share some of the magic i think not only me will appreciate it :)thanks in advancem_theater -
I will put a tutorial on this together...
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OK, I have written a little tutorial on loading external variables via Javascript..
I didn't get into the more advanced JSON options, but that's really just a matter of learning more about Javascript.The method outlined is a good starting point, that is easy to use.[http://www.dusxproductions.com/blog/javascript-load-external-settings](http://www.dusxproductions.com/blog/javascript-load-external-settings)I haven't proofed it very well.. so please if you find issues/typos etc.. let me know and I'll clean it up. -
I am very interested by your tutorial, but my version (2.0.5) of Isadora doesn't accept "include".I joint the screen captures.Thanks
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I setup the tutorial in the same version. The error you are getting is due to the data file being empty. You will need to ensure the file exists and that it at least contains a comment. //comment format I will read thru my steps and see if I haven't covered that issue.
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@DusX brilliant, thank you
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Thank you, now I can close the javascript actor. I think you have to change the order in your tutorial, first the "data.js" file creation, then the javascript actor creation.I have 2 other problems:– the text I output from Isadora doesn't support non-english letters, aka accent etc. Unfortunately, I am french, so I need it… :-), how to correct that? (I have the same problem with quartz composer,– the second problem is: how to record quad setting from Isadora to data.js file? With data-array it's easy, I don't know how to do with javascript. Do you have a solution?Thank you for your help.Jacques Hoepffner -
Your right... I need to fix the order.. so or about that, I will update it ASAP. Re- international text. This is a know limitation of isadora currently. Unicoie support is planned for a future release. Re- saving the data to file is not currently possible. I have made a request to address this, and am confident a solution will be coming. But for now that data file must be manually entered.
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– It's so long time I ask to Mark for unicode, I hope it because it would change many thing concerning (between other) subtitling.– without saving data, it's not so interesting, but I stay tuned and I wait for a good javascript in Isadora tutorial, I will translate it in French after.Thanks a lot for your lights.I prepare a little patch with data array recording, first scene is for setting, with zero and 2 different setting recordable in separate file, scene 2 use the setting 2, scene 3 use setting 3.You can use a demo licence and still record the new settings without reporting them, easier and errorless…Hope the sample is clear.Jacques Hoepffner -
Hi all,
Firstly, thanks so much to everybody for the very helpful advice.As a theatre director that dabbles in my own projection design, my learning curve has been reallly slow. Basically every time I make a show, I learn something new about Isadora, usually in the crucible of tech, which is always fun...but I only really make a big show once a year, so... Anyway, I never taught myself how to make User Actors and, presto chango, my Isadora life is vastly improved! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!A lot of what you shared is beyond my abilities, to be honest, but I am now encountering what I consider a VERY STRANGE problem that i wanted to see if anybody has encountered. I rebuilt the show with new User Actors and everything is great!...but now, for some reason I cannot understand, my patch doesn't always work when I show stages...but sometimes it does...Actually, I can run the patch in Show Stages and it'll work great and then the next time I run it, it won't work at all...and then I'll disconnect from my external monitor and it shows up immediately working in Preview...and then the next time I run it in Preview it won't work and then I click Show Stages and it works there. What is happening?!I'm actually IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TOUR/RUN so this is kind of crucial to figure out asap. It's just that it doesn't appear to be an issue with the patch because it fires some of the time...and I tried it with two different computer connection setups (one Mac/DVI to ext monitor; one Mac/VGA to projector) with the same result.Can anybody give me any ideas what I can do to fix this...?Thanks in advance! -
UPDATE
The issue seems to be in a jump from one scene to the next. One scene -- a relatively straight forward patch -- will not fade. No matter what I set the count to it jumps and then it won't trigger the next scene. So I put a 1 second black scene as a pass through between the two and now the second scene will fire, but the first scene still will not fade. That makes NO sense to me. The other strange thing is that in the original scenario when the second scene doesn't get properly fired it causes all the other scenes to stop working...but if I toggle between Preview and Show Stages everything is working as normal. It feels buggy but I don't have time to remake it.Any thoughts greatly appreciated. -
The only thing I can suggest is posting the patch so we can have a look at it.
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Thanks Skulpture,
I should have done that initially.Here is a small patch that shows the issues. Just for context...basically, I'm projecting on a house-like shape for a screen that's broken up into 8 distinct areas (at strange angles, hence the jaggedness of the projectors). Each area has a corresponding color with movies fading in and out of them.So, it starts with just color, that fades into a 1-minute scene where the colors and movies fade in one by one, and then it's meant to fade back into a third scene with all the color blocks and then text also fades in and out of each area one at a time.I just tried it again on this small patch and I'm still experience the issue that the text scene won't fire, but when I switch between Preview and Show Stages it all works. (I hope I'm being clear and that you experience the same issue and that you can help...)Any thoughts greatly appreciated.J -
Hmm well it opened and ran all the way through for me. No issues. Need to have a think and look at the patch a bit more.
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It also is working fine for me. I know you are saying you are still using Izzy 1.0 but what version exactly did you download?
So you say that when you are in the Overture scene and the trigger delay of 56 seconds is over the Text 1 scene does not get triggered, or does it get triggered but the text is not showing?
Best Michel
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Hm. Yeah. I was afraid of that.
I'm running 2.0.0b28I just haven't paid for the upgrade, mostly because I didn't want to do it right before working on a show in case there was some new functions that might throw me off. I'm on a rMBP i5, 8gig OSX 10.9.5.The Overture scene triggers Text 1 but then it's just a black screen until the very last title is supposed to appear and that works for some reason. But if, while that scene is running, I switch from Show Scenes to Preview it will show me that the scene is running as expected...which leads me to believe it's not a bad patch.But I'm at a loss. I'm not super panicked because I'm tricking it by running a black scene in between the two scenes. It's a little less elegant, but this isn't that elegant of a show.More to the point -- I would love to know what's going on. It's baffling me.Thanks for your help.J -
I installed version 2.0.0b28 and tested it again and I have the same problem, so please download the newest version 2.0.5 and the problem schould be gone.
Best Michel
