BScott Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Hi, When prepping for pre-viz, or rendering, I typically add colors and gobo information to lighting devices in the Lighting Device menu. I tried to do this on a new file but the "Select Image File" option for gobos was greyed out as were all of the Color Wheel slots. I went back to a file I created last year and the functionality is still there. If I copy and paste a symbol from the old file to the new, I am able to change the gobo and color wheels for that light. If I place an instance of the copied light in the new file, the functionality is missing again. All of these files are VW 2023. I've tried using my own symbols and the default VW symbols with the same result. Any thoughts about what is causing this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Scott C. Parker Posted March 1 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 1 If you could post a couple of sample files, some that are working and another that's not, we can take a look. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 1 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 1 You need to have the proper Fixture Mode selected. Those tabs only apply to the visualizer and you must have the proper mode selected in order to have the correct number of color and gobo wheel slots. Rendering in Vectorworks only uses the Color, Gobo 1 and Gobo 2 values. Quote Link to comment
BScott Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 I'm an idiot. Thanks for the reminder Kevin! I just hadn't done it in a while and missed a step. Quote Link to comment
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