BEST Skypanel Settings Tutorial

[@hodah]

The pre-programmed thumb drive is a brilliant idea!

[@andrewlock4751]

low end mode is not flicker free, only running the light at 14KhZ. It has caught me out a few times, at 120FPS on a red and at 200FPS on Alexa but i use this mode all the time! Great video by the way

[@blackoutapp]

Andrew Lock ah right great note!

[@EdmundoJCid]

I'm one of those looking for pale or brighter colors adjusting rgb values. From now on doing it with Kelvins. Thanks Jeff!

[@meetthegaffer]

How do you load the thumb drive with your program setting in the first place?

[@blackoutapp]

Once you get your Skypanel into the settings you want, simply go to USB Functions->Fixture Settings->Save Settings. Insert a clean USB stick and it will save onto it

[@meetthegaffer]

Thank you! I know I should know this, but perhaps my ignorance will help others too😬

[@markdp123]

​@@blackoutapp Does the USB drive require any specific formatting before doing this?

[@blackoutapp]

@@markdp123 No, but typically USB drives are formatted FAT32 which is what I was using. I just keep a USB stick I got for free from a tradeshow with this file on it and nothing else so I can label it like you see on my tape tag.

[@markdp123]

Blackout Lighting Console - FAT32 makes sense - works on almost everything. 👍🏼

[@spitefullymy]

Love this pro tip Jeff! When you do a USB load-in, does that mean you don't need to perform a factory reset anymore? Or do you still tend to reset first before loading your settings in? Does Skypanel in Mode 6 still respond well to the Hue/Sat control on Blackout? Most gaffers & DP's I work with just like to play with the color wheel and/or give me direct hue/sat numbers... which are only 2 things to remember instead of the 3x that RGB has. Does RGBW Color Space>Calibrated Color Space trick also work in Skypanel Mode 30 on Blackout in RGB or HSI Mode?

[@blackoutapp]

David Choo yea you don’t need to do a factory reset when you load your settings from USB because all the fixture settings will be replaced. In Blackout RGB is auto converted in every fixture from HSI-RGB or RGB-HSI so you can still use this method. And yes it also applies to Mode 30

[@lokrajpandey8403]

Hello where I get this setting

[@shagenstein]

Very helpful. Thanks!