Quick start manual

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Tutorial 1 : Windows
This tutorial introduces MagicQ, showing you how to open and close windows and perform simple operations using
the MagicQ interface. It uses the capture.shw demo show which is included in the MagicQ installation.
• Start up MagicQ software. The “Welcome to MagicQ” window should be shown. Chose the “Lighting Demo”
option.
• If the “Welome to MagicQ” window does not appear then press the Setup button (towards the top right). Then
press the top soft button View Settings. Then press Load Show, and confirm Yes when requested to erase the old
show from memory. Choose the Capture.shw show.
• Press the CLOSE button repeatedly to close all of the open windows.
• Press the GROUP window to open the Group Window.
• The position and size of MagicQ windows is set using the SIZE button. Press the SIZE button repeatedly to
change the position and size of the Group Window in the MagicQ central window space.
• Close the GROUP window again by pressing the CLOSE button.
• MagicQ allows access to layouts of Windows by holding down the CTRL key. When you press and hold the
CTRL key on your keyboard then the top soft buttons change to showing you Layout 1 to Layout 12 on the top top
soft button. By default MagicQ includes 5 pre recorded Layouts – Palettes, Porg, Cue Stacks, Outputs and Ext
Palettes.