Layer mask

Select Layer

Select Layer is an option in Channel, Fixture, Content, and Tracking sheets.

This is a drop down list that allows you to select one of the data layers. This will show the values in that layer. This can also be selected using the Layer Control bar - read about turning it on in the Tools topic.

Read about the layers in the Layers in sheets topic. 

Select Mask

Select Mask is an option in Channel, Fixture, Content, and Tracking sheets.

This drop down list allows you to select one of the six predefined masks. This can also be selected using the Mask Control bar - read about turning it on in the Tools topic.

Read more about the masks in the Mask topics.

The default masks, in this list, also exists as Title Buttons in the Channel and Fixture.

Link Mode

Link Mode is an option in Content, Executor, and Tracking sheets.

The link mode decides what executor the sheet is displaying. 

This drop down list has three options:

• Link Selected:
  This will make the sheet display the content from the selected executor. This means that the sheet will change content when you selected different executors using the Select command.
• Not Linked:
  This will make the sheet display a specific executors content. The sheet will continue to display this  executors content no matter if you select a different executor.
  You need to choose what executors to display. This is done in the Assign Executors tab - read more about it in the Assign Executor topic.
• Link Last Go:
  This will change the sheets to display the content from the executor where you or precisely, your "User" last performed a Go action.

The Link Selected option can also be a Title Button.

Selection Only

Selection Only is an option in the Tracking sheet.

This option will mask a lot of unnecessary rows and columns in the Tracking Sheet. It will hide cues where there are no changes to the selected fixtures. It will also only display the columns of the attributes that are stored in the sequence.

This option can also be a Title Button.

Show Tracked

Show Tracked is an option in the Content sheet.

This can be used to show or hide the tracked values in the Content Sheet.
Hiding the tracked values will only display the values stored in the cue currently displayed in the content sheet.

This option can also be a Title Button.

Enable Mask

Enable Mask is an option in Channel, Fixture, Content, and Tracking sheets.

This turns on or off the mask function of the sheet. Masks can be local or follow a pool of masks. To learn more about mask please read the What are Masks topics.

The enable function is sometimes automatically turned on. This can happen if you select a mask or if you enable Follow Selected Mask - read more below.

This option can also be a Title Button.

Follow Selected Mask

Follow Selected Mask is an option in Channel, Fixture, Content, and Tracking sheets.

When this option is On, then the sheet will activate masks and the sheet will use the mask selected in the Mask Pool - learn more about mask in the What are Masks topics.

This option can also be a Title Button.

Save Mask Always

Save Mask Always is an option in Channel, Fixture, Content, and Tracking sheets.

If the sheet has a local mask loaded from the mask pool and this mask is not locked, then you can activate the Save Mask Always function if you want changes made in the local settings to be saved back into the mask in the pool.

Read more about this in the Mask (Local) topic.