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Benjamin
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2025-02-12 14:33

    Hello everyone, 
    can I save basic looks or lighting scenes in Capture itself (without a connected lighting console) so that I can call them up again next time and don't have to set everything up again manually? 

    Thanks in advance.
    Benjamin

    Tyler Andrew
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    2025-02-13 03:43

    Hey Benjamin,

    If you patch fixture in your showfile, you can select them and set them as you like. When you're happy, head over to the snapshot tab and add a snapshot. It's super easy. Just make sure all fixtures you want to capture have a DMX address. 

    - Tyler

    Floriaan
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    2025-02-13 15:48

    This seems a bit unintuitive. I've heard from multiple users that they were not aware that Snapshots do not record anything without a DMX address. I wasn't myself at first, either. I've suggested renaming the Snapshots to DMX Snapshots or something. Or maybe set a warning when there are no patched channels at all when you try to record a snapshot. Or at least show a black preview image when the snapshot is recorded with no levels.

    Floriaan Ganzevoort
    Lighting Designer - Theatermachine

    David Keogh
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    2025-03-15 08:34
    New Capture user here. This definitely tripped me up until I discovered that patched fixtures would save but unpatched wouldn't. The issue for me is that the set I'm modeling includes a bunch non-DMX practical lights, and I either have to patch them to dummy DMX channels, or manually set their light settings every time I open the capture file.

    Evina Vasilakopoulou
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    2025-03-28 10:35

    Plese share your project with us at support@capture.se. We might be able to suggest a better workflow. 

    Floriaan
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    2025-03-31 11:09

    Maybe Capture could bring up a pop-up if you are trying to save a snapshot without anything patched. This would still not catch a partially patched show, but it would give users a heads-up. It is just not clear out of the box that you can 'save' a snapshot, but that nothing is actually saved—unless you patch the fixtures, that is.

    Floriaan Ganzevoort
    Lighting Designer - Theatermachine
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