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xLights Workshop. Palace Station, Las Vegas April 2016 |
Date | Speaker | Topic |
Fri Apr 15, 5pm-6:30pm | Sean | Webinar started, This is to test technical issues with zoom. I will email link to webinar to all registered webinar and seminar users at 5pm. This should be same number for entire weekend. |
Fri Apr 15, 7:30pm | Meet and Greet at Grand Cafe inside Palace Station. We will be sitting in back, Just say you are with xLights party | |
Sat Apr 16, 8:00am | Sean | Welcome! Registration. Overview of sequencers |
Sat Apr 16, 9:00am | Sean | Installing xLights, Setting up, TEST tab. |
Sat Apr 16, 9:50am | 10 Minute Break | |
Sat Apr 16, 10:00am | Sean | Layout. Creating models for your house. AC, RGB |
Sat Apr 16, 11:00am | Sean | Marking time. Audacity, timing marks. Create new sequence |
Sat Apr 16, 12:00pm | LUNCH | |
Sat Apr 16, 1:00pm | Sean | Effects: review 30 of them including movies and pictures |
Sat Apr 16, 2:00pm | Sean | Effect Layers. Create Playlist and schedule to run show from xLights |
Sat Apr 16, 2:25pm | Sean | Workshop: Sequence a song (Yes, you can!) |
Sat Apr 16, 2:50pm | 10 Minute Break | |
Sat Apr 16, 3:00pm | Keith Westley | Effects: VuMeter, Piano, Tendril |
Sat Apr 16, 4:00pm | Sean | Importing Data. LOR, HLS, Vixen, Superstar |
Sun Apr 17, 8:00am | Sean & David | Controllers. AC, RGB |
Sun Apr 17, 9:00am | Lilia | Visual Elements, Music phrases, Colors |
Sun Apr 17, 9:50am | 10 minute break | |
Sun Apr 17, 10:00am | Lilia | Tips on creating an Awesome Sequence! |
Sun Apr 17, 11:00am | Sean & David | FPP. Practical setup. Multiple FPP's, projectors, sensors. |
Sun Apr 17, 12:00pm | Raffle (for webinar folks) & LUNCH | |
Sun Apr 17, 1:00pm | Gil Jones | Effects: Morph, Shockwave, Galaxy, Marquee, DMX, Fan |
Sun Apr 17, 2:00pm | Sean | Papagayo |
Sun Apr 17, 2:50pm | 10 minute break | |
Sun Apr 17, 3:00pm | Gil Jones | P10 Panels. Where to get them, how to build housings, how to setup FPP |
Sun Apr 17, 4:00pm | Sean | Whole House Projection. Dual projectors on your house. |
Do you want to attend?
purchase Seminar for $200 (you will be at the seminar) or $40 for the webinar.
http://www.nutcracker123.com/store
WHERE: Seminar will be held at the
Palace Station Casino
Address: 2411 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone:(702) 367-2411
WHEN: Seminar will be 8am-5pm on April 16,17th
What to bring:
1) Laptop computer. Install zoom software. www.zoom.us. This works on Linux, MAC, windows, iphones, ipads. There are supposed to be outlets on each table so you should not need extension cables.
2) Install latest xLights software, 2016.19. http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/releases/
3) Optional: for seminar attendees: Bring a song you want help marking up music phrases
4) Optional: Bring an lms or sup file you might want to import
NOTE: I will start each day at 8am PST.
I will send an email to everyone with the zoom link for the webinar Friday, April 15th at 4pm PST.
TEST WEBINAR SESSION TO "kick the tires". I will start the webinar at 5pm PST on Friday.
The purpose of this webinar is to fix any technical issues you have with the webinar software (Screen resolutions, audio issues). We will NOT have time to diagnose zoom or hardware issues on Sat or Sun. If anything goes wrong and you cannot see the webinar , I will give a full refund to you the following week.
For Webinar participants: In a zoom webinar there are two types of users. Panelists, Viewers
Panelists can broadcast audio or video. Panelists can answer Q&A questions. Panelists can use chat.
Panelist | Viewer | |
Can share your Screen | Yes | No |
Xmit Audio | Yes | No |
Xmit Video | Yes | No |
Can post questions to Q&A | No | Yes |
Can answer Q&A | Yes | No |
Can talk on chat | Yes | Yes |
Can Click to raise hand | No | Yes |
Can create,share,close polls | Yes | No |
RECORDINGS: Both days will be recorded. Raw video will be edited into 16 movies. Seminar and webinar attendees will be given the download link for free. If you did not attend the workshop you may still purchase themovies for $25 for a link to download then. The 16 movies will be around 15-30gbytes in total size. The editted video will be available in the May/June timeframe (My daughter is getting married June 1st so timeline is a little in flux).
We look forward to seein you this next weekend!
Sean & Lilia