Blocking a cue

Vista is a tracking console,

in any cue and that any inf y

a new event or cleared. Som s

that are subsequently made to previous cues will not affect the final look of the c

To do this:

1 ith the

ile or playing the cuelist until you reach

2 ock’ but

‘Block cue ’ option from or right-click on the cue tile and

all tracked information

Black’ events:

1. Select the cue you want to work with.

. Click on the

(cue only)’ o button on the t

cue to set

were no events of t ck to the state they were in before the change. If thpe originally, Vista inserts release events instea

which means that only changed information is stored ormation in a cue tracks forward until it is replaced b

etimes it’s useful to ‘block’ a cue so that any change hosen cue.

. Select the cue w events you want to keep exactly as they are. You can select the cue by clicking on the cue t

it.

. Choose the ‘Bl ton on the toolbar (normally Ctrl F9) or select the the Cuelist menu

select Block from the popup menu. Vista duplicates into the selected cue.

Creating a Move in Black cue 

Sometimes you will want fixtures to move to a position, change to a colour, add a gobo or get set up in some other way while their intensities are at zero. You could do this by programming the necessary events, but you can also do it quickly using the ‘Mark Cue’ option on the Tools menu.

When you create a Mark cue your original programming is preserved and will be restored if you delete the Move in Black (MIB) later.

To Mark a cue and add ‘Move in

Working with cuelists  Creating a Move in Black cue   

2. Choose the ‘Mark Cue’ option on the Tools menu. Vista opens the Move in Black window:

tions available; you use it to set the way Vista stores the This screen shows the op

Move in Black event:

This option… does this…

Move in Black

destination cue If the ‘Selectcan click it t

select the ‘I

existing cue’ button is not greyed out you o select any cue, earlier in the Cuelist, for the Move in Black events.

If you prefer to create a new cue for the MIB events nsert a new move in black cue’ option. Move in Black

destination cue If the ‘Select existing cue’ button is not greyed out you can click it to select any cue, earlier in the Cuelist, for the Move in Black events.

If you prefer to create a new cue for the MIB events select the ‘Insert a new move in black cue’ option. Cue Details – Name Sets the name for the new cue that will be created. The

default name is MIB.

Creating a Move in Black cue  Working with cuelists 

This option… does this…

Start action Sets how the MIB cue is started. the options are: Auto Follow - the cue plays automatically after the

w cally

t to finish at the same time as the previous cue.

Halt - Press the Go button to play this cue. previous cue.

Finish ith preceding – the cue plays automati and is se

Disable Move in Black Removes the Move in Black events from the MIB cue but does not delete it.

Marked Features move in

black. - Feature filter

Only the selected features will be marked for

Marked Fixtures Lets you choose to mark all fixtures or just the ones currently selected.

3. Click OK to create the Move in Black cue:

n as 'ghosted' events in the Move in Black cue Black cues show ‘MIB’ in the tiled cue Marked cues display ‘MARK’ logo in the tiled cue display and ‘[m]’ in other v

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To do this, select eline view and select the ‘Ignore Move

u or right-click menu.

vents s running through it.

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The move in black events are show and display the "MIB" icon. Move In display and ‘[M]’ in other views.

iews.

Individual ev s in a marked cue can also be excluded from move in black. the events in the tim

In Black’ option from the from th

Ignored e how a MIB icon with a red cross e Timeline’ men be marked.

Working with cuelists  Creating a Move in Black cue   

C

ies 

Each cue has a number, name and fade time that you can set by clicking on the

c ing other

advanced options mo in To do this:

1. Select the cue yo a

2. Choose the Cue P p

cue tile and select the m the popup menu.

Mod

The number and how it starts are set in the properties section of the window: