The workbench: setting up the visualizer with the toolbar on the left
The 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.
Guided or free
At the top left, next to the name, you choose how you work. The visualizer remembers your choice.
- Guided (default): above the open area there is a step bar “Location → Setup → Event → Film & share” with a question, for example “Where is the event?”. At the bottom, “Back” and “Next: …” take you to the next step, and clicking a step jumps straight to it. Finished steps get a check mark. “Also:” lists the areas that belong to the same step: “Aim” for the setup, “Furniture & decor” and “Check” for the event.
- In the last step, “Done” opens an overview: what is ready, what is missing (“Open” jumps there), plus “Save setup”, “Save to My locations” and “Print floor plan”. “Work freely from now on” switches to “Free”.
- Free: the same workbench without the step bar.
In both modes you can jump anywhere with the bar on the left or ⌘K / Ctrl+K. The guide never forces anything on you.
More from “Fixtures, stage & 3D”
- Opening and using the 3D visualizerThe 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.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