{"id":221,"date":"2014-12-24T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2014-12-24T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:18:00","slug":"the-artiste-smart-curtain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=221","title":{"rendered":"The Artiste Smart-Curtain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-221-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"195\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Artiste-SmartCurtains.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Artiste-SmartCurtains.mp4\">http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Artiste-SmartCurtains.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Ok ready, curtain. CURTAIN! Whose got the curtain?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who click on the curtain again. I already clicked on it. Now its opening an closing. Then i have to open it again. This is all messed up&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey I wasn&#8217;t ready. Who told you to open the curtain?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wow. Talk about having been there and heard that. Catfights and blame-laying.<br \/>\nRuined performances.<\/p>\n<p>I also felt sorry for new troupes who aren&#8217;t aware that with certain minimally configured curtains, anyone can touch their curtain and operate it, ruining a performance either accidentally or intentionally.<\/p>\n<p>So after a lot of back-stage drama over the years, I came up with the Artiste Smart Curtain.<\/p>\n<p>A curtain is meant to hide the stage crews preparation of successive scenes so that it is a surprise and that there is cohesion in the\u00a0presentation\u00a0of the &#8216;parts&#8217;, actors, sets, costumes, starting cues, etc. It also serves as punctuation signalling the beginning and ending and is a separator of show segments like a paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; There are currently two styles: Flat and Split.<br \/>\n2 &#8211; There are 4 actions: Sideways, Fade, Raise(move), and Scrunch.<br \/>\n3 &#8211;\u00a0They are mod\u00a0You can apply your own textures.<br \/>\n4 &#8211; They are mod so you can adjust them to your stage size<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Their fade times are adjustable.<\/p>\n<p>6 &#8211; The open\/close time is adjustable<br \/>\n7 &#8211; The raise time and raise height is adjustable<br \/>\n8 &#8211; You can disable touch.<br \/>\n9 &#8211; Six ways to operate a curtain:<br \/>\na) by touch<br \/>\nb) via Performance HUD(autofx)<br \/>\nc) via Director<br \/>\nd) via curtain-Panel<br \/>\ne) via Curtain Relay<br \/>\nf) via Stage HUD<\/p>\n<p>10) Only person logged into Director can operate the curtain<\/p>\n<p>11) Current operator must be in same group as director and added to a nc access list.<br \/>\n12) Tipjar is automatically logged into and out of upon Director login.<br \/>\n13) Owners and Managers can &#8216;force logout&#8217; on a crashed and frozen avatar.<br \/>\n14) Raised curtain has a bottom-lip view-able only to stage for easy touch access to lower. (Thank you, Wiz).<br \/>\n15) Scrunch has adjutable no. of steps<\/p>\n<p>16) Sideways has adjustable min width.<br \/>\n17) You get an in-progress notice and a completion notice when it has completed its operation. You also get a warning when it is double-clicked before completion. Double clicks ARE NOT cached. The 2nd click is DISCARDED.<\/p>\n<p>18) The Smart Curtains come with both Producer and Performer Series. The backstage stuff comes only with the Producer series.<br \/>\n19) The Performer series does contain 2 Directors so performers can practice without needing to intrude on a venues resources.<\/p>\n<p>Lat &#8220;Yummy&#8221; Lovenkraft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ok ready, curtain. CURTAIN! Whose got the curtain?&#8221; &#8220;Who click on the curtain again. I already clicked on it. Now its opening an closing. Then i have to open it again. This is all messed up&#8221; &#8220;Hey I wasn&#8217;t ready. Who told you to open the curtain?&#8221; Wow. 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