Scenes

Scenes are collections of layers used to organize the plot. A scene may contain one or more layers.

Hiding a scene hides all the layers assigned to that scene. By organizing the layers and scenes in your plot, you can quickly perform set changes.

By default WYSIWYG creates two initial scenes: Current Layer Only and All Layers. You cannot delete these scenes.

You can use keyboard hotkeys to activate and switch between scenes. You can also enable the DMX control of scenes feature in the Scene Database window and use a DMX channel to activate and switch between scenes.

To create a new scene

1. From the Managers menu, choose Scenes.

Result: The Scene Database window appears.

Notes:

• The default scenes All Layers and Current Layer Only are always displayed on top of the list, followed by all User-created scenes in ascending or descending order.
• The Ungrouped group of layers are displayed at the top or bottom of the list, as set in the Document Options > General tab.

2. Click New to create a new scene.
3. Type the name of the new scene, and then click OK.

Result:

• The layers associated with a scene are displayed in the Layers Included box with selected checkboxes.
• The new scene is added to the Scenes box with its corresponding Hotkey and DMX Value that were automatically assigned upon creation and displayed in separate columns. See the Dynamic scene switching section if you want to change the Hotkey or DMX Value of a scene.

Note: To rename a scene, click on the name on the selected scene, and then type the new name.

4. On the Scenes box, click on a scene or multiple scenes, and on the Layers Included box, select the checkbox of each layer you want to include in the selected scene. See Layers to set layers from the Layers dialog box.

Notes:

• To copy a scene, see To clone a scene in scene database.
• To remove a scene, see To remove a scene from scene database.

5. Click Set Current to activate your new scene.

Note: If the current layer is not in the current scene, you will not be able to add any objects.

6. Click OK.

Tip: The Scenes toolbar gives you quick access to all existing scenes and the Scene Database window. Click the tool on the left end of the Scenes toolbar to access the Scene Database window.

 The Scenes button.

Note: In order for fixtures to be displayed in scenes, both the layer on which the fixtures reside and the layer on which the respective hang structure resides (if different) must be included in the scene. You cannot display fixtures without their hang structures.

To clone a scene in scene database

1. On the Scenes box in the Scene Database window, select a scene (or multiple scenes) that you want to copy.
2. Click the Copy button.

The Copy button.

Result: The Enter a name for the New Scene dialog box appears.

3. Type the name for the cloned scene.
4. Select the Set as Current Scene checkbox if you want to display as current the cloned scene.
5. Click OK.

Result: The cloned scene is added to the Scenes box in the Scene Database window. The copied scene has the same properties of the selected scene.

To remove a scene from scene database

1. On the Scenes box in the Scene Database window, select a scene (or multiple scenes) that you want to remove.
2. Click the Delete button.

The Delete button.

3. Click Yes on the delete confirmation dialog box that appears.

Result: The selected scene is removed from the Scenes box in the Scene Database window.

Dynamic scene switching

A keyboard Hotkey and a DMX Value are automatically assigned to a new scene upon creation. You can use the keyboard Hotkeys or enable DMX control of scenes to activate and switch between scenes. In the Scenes box, hotkeys and DMX values are displayed in separate columns where the settings can be changed.

To change a hotkey of a scene

1. On the Scenes box of the Scene Database window, select a scene with the hotkey (CTRL+NUMPAD<1-9>) that you wish to change.
2. Click the drop-down arrow on the Hotkey column of the selected scene.
3. From the Hotkey drop-down list of the selected scene, select the new hotkey setting (CTRL+NUMPAD<1-9>).

To enable DMX control for dynamic scene switching

1. On the Dynamic Scene Switching section of the Scene Database window, select the patch universe of the DMX address channel from the Universe drop-down list.

Tip: If you want to create a new patch universe, you may click on the adjacent ellipsis button to open the Create Patch Universe dialog box.

2. In the Address box, type the DMX channel which will control the DMX values assigned to the individual scenes on the Scenes box.
3. Select the Enable DMX Control of Scenes checkbox to use the DMX values of the DMX control channel to activate and switch between scenes.

To change the DMX value of a scene

You need to disable the current hotkey setting of your selected scene to change the DMX value of your selected scene.

1. On the Scenes box of the Scene Database window, select a scene with the DMX value that you wish to change.
2. Click the drop-down arrow on the Hotkey column of the selected scene.
3. From the Hotkey drop-down list, select None.

Result: The list of DMX values that can be assigned will appear in the DMX Value drop-down list of the selected scene when accessed.

4. Click the drop-down arrow on the DMX Value column of the selected scene.
5. From the DMX Value drop-down list of the selected scene, select the new DMX value.