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Adjusting levels - Live changes and Group overrides

Pixotope offers a non-destructive approach when adjusting levels running in LIVE or Preview Live mode, allowing for more flexibility and avoiding file related restrictions.

Live changes

Edit mode changes

Using the Adjustment panels* you can layer changes which are applied to the running level and persist after a reload/restart.

  • Changes made to a level while in LIVE or Preview Live mode

    • are stored centrally

    • in the show file on the server

  • By default, changes are send to all machines

    • These changes are called Live changes

    • When launching a level which has Live changes stored, they will be applied on top of the level

  • For changes which should only affect some machines, send to a group

    • These changes are called Group overrides

    • When launching a level on a machine which is part of a group that has Group overrides stored, they will be applied on top of any Live changes

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Read from - Send to header

All adjustment panels* and control panels have the same Read from - Send to header where you define which machine you are reading the values from, and which machine groups you are sending the changed values to:

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Be sure to check which group you send to, before making changes.

Making live changes to all machines

  1. Go to one of the adjustment panels*

  2. Select "All machines" in the Read from - Send to header

  3. Make changes

As a result

  • these Live changes

    • are sent to all machines

    • are stored in the show file

  • the Live changes notification bar is shown

Any machine launching the same level will apply these Live changes on top.

Live changes are not visible while running the level in Edit mode.

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Remove live changes

  1. Click "Remove live changes" in the Live changes notification bar

As a result

  • the Live changes are removed from the show file

  • the level is reset on all machines

Resetting the level happens without the level being closed and reopened.

Bake live changes

Using Live changes can be convenient in a rapid changing environment, where certain adjustments are still being tested and changes to the project are still being made on a regular basis. However, as soon as the project has been finalized and adjustments have settled, consider baking the Live changes into the level.

  1. Open Pixotope Editor

  2. Click "Bake" in the Adjustment window

  3. Click "Save" to save the baked in changes

  4. Use the Synced storage panel in Director to push the changes to the other machines

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Inspect live changes

  1. Click "Show details" in the Live changes notification bar

  2. The Live changes JSON is shown in the browser

In Google Chrome click "Pretty-print" to see it in a formatted view.

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Making group overrides to specific machines

  1. Go to one of the adjustment panels*

  2. Select a specific group in the Read from - Send to header

    1. To only target the read from machine, you can click "Create group from Read from machine" in the overflow menu on the top right and choose a name

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  3. Make changes

As a result

  • these Group overrides

    • are sent to every machine in the selected group

    • are stored in the show file

  • the Group overrides notification bar is shown

Any machine within this group launching the same level will apply these Group overrides on top of an Live changes.

Group overrides are not visible while running the level in Edit mode.

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Remove group overrides

  1. Click "Remove overrides" in the Group overrides notification bar

  2. Select which Group overrides to remove

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As a result

  • the Group overrides are removed from the show file

  • the level is reset on every machine in this group

Resetting the level happens without the level being closed and reopened.

Apply group overrides to all machines

  1. Click "Apply to all machines" in the Group overrides notification bar

As a result

  • the Group overrides are turned into Live changes and will therefore affect all machines

  • the level is reset on all machines

Making changes while in Edit mode

  • Changes are made directly to the level and are NOT stored in the show file

    • These changes need to be saved before closing the level to avoid losing them

    • When saved, these changes define new default values

  • Changes are sent to all machines or a group of machines specified in the Read from - Send to header

  • the Running in Editor notification bar is shown

Live changes and Group overrides are not visible while running the level in Edit mode.

Learn more about Edit mode and WYSIWYG

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Making changes using Level streaming

When making changes while using level streaming

  • All changes are "attached" to the persistent level, even those done to a streaming level

  • If you open the streamed-in level separately

    • it will not have any Live changes or Group overrides

    • any changes made to a streamed-in level, while it is opened separately, will not be applied when streamed into the main level

Making changes using the Control panel

Changes made using the control panel target the specified machines, but

  • are NOT saved as Live changes or Group overrides

  • are therefore NOT persisted

Making changes using the Engine API calls

By default Engine API calls are not saved as adjustments.

If the change should be saved as Live changes or Group overrides, pass the IsAdjustment parameter set to true along with the change.

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* except for the Video Keyer and IO Effects panels

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