[beta] Always fade between scene buttons

[JohnRichards]

@Support.
There has been quite a bit of discussion on this beta release feature.
It would be great to hear what the development team think of these suggestions.

[support]

We read carefully your posts ; we learn.
We are now checking the possibilities regarding software coding, while considering user-friendliness.

We will come back to you very shortly with a new beta program.

[JohnRichards]

Thanks guys, looking forward to see what you come up with.

[JohnRichards]

@Support and other Live users.
I have been thinking about this a lot and have come to conclusion that the ultimate buttons for this would be a "Master FadeIn" and "Master FadeOut".
Ideally it would take the shape of a slider like in editor, would be user programmable to which channels it would affect, and the fadeout slider would default at 100% and the fadein slider at 0%. On moving the slider would proportionally change the values of each channel selected.
How do other users see this suggestion?
Is it an extremely difficult program change, and will it remain a dream.

[DHoude]

I was chatting with Support on PM. I have my idea much better described here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1811 Check it out, it may not be as complicated as it sounds.

[support]

Fade in & Fade out moved from page menu to button menu.
The concerned channels are: RGBAW, CMY, dimmer, strobe_dimmer and par_can.
Please tell us if this feature is now more suitable for you.

And just for info (does not concern this topic), two other options added:
- "Pause on last step" (the difference with "no loop" is the button stays on)
- "Fader button" (fades from first to last step)

[gilsontech]

I just downloaded and tested this new version. I LOVE IT. Great work on the changes!

My Wishlist for this new feature:
- Icons like this, when active: so we would know which buttons will fade in/out.
- Change fade In/Out times per button, the same way button speed works.

Thanks!
-Josh

[support]

"show 'fade in/out' icon in button" noted in TODO list.

Because of the complexity of our multi-buttons and multi-pages concept, we do not see presently a solution to fix one different fade in/out time for each button. Please note that this feature is more to save against a mistake when using Live, like for instance you switch off a button by mistake and the stage goes straight to black. Please keep in mind that, with well programmed scenes, there is always a fade in action with time of first step of new scene.

[eedetail]

This looks promising... I like what I see so far. Lots of possibilities for my shows.

However, I the Fader tool doesnt appear to work for me. Fade in and Fade out are working on my show.
Note, I am only testing using dmx out and 3d, havent tried it with my actual fixtures.

Keep up the good work.
TME

[eedetail]

My Mistake, Fader tool requires at least two steps in the scene to work.

It is now working.
TmE