Newbie and a few question's on use of xlights and effect to turn on lights one a

[michealhall]

Newbie and a few question's on use of xlights

Question1
Is there a key to hold down or something so if I copy an effect and paste it to another timing mark to make it fill the timing mark and not adjust it manually?

Question2
Is there an effect I an use to turn on 1 pixel at a time like a chase but leave the light on as it chases up the sting of lights so at the end of the effect all pixels are turned on?

[kevinp]

1.  You have two options for pasting effects, paste by time or paste by timing mark.  There are two icons that you can select which option xLights will use when you paste.

2.  There are a few different ways you can accomplish this.  Try the Curtain effect or Single Strand effect to start

I would suggest that you at least download the user manual (check the release page for the most recent version) and have that on hand.  There is a lot of information contained in there that can be helpful.

[Phrog30]

To add to #2, the fill effect may do what you want as well. It sounds like you are coming from Vixen. There really isn't a direct replacement for the chase effect, but many ways you can mimic. One option is to use two identical effects, the first will be used for the chase, the 2nd attach it to the first and check persistent. This will hold the effect.

It will take a little time to get used to all of the options available to you. I have yet to find something that can't be done.

James

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[Gilrock]

Like Phrog said Fill should do exactly what you said you wanted.  You can make it chase up the string and then hold for 10 minutes if you want.  You just gotta create a curve to do the motion you want.  I have a GIF that shows how to set up something similar.
http://giphy.com/gifs/l0HlCnZtIu5jCKzDO

[michealhall]

Thanks for the feed back, will try out the effect, I am still unsure about the cut and paste answer, all I want to do is cut a effect of the timing mark and paste it into several other timing marks that are a different size and it wont line up to the other timing mark length it just paste the effect the same size as it we cut from it wont automatic change to new timing mark length?

[Phrog30]

I would refer to the xlights manual. You can download on the same page you download xlights. This manual will cover the different options for copy and paste.

James

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[Gilrock]

Firstly did you select the "Paste by Cell" button first?  Second I can't remember how I last left that capability but if the original effect you copy fully fills the timing cell it's in then anything you paste should fill the target cell proportionally....but you gotta have "Paste by Cell" selected.  The icon looks like a clipboard with a grid instead of the default which is a clipboard with a clock.

[kevinp]

Page 79 of the user manual discusses the paste by time or paste by cell options, and shows you the icons associated with each option.

As a side note, after looking at page 79 I see a formatting error.  That will be fixed in the next manual release as I'm off to fix it now.