LookBook

Updated

Mar 2025

What is the LookBook and What is a Look?

Looks are compositions that are saved and recalled. Creating a Look saves the color and intensity values for a chosen number of fixtures. Looks can be faded in and out over time to create transitions between different compositions. Looks can also be mixed to create new compositions.

The LookBook is where all Looks are created, stored, edited, and mixed.

Creating Looks

There are two ways to create a Look: from the LookBook or from the Scratchpad.

From the LookBook

To create a Look from the LookBook, first navigate to the LookBook using the bottom navigation bar, then press the + button in the upper right corner. After adjusting the initial Look Settings and tapping ‘Create’, the empty Look will appear in the LookBook.

From the Scratchpad

Alternatively, a Look can be created directly from the Scratchpad by pressing the ‘Create Look’ button in the Action Bar. This will create a new Look that contains all the selected fixtures on the Scratchpad, set to their current Scratchpad intensity and color values. Creating a Look this way will clear the manual intensity and color values for the selected fixtures and open up the newly created Look for editing.

To customize the Look Settings, like the Look Name and ID for the new Look, use the three dots menu in the upper right to bring up the Look Settings.

Create Look from Scratchpad — Looks can be created from the Scratchpad as well as the LookBook

Look Settings

Look settings can be edited upon initial Look creation within the LookBook, or afterward at any time by using the three dots button within a Look. All Look Settings can be left at their default values if no changes are desired.

Cover Photo - Sets a photo at the top of the Look as a visual reminder of what is going on in a Look. A random gradient is provided by default.

Look Name and Look ID - How Looks are named and sorted.

Opacity - Sets the opacity for the Look. More information is available in the Opacity section.

Opacity Target - Sets the level the opacity slider will be set to when it is toggled on. More information available in the Opacity Target section.

Time In and Time Out - Sets how long it takes the opacity to reach 100% or 0% when the Look is toggled on or off. More information available in the Time In and Time Out section.

Adding and Removing Fixtures

If there are no fixtures in a Look, there will be a large ‘Add Fixtures’ button that will open the Add Fixtures screen. To add additional fixtures to a Look, press the plus button in the upper right-hand corner.

On the Add Fixtures screen, all fixtures not currently within the Look are displayed with their current values. Selecting multiple fixtures then tapping ‘Add fixtures’ in the Action Bar will add all selected fixtures to the Look with the values currently visible in the Scratchpad.

To remove fixtures from a Look, open the Look, select all fixtures to be removed, then tap the ‘Remove’ button in the Action bar.

Setting Values in a Look

Once fixtures have been added to a Look, setting values within the Look functions the same way as setting values on the Scratchpad. Both the individual Popover controls and the Control Panel are available within a Look. For more information on these controls, see the Control Panel article.

The More tab and the Fixture tab within the Control Panel are not currently available within Looks.

Opacity

The opacity of a Look determines how much of a Look is visible. If only one Look is turned on, the opacity slider will appear to control the master intensity for all the fixtures in that Look. But if multiple Looks are turned on, it becomes clear that opacity also plays a role in color mixing.

For example: two Looks contain the same fixture where Look 1’s values are set to red, and Look 2’s values are set to blue. If both Looks are on at an opacity of 100%, the fixture will be a pinkish purple. When Look 1 fades out, the fixture becomes less and less red, and more and more blue. Colors mix in this way to help facilitate transitions between Looks.

Intensity values mix between Looks using highest-takes-precedence.

Manual values on the scratchpad will always override values set in a Look, even when a Look’s opacity is at 100%. If a Look is not creating the expected output, check the Scratchpad and clear any unintended manual values. For more information see the Manual Values section of the Scratchpad article.

Opacity Target

The little yellow marker on the Opacity Slider is called the Opacity Target. The Opacity Target can be moved anywhere on the slider and sets the maximum opacity value reached when the Look is turned on using the on/off Toggle. The Opacity Target value can be set numerically from the Look Settings menu, or it can dragged into place on the Opacity Slider.

Time In and Time Out

Setting the Time In determines how long it takes the opacity to reach the Target Value when the Look is toggled on. Setting the Time Out determines how long it takes for the opacity to reach 0 after the Look is toggled off.

Using Time In and Out together with the Opacity Target is a great way to achieve smooth, adjustable transitions between Looks.

Multi Look Toggle

When turned on, the Multi Look toggle allows multiple Looks to be toggled on at once. This is particularly useful when Looks are setup to contain different sets of fixtures, or when orchestrating more complex transitions.

On the iPhone, the Multi Look toggle is found behind the three dots menu at the top of the LookBook.

When Multi Look is toggled off, turning a Look on will automatically turn off all other Looks. Looks that are turned off in this way will still obey their set transition times. This is an easy way to transition from Look to Look with a single tap.

Turning Multi Look off can allow for quick transitions

Turning on Multi Look requires a Slyyd Plus subscription.