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Tutorials
Step by step through PixDrive Studio – with real screenshots from the app.
Projects
Finding and importing controllers
- Find devices on the networkUse Device Discovery to find Art-Net nodes and Advatek controllers on your network and import a controller with its outputs.
- Add a discovered controller by IPAdd a discovered controller with just its IP address and protocol, then add the fixtures yourself.
- Replace or add?Importing a controller again: Replace keeps its name and ID so effects and sequences keep working, Add New creates a second device.
- Import an Advatek .conf fileImport an Advatek .conf file to prepare a show for a controller that is not on your network right now.
Effects
Building a layout
- Place fixtures on the 2D canvasArrange fixtures on the 2D canvas the way they hang: drag them, rotate with R, fit the view.
- Photo of the installationPut a photo of the installation behind the 2D canvas, give it its real width and place the fixtures on it.
- Set up a matrixSet up a fixture as an LED matrix: width, wiring and start corner, then check it with a 2D effect.
- Submodels: light up part of a fixtureName part of a fixture as a submodel and run an effect only there.
- Free-form mappingLay out LEDs freely for props like a tree or a star: pick a template, draw and move LEDs, check the wiring order.
Building shows
- Your first sequencePlay effects on a timeline: choose the target, add and move clips, add a second track, play.
- Transitions and blend modesFade clips in and crossfade between them, set fades in milliseconds, order tracks and pick blend modes.
- Presets: save a look, recall it with one clickSave a look as a preset and recall it with one click. Every preset is also a cue.
- Keyframes: change a setting over timeUse keyframes to change an effect setting over the course of a sequence, easing included.
- Export a show for standalone playbackExport a sequence as FSEQ or Advatek .scn for playback without a computer: format, ports and frame rate.
Advanced
- Make your lights react to musicChoose the audio input, start Light to Music and tune bass, mids and highs.
- Your own Lua effectChange an example script, run it and save it to the library as your own effect.
- The output monitorSee in the Output Monitor what goes out on the wire: channel values, paging through universes and the 2D view.