Fixture remapping RGBW to RGBAL

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HansC
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Real Name: Hans Cryspin

Hi all,

I've been working with QLC+ for a long time now in my own theatre group.

Recently, we've made a dance show which we tour several locations. My show is based on RGBW fictures, but on some locations they have RGBAL (Chauvet Ovation F-915FC).

Did anyone already do remapping of RGBW to RGBAL?
Any idea's how this could be achieved?

thanks,Hans
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GGGss
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Real Name: Fredje Gallon

QLC+ has a native RGB color mode. This means you must interpolate the colors you use into RGBAL values.
There is no automatic remapping for colors outside of the scope of QLC+.
With amber and lime fixtures, I bring warmth and depth onto the stage by lowering the red channel and adding some amber. The same goes for scenes with green and blue, substituting those with some lime.
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HansC
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Real Name: Hans Cryspin

Hi, thanks.

that's what I was affraid of.
All my scenes (approx 170) hold about 15 fixtures. This potentially means at least a few hundered of manual reworks are needed..
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GGGss
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Hans,

If you open the project file with a text editor, it will reveal that this is a kind of XML structure.
If you are handy with search and replace, the amount of work could be minimised a lot.
Create a backup first, if you break the structure of the file, you break your project.
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