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Create a Simple Circle Phaser

This topic is about creating a simple circle phaser. It uses absolute position values and will always move the lights in the specified circle. See the Create Circle Phaser Around Position topic for a description about creating a phaser circle that can be used with different positions.

Requirements:

• Have a show with some moving lights patched - for instance, the demo show.
• An open Step Bar can be useful.
• An open Phaser Editor window is needed.
• Arranging the fixtures in the 3D window can be useful, but it is not a requirement.

Follow these steps to create a circle:

1. Select the desired fixtures and turn them on.
   -> now there is a white beam in the center of the blue grid in the Phaser Editor.
2. Tap the A+ button on the left of the editor.
3. Tap somewhere in the blue grid - for instance just below the center.

This creates the first absolute point and the fixtures move to it. This is an absolute position value in step one.

4. Tap somewhere else in the blue grid to create a second absolute position. Please tap 90 degrees vertically to the first point and do not cross the horizontal blue line - otherwise, the circle becomes a figure 8.

Now the fixtures move between the two absolute points (two steps).

5. Tap the Select All Steps button (the last button on the left menu or the rightmost button in the Step Bar).
   -> this selects both created steps.
6. Tap the Move Handle button (circle with cross arrows).
7. Tap and move perpendicular from one of the points in the grid.
8. Release the screen when there is a nice circular movement.

9. Tap the Change phase button on the left menu.
10. Tap 360 in the menu on the right
    -> this distributes the fixtures evenly along with the form.

The finished result could look like this:

The Change Phase part of the phaser editor represents each fixture as a yellow dot in a grid where the horizontal axis is the phase value.

The circle phaser is now finished and it can be stored in a cue or in preset.

Select different version- latest - 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0

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