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This chapter explains the Edit Menu of the Matrix Patcher. For other sections of the user interface see the introductory chapter.

Fixture Editor

From within the Edit Menu you have access to the Fixture Editor to create or modify your fixtures.

Add Fixture @ 100% size

Adds new tiles with a scaling factor of 100% - per default it is set to 500%. This command is especially useful when working with Video Tiles.

Load Background Image

This option opens a Windows explorer dialog where you may select an image to be loaded as background image in order to simplify creating the patch. To display the image the option [Show BG] in the Patch Settings has to be enabled!

Unload Background Image

Unloads the background image.

Initialize Map

Redraws the Map view. It discards all changes made there and applies all position / rotation / scale information from the Patch view. For more information please have a look at the ReMapping Guide.

Initialize Patch

Resets the Patch view. It discards all changes made there and resets all position / rotation / scale information.

Resize Patch

Choose the new patch size (Width and Height, in px) in the pop-up dialog. Please make sure to match the display resolution of the Pandoras Box Client exactly!

KiNet > Enable Sync for Selection

Ticks the checkbox Sync for KiNet Port in the Fixture Properties – Patch.

Disable Sync for Selection

Unticks the checkbox Sync for KiNet Port in the Fixture Properties – Patch.

High Quality Rendering

This option displays the fixtures either with high or low rendering quality, as seen in this example with the fixture ‘ColorWeb 125':