The Light-O-Rama S5 Sequencer's File menu has menu items related to creating, opening, and saving sequences, as well as exiting the program.
Several of these menu items operate on the "currently selected sequence". Many sequences can be open simultaneously in the S5 Sequencer, but only one is the currently selected sequence. Each open sequence has a tab that displays the sequence's name. The currently selected sequence's tab will be highlighted (the highlight color depends are which theme you are using). To select a sequence, simply click on its tab.
•New
•Open
•Save
•Exit
The File Menu
New
Selecting "New" on the Sequencer's File menu opens a sub-menu which gives you a choice between creating a new animation sequence or a new musical sequence. You can also initiate the creation of a new musical or animation sequence from the Start Page.
"New Musical Sequence" has a keyboard hotkey: Ctrl-N.
"New Animation Sequence" has a keyboard hotkey: Alt-N.
Open
Selecting "Open" on the Sequencer's File menu opens a dialog that allows you to select a sequence file. If you select an S5 sequence file (.LOREDIT file extension) it will immediately open on a new tab within the Sequencer. If you choose a sequence file created in an older version like S4 (.LMS or .LAS file extension), then the sequence will be upgraded to S5 and you will receive some prompts during the upgrade process.
"Open" has a keyboard hotkey: Ctrl-O.
Recent Files
Selecting "Open Recent" on the Sequencer's File menu opens the New and Open dialog, on its "Recent Sequence" tab, which lets you open by selecting it from a list of the most recently opened sequences.
Save
Selecting "Save" from the Sequencer's File menu saves the changes that you have made to the currently selected sequence. If the sequence was newly created and has never been saved before, Save will also prompt you for a file name to use for the new sequence.
The Save function will be followed by a Save A Copy function if specified in Save Copy Preferences.
Save has a keyboard hotkey: Ctrl-S.
Save As
Selecting "Save As" from the Sequencer's File menu saves the current sequence to a new file name. The old file will still exist, but will not include any of the changes that you made to the sequence since the last time that you saved it.
Save A Copy
Selecting "Save A Copy" from the Sequencer's File menu saves the current sequence to a new file name. The old file will still exist, but will not include any of the changes that you made to the sequence since the last time that you saved it.
This function has a several options that control its behavior. See the Save Copy Preferences topic for details. In particular, this function can be used to make backup copies of the sequence when the "Date and Time" suffix is specified.
Create Playback FIles
When you are finished with a sequence, select "Create Playback Files" from the Sequencer's File menu to save the current sequence in a format that can be used for scheduling a show or writing an SD card for an LOR Director. If you subsequently make changes to the sequence, you will need to create playback files again.
If your sequence is named "mysequence.loredit", then the playback file will be named “mysequence.play.lms” if it is musical sequence, or "“mysequence.play.las” if it is an animation. If you have a Pro license, a “mysequence.play.lms.pe.lid” intensity data file will be created at the same time. The playback file(s) will be placed in the same folder as the base sequence (mysequence.loredit).
Export as Protected
Selecting "Export as Protected" from the Sequencer's File menu can be used to create a protected sequence based upon the current sequence.
Close
Selecting "Close" from the Sequencer's File menu closes the currently selected sequence.
If the sequence has unsaved changes, you will be prompted on whether you wish to save the changes or not; if the sequence has never been saved before, and you choose to save it, you will also be prompted to select a filename for the new sequence.
Close All
Selecting "Close All" from the Sequencer's File menu closes all open sequences.
If any of the sequences have unsaved changes, you will be prompted on whether you wish to save them or not; if any of the sequences have never been saved before, and you choose to save them, you will also be prompted to select filenames for the new sequences.
Exit
Selecting "Exit" from the Sequencer's File menu closes the Sequencer. If any currently open sequences have changes that have not yet been saved, you will be prompted for whether or not you want to save them.