Opening and using the 3D visualizer
The 3D visualizer shows your lights on a virtual stage. You see what SoundSwitch or Droplit is sending to your fixtures right now, and you can rebuild your real setup.
Step by step
- Pick your SoundSwitch project under “Project” at the top. The project that is currently open in SoundSwitch is marked “● active”.
- Click the sun button at the top right of the 3D view and choose under “Light source” where the light values come from: “SoundSwitch”, “Designer”, “Test pattern” or “Off” (see Choosing the source).
- Move the camera with the mouse:
Rotate, pan and zoom with the mouse. - Drag with the left mouse button to rotate.
- Drag with the right mouse button to pan.
- Scroll to zoom.
- Use “Front”, “Wide” or “Top” at the top left of the 3D view to jump back to a fixed viewpoint.
- Use the “Haze” slider behind the sun button to set how clearly the beams show in the air.
- Click a light to see its details on the right. Hold ⌘ / Ctrl or ⇧ to select several.
More from “Fixtures, stage & 3D”
- The workbench: setting up the visualizer with the toolbar on the leftThe visualizer has a new layout: instead of one long sidebar and lots of buttons at the top, there is a toolbar on the left with seven areas. Only one area is open at a time, and the 3D view stays large next to it. At the top you see which location and which setup are loaded, and the search gets you to any function in two seconds.Summary
- Fixtures & stage in Droplit“Fixtures & stage” is the full 3D visualizer right inside Droplit. This is where you set up your stage and hide fixtures that your shows shouldn't use.Summary
- Choosing the source: SoundSwitch, Designer or test patternAt the top right of the 3D view you choose where the light values come from. You either watch live what SoundSwitch sends to your fixtures, or the preview from Droplit.Summary
- Fixture details and DMX monitorClick a fixture to see its address, its mode and all channel values live. The DMX monitor adds all 512 channels of a universe at a glance.Summary
- Recording the 3D view as a videoThe visualizer can record the 3D view as a video. That way you can show a couple or an event planner in advance how the light show will look.Summary