I know a person can have a lot of fun and spend quite a bit of time creating shows with their various lights. I have a Magic 260 and being new to lighting thought the pre loaded movements would get me up and running right away. What's there are very basic motions and few of those at that. Is anyone out there selling their tallents in show designing for various lights, on discs or memory sticks? Maybe I should have got a different board that was more plug and play, not that I know where to look for one.

island no double posting please. I deleted your other post as it was the same as this one. Sorry rules are rules. Sincerely,

Generally pre-programing refers to patching the console and setting up a few basic cues, effects, chases, scenes, submasters, and/or palettes depending on your console. This is generally done with off-line editors. Just about all my shows are pre-programed in this fashion, so I simply have to load the show from disk or USB drive and start the fun programing. It is a great time saver.

The type of pre-programing islanddj is talking about is done with virtualization software, like Elation's Magic 3D Easy View, WYSIWYG, or Vector Works Spotlight. Major shows like the Olympics are programed in this fashion because the designers and programmers don't have time to take up a stadium with a full production set for weeks to program. They instead program the whole show without any equipment besides the console(s) and the computer(s) with the software on it.

It is also a great to show people what something will look like before they ever have to rent/buy it. They can also do paperwork as well as light plots. Truly a powerful tool in the right hands.