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9/26/2009 7:35 AM

Mike M

Joined: 9/3/2007

Posts: 8

3 way color mix.

I have an issue with any fixture with color mixing.

I use Hog3PC with Saturation and Hue, with Saturation at 100%, when I scroll through the Hues and it gets to the blues, the fixture goes full black.

This happens with CMY and RGB fixtures.

As a fix I normally reduce the saturation to around 60%, and then I can go the full circle of hues without it going to black.

Regards

Mike!

9/26/2009 10:27 AM

Lars Wernlund

Joined: 7/17/2007

Posts: 423

Re: 3 way color mix.

Hi Mike,

That sounds odd! If you start once without the Hog and use the built-in color mix control in the new 2.2 version of Capture, do you get the same problems? (Ie, click on a nice blue in the color picker and check what's coming out..)

In general, the dark blues are real intensity killers, but the fixture shouldn't go black!

Regards,
Lars Wernlund

Regards,
Lars Wernlund, The Capture Team

10/3/2009 4:38 PM

Mike M

Joined: 9/3/2007

Posts: 8

Re: 3 way color mix.

I have posted two pictures, it looks the the problem is when ever the cyan channel is at 100% the light blacks out.
Same scene for both pictures. From the left; VL5A controlled by Whole Hog III, you can see the DMX data comming in. VL5A set to the deepest blue I can get in the color picker) A Par64 with Lee #181.
http://www.9michael.com/cap/cap1.jpg
http://www.9michael.com/cap/cap2.jpg

10/6/2009 11:51 AM

Lars Wernlund

Joined: 7/17/2007

Posts: 423

Re: 3 way color mix.

Hi Mike,

We will investigate this matter further within short, but I suspect that this is partially the result of your lighting settings in the Live view. When the lighting settings are very high, these kinds of phenomena have been observed!

Regards,
Lars Wernlund

Regards,
Lars Wernlund, The Capture Team

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