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Offline Phrog30

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Edit multiple
« on: September 11, 2015, 08:12:47 PM »
How do I edit multiple effects at once?  I thought it was possible, but for the life of me can't figure it out.  For example, if I have 10 identical effects and I want to change all from red to white, isn't this possible?

I checked the manual and forum and didn't see anything mentioned.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2015, 10:09:08 AM »
It would be great if there was an easy way to change the colors for everything at once.  I've done it through the xml file.  While possible, it isn't ideal.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2015, 12:41:55 PM »
For identical effect you've had that capability forever.  Just select the effects, change the color, hit the Update button.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2015, 02:33:30 PM »
Ahhh, never thought to hit update. Thanks.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2015, 03:43:37 PM »
For identical effect you've had that capability forever.  Just select the effects, change the color, hit the Update button.
I think this only works if every setting on the effect is the same.  I have a lot of chase elements that behave slightly different (left/right changes to right/left every half second or so).  If I highlight the range of chase effects and just want to change the color using the above method, everything inherits the same chase order.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2015, 05:00:34 PM »
I think I did use the word "identical".  We didn't put this in as a feature.  It just happens to work this way.  When you hit Update it applies the settings for the last effect selected to every effect that is selected.

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Re: Edit multiple
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 08:51:07 AM »
Depending on the effects you are using and results you want you may be able to add a second color layer and use an Average blend mode to change the colors. For instance, if you had red effects for Christmas, you can add a yellow layer and change them to orange for Halloween.