{"id":2361,"date":"2020-02-08T02:50:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2020-02-08T02:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:50:20","slug":"smartdancer-122-tutorial-106-the-canon-autocanon-autocolor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistedancediva.co.uk\/wp\/?p=2361","title":{"rendered":"SmartDancer 122 \u2013 Tutorial 106 \u2013 The Canon \u2013 AutoCanon &#8211; AutoColor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/390141071?app_id=122963\" width=\"474\" height=\"182\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen title=\"AutoCanon-AutoColor\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are 4 ways to <strong>highlight<\/strong> the featured dancer <strong>automatically<\/strong> during their <strong>Canon cycle<\/strong>. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>AutoGlow<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong> AutoFade<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <strong> AutoColor<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong> AutoChat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Auto values have an <strong>IN<\/strong> and <strong>OUT<\/strong> value.\u00a0 The <strong>IN<\/strong> value is the value assigned at the <strong>BEGINNING <\/strong>of their Canon Cycle. The <strong>OUT<\/strong> value is the value assigned a the <strong>END <\/strong>of their Canon Cycle.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an <strong>AutoOn<\/strong> and <strong>AutoOff <\/strong>for each of the 4 types of Autos.\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>AutoOn<\/strong> enables and <strong>AutoOff<\/strong> disables.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>AutoColor<\/strong> use the\u00a0 [<strong>Groupings<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;[<strong>AutoCanon<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;<strong>AutoColorOn <\/strong>or\u00a0[<strong>Groupings<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;[<strong>AutoCanon<\/strong>]&#8211;&gt;<strong>AutoColorOff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<p><strong>AutoColor<\/strong>-ing is special because it is capable of coloring a whole <strong>animesh<\/strong> when the animesh is simple<br \/>\nOR<br \/>\ncoloring parts of an <strong>animesh<\/strong> as in the case of when an <strong>animesh<\/strong> is wearing clothing or it has attachments which are really called <strong>links<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since link-numbers are always changing, the reliable method of determining the proper link-number is by the link-name.\u00a0 I choose to rename my links to something <strong>meaningful<\/strong> and <strong>short<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the Arabian dancers, there are 4 names.<br \/>\n<strong>Hair<\/strong>, <strong>Dress<\/strong>, <strong>Veil<\/strong>, and <strong>Silk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is <strong>NO<\/strong> menu command for translating link-names into link-numbers. We need to use <strong>PREPFORM<\/strong> or <strong>Sequencer<\/strong> or AutoFX for this function.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">1,<strong>ColorCanonLinks<\/strong><\/span><strong>,Silk%Dress%Veil | <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This command will preset multiple link numbers in the animesh so that a subsequent coloring command knows which links (clothing) to color. We will tell it to change all the clothing to yellow and then change back.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of a simple all-in-one animesh with no links, we would use the ClothesLink command. This will change the whole animesh color<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">1,ClothesColor,-1<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>| 0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a PREPFORM command that does it all for the <strong>right, left, and center<\/strong> sections of\u00a0 dancers.\u00a0 It changes to <strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">YELLOW<\/span> <\/strong>during the Canon cycle and then back to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>BLUE, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">RED<\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #000000;\">BLACK<\/span>, <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">depending on original color<\/span><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0at end of cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full <strong>PREPFORM<\/strong> command on 1 line.\u00a0 I pre-executed it for the demo but then used the manual <strong>CanonHome<\/strong> command to trigger it in order to time it better with the music<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\/* Start Here<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>1,Target%right,ColorCanonLinks@%Silk%Dress%Veil,AutoColorAmount%&lt;1,1,0&gt;%&lt;0,0,1&gt;,Target%left,AutoColorAmount%&lt;1,1,0&gt;%&lt;.502,0,0&gt;,Target%r,AutoColorAmount%&lt;1,1,0&gt;%&lt;0,0,0&gt;,Target%all,AutoColorOn,Canon%Home<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>END<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 4 ways to highlight the featured dancer automatically during their Canon cycle. It is a way to make them stand out from the other dancers and draw the audiences attention to them. 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