Al in Raleigh Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have a somewhat complicated sequence that is written in default 100% and 0% intensity settings. If I wanted to change a portion of a sequence with lots of ramps from100% to say 75% is there an easy way to do this? I would like to highlight a section of the sequence and leave the ramps and stuff alone but change the overall intensity from 100% to say 75% without converting all of the ramps and stuff one by one. Thanks for your help.Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in Raleigh Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Jeff, I must be doing something wrong. Does this only work for a single ramp or can I select several ramps?Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in Raleigh Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Thanks Jeff. I really appreciate your help. I guess what I want can't be done. Maybe I can wish for this as an option in the future.To help clarify, I made an example. The top two rows are what I have. The middle 2 rows are what I want. The bottom 2 rows are what I keep getting. If I took the pointer and highlighted the entire upper 2 rows, I would then push the "magic button" and the middle 2 rows would appear. Instead, I keep getting the bottom 2 rows. Oh well.The need for this came about while sequencing for my singing pumpkins. I sequenced the voices fine but it was for 0% and 100% intensity. After watching the animation, I realized that the voices were softer at times than others. DUH. Changing an entire section of a sequence quickly would be nice.Thanks again for your help.Al Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Steele Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 There is a way to accomplish this, although you'll need a text editor that handles the XML formatting correctly. I made a small test sequence similar to yours:I then opend the .lms file in my editor. You can see all of the intensities are "100"I then did a find and replace for the string Intensity="100" and Intensity="20" with Intensity="75" which resulted with this file:In LOR, the sequence now looks like this:I use a free editor called TextEdit 2.1 which has worked well for me. You can download here:http://www.download.com/TextEdit/3000-2351_4-10398908.html?tag=pub The only problem with this method is is that it is sort of all or nothing as far as changing the levels. You can certainly edit lines individually to make exceptions, but then you might as well change them in LOR. Hope this helps.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in Raleigh Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ok Mark you have been added to my Christmas card list for this year. Your technique would work wonderfully if I copied the sequence into shorter segments (like Gary Slater suggested in another thread). Changed the overall intensity for the smaller segment, then combined the smaller segments.I will continue to hope for the Magic Button (hint, hint, wink, wink), but you have come up with an easy work around. It never occurred to me to manipulate the sequence file. I wrote code for many years and should have explored that possibility. It must be the onset of dementia for me.Thanks,Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Steele Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Glad it worked for you. The new file format really adds flexibilty for those who are always looking for that 'something extra'.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 If you decide to manually modify a sequence file, please make sure to save a backup copy before doing so. It's not all that difficult to accidentally make a change that will render the file incomprehensible to LOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Steele Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 bob wrote: If you decide to manually modify a sequence file, please make sure to save a backup copy before doing so. It's not all that difficult to accidentally make a change that will render the file incomprehensible to LOR.Good point. I should have mentioned this, but this is standard practice for me. I usually copy and rename it or copy or to my desktop before I modify it. LOR does create a backup file for you, but you can never be too safe.Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Excellent cheat, Mark Steele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al in Raleigh Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 This should work if we all chant it together. Ready, lets go.We want a Magic Intensity Button. Yeah that's right, we want a Magic Intensity Button. We want a Magic Intensity Button. We want a Magic Intensity Button. Repeat as necessary.Regardless, Mark rules.Hey Fred, where in NC do you live?Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa-LF Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I can't believe how easy that worked. The ability to truly fine tune a sequence at this level will make my talking animations much simpler to look real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Since we seem to have the best minds in town working here, here's another newbie question? What's the easiest way to make a twinkle vary in intensity? Can it be done? Will the technique described above work?George Simmons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I believe that this is one of those updates that Dan was referring too that will require a firmware upgrade. But I am probably wrong as I was wrong intesity setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCanfield Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 How cool would that be! In the song I just sequenced I could have used a fading twinkle......Edit for punctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 iresq wrote: I believe that this is one of those updates that Dan was referring too that will require a firmware upgrade. But I am probably wrong as I was wrong intesity setting.Nope, you are right. Dan has said in the past that a fading twinkle and shimmer will require a firmware upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iresq Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 As well as an adjustable shimmer rate! It would be cool if you could ramp the rate and intensity independant of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Mark Steele wrote: bob wrote: If you decide to manually modify a sequence file, please make sure to save a backup copy before doing so. It's not all that difficult to accidentally make a change that will render the file incomprehensible to LOR.Good point. I should have mentioned this, but this is standard practice for me. I usually copy and rename it or copy or to my desktop before I modify it. LOR does create a backup file for you, but you can never be too safe.MarkI strongly second this piece of advise, even when I am not manually editing the XML file, I frequently do a save as, and increment the version number.. I'm only about one minute into the first pass sequencing a song, and excluding the backup files, I have 17 prior versions of the sequence on disk... - Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Jeff... this is how it's done.Do a fade down over 20 cells for example. Then, in some of those 20 cells, give them an off command (using the f key).When you do a playback, it looks like it's doing a fading twinkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Now in LOR II, you can use the Foreground and Background tools to do some slick things like this.For example: Lets say you have a 16 mini-trees and you make them chase for 10 seconds. You could select the Foreground tool and the Fade Up tool. Select all 16 channels and drag the fade across that 10 second chase. That will change your case to a fade up chase.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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