Vertical and Horizontal fades

[Gilrock]

Dan already checked in a fix for the vertical fade.  He was more familiar with the colorwash effect so I let him know about it.  The only issue I see left is although the effect works properly its not displaying the background on the grid when you use the horz or vert fade.  I believe it's because it looks at the first row and if you use a fade that first row is all black.  There is some new logic displaying that effect background that I wasn't familiar with so I'll see what Dan says about it.

[bpducman]

You guys are Great
Thanks
Brad

[bpducman]

Thanks Gil and Dan. It is working great. I am off the fence.
Brad

[Gilrock]

Thanks for finding the problem.  I initially thought the problem was something to do with the effect settings changing for speed and fit to time but nope it was a real issue that needed to be fixed.

[bpducman]

Just wanted to let you both know that I just spent about an hour adjusting timing and changing some of the effects in that sequence and had I done the same thing and I am not sure I could have done the same thing in V3, it would have taken 3 or 4 times the amount of time.

Thanks so much to all of you programmers you are making me look good

Brad

[bpducman]

Hey Gil,

When I bring in Brian's 12 barr CCR Deck the halls using your import drop down some of his information is not getting into XL. Well I should say it is getting in it is just not operating.  If you don't know the sequence you can view it from his site or look at my videos last year. It is the swirling effect around 32 sec is when it starts.

I have not found the missing link but am looking. This maybe one of those effects that super star does really well and we are just not there yet.

Let me know if you want to look at anything.

Brad
 

[Gilrock]

Well take a look at what effects are ending up on the grid at that point in the song.  It would have to probably be a Galaxy effect which maps to Superstars spiral effect.  Make sure an effect is even making it in and that it's length is correct.  Maybe play with the effect's settings and figure out that some part of the conversion isn't right.

[bpducman]

Its me again,

Here is a screen shot showing the sup file and the fseq file.   The 31-32 sec time frame notice the 2 red galaxy effects. This happens thru out.
You are the man with the brains here.
What do you think?
Brad 

[bpducman]

Mr Gilrock,

I can see U are very busy these days. Any chance you could maybe see why NC interpreted the swirls created in Super star the way it did?

Brad

[Gilrock]

Have you given me anything?  I am busy so if you did I forgot.  I can't tell anything from a picture.  Have you made any effort to click on the effect it created and see if you can adjust it to do what it should.  Then you can tell me what got interpreted wrong.  Can you go inside the .sup file and find the flowy for that effect and paste the XML here?

[bpducman]

ok  I will but I just noticed that on the other 12 bar ccr's that I have imported in not all of the twelfth bar info made it. I am using the standard 50 pix 150 rgb from lor.

[Gilrock]

Well isolate what's not making it in.  Both SUP and xLights XML files are viewable in a text editor.  It's pretty easy to open them up and match up the effect times to see what they are being converted to.

[bpducman]

Mr Gilrock,

When I open up a text editor it looks like something I would print out and rap around my head and go screaming down the street!

I have simplified this down to just the ccr tree and star. If you would view please and at about 41 sec. bar 12 should show from 1/3 down to down. You will see it or you will not see it. In some arrears of the sequence that 12th bar does show up. Maybe Dan should look at it.

What text editor do you use?

Thanks
Brad

[flyinverted]

I played this SUP file along with the video and it was almost identical. You posted the Silent Night file, but I think you mean to post the Deck the Halls sequence.

[bpducman]

in the beginning of this I was talking about deck the halls. and I will get back to that

If you would though play silent night again in xl and when you get to 41 sec and the bars start coming down pause the screen and count the blue bars.     Now go and play it in super star and count the bars.

and let me know if I am loosing my mind
Brad