Presets+FX Extractor – Giaffo Designs

Description

This plugin builds an “updates” sequence that includes only the fixtures and presets actually used in any given range. This means that by updating this sequence’s presets, you will have updated everything relevant to your showfile – a huge time saver especially when walking into somebody else’s programming with limited update time.

Plugin features:

Input: a range of playbacks (Timecodes, Pages, Executors, and/or Sequences)
Extracts every preset, effect, and presets’/effects’ embedded preset from the range provided
Grabs only the fixtures using the found effects/presets and stores them into an executor for the user, organized by PresetType and color-coded based on usage.

MA2 Compatibility

v3.9.60.x
v3.9.51.2
v3.9.0.3
v3.8.0.0
v3.7.0.5
v3.6.1.1
v3.5.0.6
v3.3.4.3
v3.3.2.2
v3.2.2.16
v3.1.2.5

Version History

v1.4.2
- Fixed: “Page X Thru Y” now works as a Sequence input
v1.4.1
- Fixed: Plugin fails when user has groups stored past 9800
v1.3.4
- Fixed: plugin crashes on sequences with forced position modes activated
v1.3.3
- Fixed: Plugin fails with raw sequence numbers provided
v1.3.1
- Fixed: plugin does not work on physical when Drive 1 isn’t selected
v1.3.0
- Added: commands added to each generated cue
  - For presets: SetUserVar $pset_update=[preset number]
  - For effects: SetUserVar $fx_update=[effect number]
  - use with macros to quickly access object in cue
- Fixed: plugin crashes console when too many sequences provided
v1.0.0 – original public release

FAQ

I have updated presets from the generated sequence, but the effects did not get updated for my show. What’s wrong?
- If your presets were built as Template (no referenced fixtures stored into the effect line used), then they are saved to your cue as hard values – even if they show up as referencing the effect from a tracking sheet.
Why is the plugin taking so long to run?
- The plugin uses Search commands to find where presets and effects are used. This command is slowed down the bigger a session gets, and in particular is slowed down by larger ranges of Sequences to check and by the number of fixture instances in your showfile.