how to load decks from other comps without overwriting?

[gpvillamil]

So I'm trying to duplicate a deck in a composition - I basically want the same clips in each deck, but with different color palettes.

I created new comp, loaded the deck, renamed and saved the comp. Then I re-opened the original comp, went to the file explorer, and loaded the now-renamed deck. However, it immediately replaced the original deck!

As far as I can tell, there is no way to duplicate a deck, or save a deck and then add multiple copies of it. Am I crazy here, or am I missing something?

It would be very nice if you could Ctrl-drag a deck from the file editor and have it added to the composition, even if it is a duplicate of an existing deck.

[Tschoepler]

you do
as long as the copied deck has

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<deck … orderId="0"

it will replace the deck that has order id zero in the original comp.
I bet you know how to change that value

And if you don't want to use a text editor you will have to make yet another new comp (3). Then first import the decks from your original comp (1) and then import the deck from comp 2. Just tried this workaround and it works. Although I find it way quicker to just edit the orderId inside the AVC. Especially if you want the original and the copied deck to be side by side.

[gpvillamil]

Great, that solved it!

So you just make sure each deck has a different OrderID value, and then they don't step all over each other?

That should really be automatic - add that to a feature request.

[Tschoepler]

I changed the deckID in

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<deck id="1234…"

as well (proforma). Just changed the last digit to something different. This is crucial as well. Just checked and it wouldn't work if the id was the same among different decks. Makes sense after all.

I think I could easily implement this into my CompEditor patch. I keep you updated.

[HerrNieDa]

i also tried now to get different decks from other comps into one deck.
my workaround:
the decks may have the same deck id (if you load a old deck at a gig f.e. and save it as a new one).
i changed the deck id so that theres no duplicate id.
the next thing was i loaded a comp, made a new deck and pushed the wanted deck into the clip grid.
worked great so far

[eklektro]

Hello, i see this is an older post, and i'm somewhat new to Resolume,
but right now i could really use the ability to copy decks(!)... load decks to different slots (help?)
I'm running Avenue 3.3.2.. and i'm on a Mac OSX 10.6.8
Is it possible to do the workarounds that you're talking about with this "compEditor patch" ?
I'm hoping this is not exclusive to PC version or Max....
Maybe this feature is coming in version 4 (or maybe even 3.3.3)?
but any workaround or tips available for a Mac user right now would be greatly appreciated!
cheers
Greg

[grif]

Im not sure what the OP was talking about since theres no way to load decks from other comps or to copy decks in resolume, but apparently they were opening the comps in a text editor and copying decks and changing their id's that way.

[eklektro]

ah ha! that's what i was hoping (but i was fearing it might be much more complicated than that). But i just opened the comp file in Apple's basic Text Edit, made the changes to order ID and deck ID, and it works. This will save countless hours of frustration, whew... OK, thanks! Cheers....
Greg

[Joris]

theres no way to load decks from other comps or to copy decks in resolume,

You can load decks from other comps into the current comp by double clicking it in, or dragging it from the browser. http://www.resolume.com/blog/post.php?t=8753

Copying multiple clips (and thereby copying decks) has been introduced in Resolume 4.

[HerrNieDa]

i noticed that:
if you save a composition under a new name, the deck id is still the same.. maybe this is a problem so i changed them..
because:
the problem is if i load a deck from another composition, my deck gets overwritten...

often is was deck 3, the last deck.. so i made a new deck emty one after the last one and loaded the deck from the other comp so it worked (also i changed the deck id, don't know if it was this issue)

hope this helps