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moritzvieli / rocketshow

A system to automate your backtracks, lighting- and videoshow.
http://www.rocketshow.net
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Anyway to hack the Designer RSD file so you can copy scenes/presets from one Project to another? #95

Closed DavidOpgh closed 1 year ago

DavidOpgh commented 1 year ago

@moritzvieli

I'm building a lot of presets / scenes in Designer that I'd like to reuse from one Project file to another since I'm using the same fixtures. It doesn't look like Designer has a way to copy scenes/presets. I was wondering if I could this by hacking the RSD files.

I haven't tried either method but I can think of two ways I might be able to accomplish this.

Method 1 Build a "template" Project RSD file with all the presets/scenes for all the fixtures you're using. Export "template" RSD File Hack the RSD filename so RocketShow thinks it's a different Project aks "NewSong" Import "NewSong" RSD file Change the composition for the new song.

Method 2 Copy these sections from one RSD file to another. "scenes": [ "presets": [

Any thoughts if either method is viable or which method might be a better choice? Thanks!

DavidOpgh commented 1 year ago

@moritzvieli Can I get a recommendation which method(s) might work better?

thanks!

moritzvieli commented 1 year ago

@DavidOpgh In general, the original idea was to create only a single project and add all the compositions to it. But sure, both methods work as well. Advantage of method 1: You don't need to edit the RSD file manually. Maybe you can start with this approach but when you need to implement updates (e.g. a new fixture), you need to copy it around anyway with method 2.

DavidOpgh commented 1 year ago

@moritzvieli Thanks for the reply. Maybe I don't understand how to properly use Projects. So a Project should be considered like a "Master Preset Pool"? I would sync different compositions to the same Project then use "Save As" the composition name?