Sean Meighan
General => My Show Setup => Topic started by: logandc99 on November 29, 2015, 12:37:46 PM
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Well, here is my first sequence for this years Xmas lights. Done entirely in Xlights (apart from the animations in Piskel).
Thanks to all the Xlights team for making the sequencing process such a pleasure.
http://youtu.be/Cw8qLiqu01w (http://youtu.be/Cw8qLiqu01w)
Happy to share my sequences but not sure how that works as my music tracks are all edited in audacity and therefore not just a song you can purchase on iTunes. So presumably should not post the audio in a public forum.
Any ideas welcome. Can always pm me with suggestions 😉
Ok, attached the audacity .aup file.
The actual songs are Uptown Funk and
this link to the Starwars/Cantina band disco version
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/d.j.-disco-mix-vol.-2/id737483900 (https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/d.j.-disco-mix-vol.-2/id737483900)
DropBox link to Star Wars Funk
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ihfon0276g0uj01/AABbFbvqrlZ1mzsLZCgm_wSIa?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ihfon0276g0uj01/AABbFbvqrlZ1mzsLZCgm_wSIa?dl=0)
Dropbox link to mj mix files
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ymd97vj6vvjpkxa/AAA84h2cgiOqhm-q9V-NVjkta?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ymd97vj6vvjpkxa/AAA84h2cgiOqhm-q9V-NVjkta?dl=0)
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looks awesome
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First off - thanks for sharing! I'm going to give it a try and import.
Two questions, first off when I try to open the aup file I get the attached error. I haven't used Audacity much in the past, so wondering if this is because I need to go do some homework or if you need to share other data? Any thoughts?
Next question is do you have the itunes link to uptown funk as well? I want to be sure I grab the right source file from itunes as well.
thanks!
Ryan
10ryanlucas@gmail.com
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One more request (two actually because your sequence is AWESOME - will you be sharing others?!), can you zip up and post the images that go into the tree as well - for example - \Animations\X wing.gif ? I assume that you spent some time creating/customizing these to fit on the megatree.
I'll spend some time the next few days going over your timing marks and general design of the sequence. You did an amazing job - can't imagine the time it took to pull this together. I spend 10 hours on a simple sequence (like the hippo one I posted and that was mostly just doing the mouth movements and it wasnt even that well synced!!).
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Great Job
Brad
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I am a fan of traditional Christmas music so I was not expecting to like this, but it is GREAT. You've done a really nice job of decorating and sequencing.
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One more request (two actually because your sequence is AWESOME - will you be sharing others?!), can you zip up and post the images that go into the tree as well - for example - \Animations\X wing.gif ? I assume that you spent some time creating/customizing these to fit on the megatree.
I'll spend some time the next few days going over your timing marks and general design of the sequence. You did an amazing job - can't imagine the time it took to pull this together. I spend 10 hours on a simple sequence (like the hippo one I posted and that was mostly just doing the mouth movements and it wasnt even that well synced!!).
I completely forgot about the animations. I will either zip them or put a link to my public dropbox folder when I get home. They were done in Piskel. I'll also look at the link for Uptown Funk from my itunes account.
I have another sequence which is a Michael Jackson mix of 4 songs (about 5 mins long) which I will also share - just need to get around to getting that finalised so hopefully get those available in the next day ot so.
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I am a fan of traditional Christmas music so I was not expecting to like this, but it is GREAT. You've done a really nice job of decorating and sequencing.
Thanks. Because it's summer here, I think there is a different feel to christmas compared to the Northern hemisphere and therefore the songs that I tend to do have a bit more of a "party-like" feel (although I would really love to have a true white christmas in the Northern Hemisphere sometime) . Also, people are allowed to come onto our property and wander amongst the lights, and so I have tended a bit more towards some of the songs that might be popular with the younger ones (or up and comming events like Star Wars) which often means lots of kids dancing on the driveway to the music which is always nice to see. Also, I've never done Halloween so some of the songs that might be done in Aus or USA for halloween, I might end up doing for Xmas. However, I do try to add the odd Christmas song in as well because, after all, it is christmas :) (and I am frantically trying to get a least one done for this year). I also really enjoy watching the sequences done by others to the more traditional songs because, lets face it, you can't beat a good christmas song to help create that whole joyful atmosphere of Christmas ;D.
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Awesome work Logan!!!
I am using the StarWars Disco song too in my show. Sounds like they slowed the tempo to match Uptown Funk.
I'm hiring your services next year!
-Steve
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Been a while since I watched a video where I sat and thought that was cool... I wonder whats next. Very creative. Thanks
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Awesome work Logan!!!
I am using the StarWars Disco song too in my show. Sounds like they slowed the tempo to match Uptown Funk.
I'm hiring your services next year!
-Steve
Yes I used audacity to slow down the Star Wars disco version quite a bit and from memory sped up the Uptown Funk a bit to get them to match. So if you listen closely to it you can hear areas where the music sounds like it's dragging its heels a bit but I figured I could get away with it. ;D
After listening a lot to my slowed down version, I recently listened to the original Star Wars disco version and it suddenly seemed very fast to me :D
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Two questions, first off when I try to open the aup file I get the attached error. I haven't used Audacity much in the past, so wondering if this is because I need to go do some homework or if you need to share other data? Any thoughts?
Sorry I missed reading this bit intitially. I am not entirely sure what that data file is but I will have a look. I was primarily going on the help that Sean gave me for sharing audio files - that only the .aup file was needed (along with the two original mp3's of course).
Sean, is there a data file like the one in the post above needed along with the .aup file for audacity?
Cheers
Logan
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Sorry I missed reading this bit intitially. I am not entirely sure what that data file is but I will have a look. I was primarily going on the help that Sean gave me for sharing audio files - that only the .aup file was needed (along with the two original mp3's of course).
I opened up a different MP3 file and then opened the aup file and got another unique error, so once I get that other iTunes link i'll download and try with just the AUP.
I also noticed (and realized after your other email) that you are on the other side of the pond so the iTunes link doesn't work! here in Canada, so I'm going to have to try to figure out how to deal with that issue. Is that file available for the US guys? I'd be glad to pay $1.79 or $1.29 whatever apple charges, seems i'm having all sorts of problems :)
I'll figure it out i'm sure...
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I did find this one... is the song from 1997? Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band (12" Disco Mix)..the duration shows 3:47 in iTunes, but your link shows 3:19 for the duration and 1998 for the album, so i'm thinking its a different song.
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Yes it is the Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band. I got it from D.J. Disco Mix, Vol 2 and the date on mine is 1998.
The version I have stops very suddenly (it is 3:19 long) so it could be that the full version goes for longer.
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Well for $1.29 I'll roll the dice and see what happens.
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Following ;))
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I was able to find the 3:19 song at the amazon.co.uk store. So far I've had no luck making a purchase. It doesn't like my US credit cards.
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Dropbox link to animations added to my first post.
Cheers
Logan
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Thanks !
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Thanks!! I'll play around a bit with this during the week. Maybe add to the playlist rotation on the weekend.
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I'm all in on this sequence!!! WOW, excellent. Would love to give it a try.
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Hopefully some can get some use out of this sequence because at the moment we are in darkness :'(
Been having problems with the RCD on the house tripping when turning on the outside powerpoints. Has happened a few times before but usually switching things off and then back on seems to work fine and everything works for the evening. But last night, coudn't get to turn on any more than three or 4 of the 7 outside powerpoints before the RCD would trip. And it wasn't the same powerpoint each time, it was any of the powerpoints if it was the 4th or 5th being turned on. At one stage I had the 4 outside powerpoints on and then it tripped without me doing anything and then I discovered my wife turned on the video recorder switch in the house and it tripped. I'm thinking a faulty RCD as it seems to be quite random with regards to which powerpoint gets turned on - trying to get hold of an electrician at this time of the year isn't easy so seeing the property in darkenss is a bit depressing and frustrating at present.
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I'm trying to make use of this awesome sequence but I've run into a problem that I can't solve. How to you import the light saber effect? When I import the megatree model to mine, I get everything but the light saber effect. That effect makes the whole sequence for me. Anybody have any suggestions?
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The effects were applied to the tree at the strand level. I didn't realise that effects done at the strand level wouldn't go across with the xml data file sorry.
To get the two light sabers to come down I used a curtain effect set on close and curtain edge left. For them to go back up it is curtain effect open (at tleast that's how it works on my tree model).
To get the lights to move left and right, I applied short bits of the ON effect to the other strands to make it look like they move left and right and when they contact eachother, I used a red and white or green and white On effect with shimmer ticked.
I will take a screen shot when I can and post it up.
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I was able to get those effects. My mega tree is 12x38 pixels and it comes in OK on my tree. HOWEVER, I have the effects also copied on a P10 panel (one other time my sup file I imported wasn't showing up right so I tried it on a matrix and it looked great on that so tried that with this sequence too) and it doesn't really work there. So if you have a mega tree model, it should come in.
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https://vimeo.com/147547308 (https://vimeo.com/147547308)
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drlucas, did you map all 12 strings on the megatree or did you just map the top level of the tree? I mapped the top level and I do not get the light saber effects coming through. I'll go back and try mapping all 12 strings individually and see what happens.
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I did file, open sequence and then mapped the items that way when it said delete or rename because it couldn't find a model that mapped to the original. here are my sequences. no changes at all to the original really. I'm still trying to figure out the best mapping of models.
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I went back and mapped the individual strings on my tree and it works now. I'm excited to see this one. I'm sure it will be a huge hit.
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The sequencing he did is amazin and demonstrates some of the art of possible with this software.
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https://vimeo.com/147547308 (https://vimeo.com/147547308)
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Hey that's so cool seeing the sequence alive on the other side of the world 8). Shows the beauty of Xlights and how easy it is to share sequences. Glad to hear that the light sabre effect does show up ok.
Electrician has been here and replaced the RCD so hopefully I can get to see the sequence run on my own display tonight ;D
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Hope you got the electrical issue resolved.
I've been working on the sequence for my show and like others ran into the light saber problem. I was able to map the strands individually on to my models and all looks great. I'll make a video this weekend of the finished sequence so you can see how it plays!
Thanks for doing such a wonderful job!
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http://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/guides-and-advice/electrical-items/rcds-explained/
Now that I read what a RCD is and your comment about people walking through your show I appreciate why you have these. In Canada I'll have to check to see if they are required by law. I do not invite anyone on my property, have ground fault circuits and generally believe I have protected including trip hazards for the most part , but I can really see the benefit for RCDs.
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I never heard of RCD's either but reading that it sounds like what we call GFCI circuits that are required on all our outdoor electrical circuits and any circuits in bathrooms where water is present.
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Yes as far as I know they are the same as the GCFI. We call them RCDs here. It turned out to be faulty. Replaced and all back up and running. Have 3 RCDs on the house circuit board now - I asked electrician to put the outdoor power points on their own one. I think it's pretty standard now for new homes built here to have 3 or 4 installed on the main circuit board.
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Looking forward to seeing your video Scuba
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Second sequence done. I realise most people do a bit of MJ for halloween but as I don't do halloween lights, I thought I would do it for Christmas. Not christmassy at all, I know, but so far the visitors have enjoyed it (especially the little three year old boy who visited last night getting his groove on like a mini John Travolta.)
If anyone happens to want the audio - pm ;)
https://youtu.be/y4J3ZZ7NBIg (https://youtu.be/y4J3ZZ7NBIg)
edit: trying to attach the xml file but keep getting an error that the server won't accept it. Will try again later
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Well done! I listened to that disco version of the star wars theme when I was <younger much younger>...
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Not Christmasy, but you show extremely well what can be done with RGB and nutcracker. I love it. You give us all a goal to shoot for in sequencing, unfortunately for me it is a goal that is way beyond my capability..
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I'm not sure what the story is but I cannot attach any files to a post so I can't post the xml files. I keep getting an error saying that the attachment couldn't be saved. I have tried from several different computers with no luck. Anyone else having this issue or know the solution?
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Are you clicking the "Attachments and other options" right below the box you are typing in. Once you click that it opens up and there is an attach box with a "choose file" box. Click the box and choose your attachment. Working fine for me.
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Video of Logan's great work....This was first displayed tonight in Albuquerque, NM
The response has been un-believable due to the soon release of the movie
Logan....Great job!!! Hope you Like it..it needs a bit of work, but not too bad for a "draft" cut
https://youtu.be/eF0hj_XQKnU
Best Regards
John
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Video of Logan's great work....This was first displayed tonight in Albuquerque, NM
The response has been un-believable due to the soon release of the movie
Logan....Great job!!! Hope you Like it..it needs a bit of work, but not too bad for a "draft" cut
https://youtu.be/eF0hj_XQKnU
Best Regards
John
That was cool John. Loved the way you had the millennium falcon come in on the two different trees. That's an impressive display you have there.
I laughed when I saw the message on the tree at the end ;D ;D
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Are you clicking the "Attachments and other options" right below the box you are typing in. Once you click that it opens up and there is an attach box with a "choose file" box. Click the box and choose your attachment. Working fine for me.
Yes that is how I am trying to add the attachment. It worked fine at the beginning of the thread for the previous sequence. Just doesn't work for me now. Weird :o
I might put the xml file in my public dropbox folder if anyone wants it (link in first post).
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Hey Logan...thanks for the comments. It wasn't my best but I tried to get it out ASAP.....and of course I had great material! I'll make some changes in the next week or so.
regards
John
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Files for MJ mix in my public dropbox folder (see 1st post for link) since I can't upload to this site.
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Files for MJ mix in my public dropbox folder (see 1st post for link) since I can't upload to this site.
I see the gif files for the Starwars animation in there, but none of the MJ files there. I'm a bit of a dropbox newby, so maybe there is a way to get at the folder above this one, but I can't see.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ihfon0276g0uj01/AABbFbvqrlZ1mzsLZCgm_wSIa?dl=0
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Yeah sorry, I'm a dropbox newby also and didn't realise that the MJ folder within the public folder also needed to be shared. So here is the link (hope it works now).
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ymd97vj6vvjpkxa/AAA84h2cgiOqhm-q9V-NVjkta?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ymd97vj6vvjpkxa/AAA84h2cgiOqhm-q9V-NVjkta?dl=0)
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Thanks! That is the link to the MJ files. The trumpets is a really neat effect/idea!!
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Hey Logan,
A few folks are asking for the .aup file and the songs referenced to your sequence (star Wars). Can you re-post because I can't open the file now. Not sure what I did, but it appears to be corrupted..
Thanks
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I downloaded it.....here you go.
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The one problem I have realised with the aup file is that it would work for the Star Wars cantina music and Uptown funk but the light sabre bit and Darths breathing are separate sound bites from the Internet. I might just store the MP3 in my Dropbox.
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....no comment on how I got my video done :-X
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I had som pm's sent to me which I have replied to but when I check my sent items, none of them are listed so I'm a bit worried my replies aren't actually going.
Anyway, if you check the links to my dropbox folders in the first post you should find everything ;) required for the 2 sequences
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Logan I just got this transferred to my layout and had to do some copying and adjustments but it came out really awesome....nice work.
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Thanks Gil,
There are so many people devoting a lot of time and effort into making/writing this software and making it avaialble for free! which is awesome and makes us look good when we turn on our displays.
I'm just glad to contribute, if only in a small way, to the cause. ;D
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Just had a procedure done on one eye and can't see but even with one eye I can't find the star wars sequence files.
Down loaded the mp3 and animations.
Any help appreciated.
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files were in very post of this thread.
the sequence file is "Starwars Funk 66.xml "
u need all of his little images https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ihfon0276g0uj01/AABbFbvqrlZ1mzsLZCgm_wSIa?dl=0
I put them into their own subdirectory under my show directory.
u then need to build the audio file.
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Just had a procedure done on one eye and can't see but even with one eye I can't find the star wars sequence files.
Down loaded the mp3 and animations.
Any help appreciated.
They are the attachments on the first post in this thread.
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Yes can see them now cheers. Daaaah :(
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Anyway, if you check the links to my dropbox folders in the first post you should find everything ;) required for the 2 sequences
Logan,
I found the XML file for MJ265 in the MJMIX dropbox, but there was no XML sequence file in the star wars drop box. All the GIFs, animations, MP3, etc are there, but I'm missing the sequence. Did you move it out of the folder by accident? If not, what am I missing. Thanks! Really excited to try and adapt your song to my house. It is AWESOME!
Regards,
Rob
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Anyway, if you check the links to my dropbox folders in the first post you should find everything ;) required for the 2 sequences
Logan,
I found the XML file for MJ265 in the MJMIX dropbox, but there was no XML sequence file in the star wars drop box. All the GIFs, animations, MP3, etc are there, but I'm missing the sequence. Did you move it out of the folder by accident? If not, what am I missing. Thanks! Really excited to try and adapt your song to my house. It is AWESOME!
Regards,
Rob
It's here in the first post (the sequence XML).
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I did go the the folder at the start of the thread. No xml in the Dropbox now. Had it happen on other projects where the file is moved by the owner when they meant to copy it. Thanks
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Finally figured out my stupidity. The xml files are attached to thread and not in the Dropbox. If you are not logged into the forums (like I was at the start) you don't get the attachments.
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Got the StarWars one working on my show last night. Very cool. I have a lot of non-RGB items and don't have a full house outline (definitely thinking about it for next year now) so it definitely ends up with a different feel to it, but it's still awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9toTgH780w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9toTgH780w)
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This was really well done. It looks amazing. My big weakness is sequencing so I was taking a bit of time to see how you put this together.
I was trying to determine how the lightsaber worked at the beginning of the sequence.
When I pulled in the xml file it plays as expected on my display, however, I can't for the life of me figure out how the lightsaber scene works.
My mega tree has two layers and during the scene my first layer shows an "off effect" and the second layer is empty.... yet the lightsaber is there in the model preview window. What am I missing.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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bajadahl,
I had the same issue. You have to go back and reimport and map each of the 12 strands to 12 strands on your tree. I'm guessing it's because you have more than 12 strands. I ended up mapping string 1-12 to 6-18 or something like that to get it to show on the front of my 360 degree tree.
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Ahh Thank you very much.... I was going crazy! ok I will play with it some more. I really appreciate the quick response.
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My reference to "everything" in the Dropbox is misleading sorry. The xml file for star wars is an attachment in the first post of this thread.
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No worries - Want to thank you again for sharing. I have the correct XML file I was just surprised by how it populates the models. I even started with a completely empty show folder and copied your rgb_effects file and I get the same result where I don't see the correct effect on the timeline for your mega-tree during the light saber sequence. It shows up as the "off" effect yet the effect plays the light sabers perfectly. (needless to say that really confuses me)
If you can share what effect it shows up for you I would be grateful.
Regards,
Alan
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No worries - Want to thank you again for sharing. I have the correct XML file I was just surprised by how it populates the models. I even started with a completely empty show folder and copied your rgb_effects file and I get the same result where I don't see the correct effect on the timeline for your mega-tree during the light saber sequence. It shows up as the "off" effect yet the effect plays the light sabers perfectly. (needless to say that really confuses me)
If you can share what effect it shows up for you I would be grateful.
Double click on the megatree model. That should expand the strands. The light sabers are strand effects, not model level.
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Basically what Dan said. If you head back to page 2 of this thread you will see a post of mine that shows a couple of screen shots of the effects done at the strand level.
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Got the StarWars one working on my show last night. Very cool. I have a lot of non-RGB items and don't have a full house outline (definitely thinking about it for next year now) so it definitely ends up with a different feel to it, but it's still awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9toTgH780w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9toTgH780w)
Thanks for posting up the sequence. Looks great (if I can say that ;D).
It's fun seeing the sequence on different displays because even though its the same basic sequence, it comes out with it's own unique look and feel on every different display. I like the candy canes going up and down to the beat. I think R2D2 comes out better on your tree.
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Dan's show looks great! The effect at 1:53 or so just after R2D2 is very cool looking on his tree.
Now to go see if Dan shared his let it go sequence. his tree looks awesome on that show too :)
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Dan's show looks great! The effect at 1:53 or so just after R2D2 is very cool looking on his tree.
I have two models, a MegaTreeFront model which is just the front 16 strands and the MegaTreeModel which is the full 32. For the import, I put everything on the MegaTreeFront. However, that particular effect I moved onto the MegaTree model as I thought it looked better there.
Now to go see if Dan shared his let it go sequence. his tree looks awesome on that show too :)
hehe... That is from HolidaySequences.com. Won't share that one as it's purchased. That said, with the number of hours it takes to do something like that, $47 was a no-brainer to me.
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I have two models, a MegaTreeFront model which is just the front 16 strands and the MegaTreeModel which is the full 32. For the import, I put everything on the MegaTreeFront. However, that particular effect I moved onto the MegaTree model as I thought it looked better there.
Thank you for sharing how you did it. I thought it was VERY impressive!!
hehe... That is from HolidaySequences.com. Won't share that one as it's purchased. That said, with the number of hours it takes to do something like that, $47 was a no-brainer to me.
OK - i've been looking at the sequences there. Thinking I want the grinch and music box dancer, but I haven't made the leap to buy one yet. I see there is price difference between the pixel sequence and the CCR sequence. Don't get why there is a difference. Is the CCR one more lights per strand?
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Finally got my version of this recorded. Thanks again for the sequence Logan...it's a big hit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rw8INjbzZs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rw8INjbzZs)
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Finally got my version of this recorded. Thanks again for the sequence Logan...it's a big hit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rw8INjbzZs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rw8INjbzZs)
I like ;D.
I really like the double mega trees - you have twin millennium falcons and twin X wings which looks really cool 8).
And as for that snow man - holy moly how tall is that thing!!! What happens when the wind gets up :o
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Ok how did you get it to film so well? Time of day? Camera settings?
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I've recently found when I try to get the brightest part of the show (maybe use an all white test pattern) and then lock the exposure and focus on my iPhone then start recording I have the best results and can actually film my p10 panels at night. Took me a while to figure it out. Still not the best quality, but before for me it was REALLY BAD, now my filming is just bad :)
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A nice medium to dark blue clear sky also helps immensely if you can get it. But good luck getting that to cooperate.
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Yeah I've found you get the best video when it's not completely dark yet. This was my first attempt with a new Panasonic HC-V870 camcorder and I just left it on full automatic.
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I've recently found when I try to get the brightest part of the show (maybe use an all white test pattern) and then lock the exposure and focus on my iPhone then start recording I have the best results and can actually film my p10 panels at night. Took me a while to figure it out. Still not the best quality, but before for me it was REALLY BAD, now my filming is just bad :)
Same 😊
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this is my version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPt-cC5vks
Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Basically when it's fully dark out you need to have manual control over the exposure.
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Double click on the megatree model. That should expand the strands. The light sabers are strand effects, not model level.
Wow - I forgot all about the strand effects... I remember when they were introduced and I thought how cool... Then I got busy with something else and never played with them. Thanks for the info. I have it all working now. And thanks again Logan for sharing.
Alan
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this is my version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPt-cC5vks
Thank you so much for sharing it.
That's a nice setup you have there. Love all the little trees and stars. Was that filmed with a low flying drone?
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this is my version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPt-cC5vks
Thank you so much for sharing it.
That's a nice setup you have there. Love all the little trees and stars. Was that filmed with a low flying drone?
I only have this sequence thanks to you.
Yes I used a drone. Typhoon Q500 4k. I prefer Phantom 3.
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Logan, I'm getting good response to my "port" of your StarWarsFunk display. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep tweaking some as I watch, but it is looking pretty sweet now. (and I don't have a Pixel Megatree - that got moved to my 40x30 horizontal matrix.
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Logan, I'm getting good response to my "port" of your StarWarsFunk display. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep tweaking some as I watch, but it is looking pretty sweet now. (and I don't have a Pixel Megatree - that got moved to my 40x30 horizontal matrix.
Looking forward to seeing the video 😄
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Yes, I have "ported" this into my display and everyone loves it!
It's genius!
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Logan...
Unless I missed it I couldn't find the laser sounds from the beginning in the Star Wars Disco song. I wanted to try to find an associated video clip to match the sounds if anyone knows a scene that's from.
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Yes the audio file is actually some Darth breathing taken from a YouTube clip, light sabre sound from another and then the two music files all mixed in Audacity. That's why I realised in the end I needed to have the audio file for the sequence in my Dropbox folder as the beginning sounds were not part of the songs.
I can't remember which video clips I nicked them from.
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Hi Logan
Thanks for taking the time to share your great work.
I'm having a little trouble adding the images. I can add the PNG images and they work well. When I dd the the Gif the image doesn't work on the models. Do I need to use the Piskel files to see movement in the images?
Cheers
John
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Hi Logan
Thanks for taking the time to share your great work.
I'm having a little trouble adding the images. I can add the PNG images and they work well. When I dd the the Gif the image doesn't work on the models. Do I need to use the Piskel files to see movement in the images?
Cheers
John
As far as I know the gif files are animated gif files (made with PISKEL) so they should have all the frames of movement with them. Where you have them stored on your computer, when you click on the gif image in finder (mac) or explorer (windows) do you see a version of the gif image moving? You could always download PISKEL and see when you load them into that application that all the frames of the animated gif image are there.
Having said that, they should just work ok in xlights as far as I know.
Anyone more knowledgeable than I know why this would be happening?
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You should have been able to just globally rename all the image paths in the xml file before you opened it like we've stated a few times. Then render/save and they work.
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Hi Logan,
Here's my adaptation of your sequence. It's a huge hit! Thanks a lot for sharing it.
https://vimeo.com/149308700 (https://vimeo.com/149308700)
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Hi Logan,
Here's my adaptation of your sequence. It's a huge hit! Thanks a lot for sharing it.
https://vimeo.com/149308700 (https://vimeo.com/149308700)
That is an excellent adaptation. and that matrix you have on the ground looks REALLY good. Love it.
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Hi Logan, and All!
Here's my adaptation of your sequence. It's a Big! Thanks for sharing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kG1sWOUK8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kG1sWOUK8)
Regards, Laszlo from Hungary
https://www.facebook.com/IgnaczFamily/ (https://www.facebook.com/IgnaczFamily/)
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Hi Logan, and All!
Here's my adaptation of your sequence. It's a Big! Thanks for sharing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kG1sWOUK8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3kG1sWOUK8)
Regards, Laszlo from Hungary
https://www.facebook.com/IgnaczFamily/ (https://www.facebook.com/IgnaczFamily/)
Fantastic. Nice display. Wow, the sequence is playing in Hungary - that's so cool.
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So thinking about this...
You should have been able to just globally rename all the image paths in the xml file before you opened it like we've stated a few times. Then render/save and they work.
Could the xml files reference absolute or relative paths to files to load in this sequence case something like this...
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E_FILEPICKER_Pictures_Filename=./media/Milenium falcon flyin2.gif
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That way it would make it a ton easier to share sequences if you had the full folder.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Here's my imitation...minus the funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI)
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Here's my imitation...minus the funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI)
Very nice. I think I like funk less better.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Here's my imitation...minus the funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly1f7HvfSI)
Very nice version ;D. Star wars pure. 8)
After working on the sequence for so long, when I went back to listen to the Star Wars Cantina Band song again, I had forgotten how fast it originally was :o
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Trying to add the Star Wars song to my show for the last week of the season .... How do you go about doing the light saber action on a pixel tree ?! I have a24 strand x 50 pixel 360 degree tree.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Dave
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I can see the day in a galaxy not too far away where Gil will create something like superstar effects directly inside of Xlights/NC.
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I can see the day in a galaxy not too far away where Gil will create something like superstar effects directly inside of Xlights/NC.
Doc it's 2015...that already happened.....Marty McFly.
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For some reason I though the way to get superstar type effects was to use superstar and import them?
I can see the day in a galaxy not too far away where Gil will create something like superstar effects directly inside of Xlights/NC.
Doc it's 2015...that already happened.....Marty McFly.
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For some reason I though the way to get superstar type effects was to use superstar and import them?
I can see the day in a galaxy not too far away where Gil will create something like superstar effects directly inside of Xlights/NC.
Doc it's 2015...that already happened.....Marty McFly.
And how do you think we represent the effects after they are imported? I created the Morph, Galaxy, Fan, and Shockwave and Dan got the images and text effect imports working. So almost everything you can create in SuperStar you can create in xLights. Plus my effects can do a little bit more than what you can do in SS.
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Guys, I am impressed to see what you can do in Xlights[size=78%]/NC. I really was not aware that you had come so far and would love to see how you can create the same effects in NC as in Superstar. i.e the light [/size]saber[size=78%] effect from Logan, or similar effects that [/size]superstar does.
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Guys, I am impressed to see what you can do in Xlights[size=78%]/NC. I really was not aware that you had come so far and would love to see how you can create the same effects in NC as in Superstar. i.e the light [/size]saber[size=78%] effect from Logan, or similar effects that [/size]superstar does.
Here's a post from May that has the YouTube video of a song I did for a Graduation Party and the sequence that created it is attached. It has the Morph, Fan, Galaxy, and Shockwave effects in it.
http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=1211.msg6542#msg6542 (http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=1211.msg6542#msg6542)
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Thanks Gil, I learnt a lot by checking out your files and seeing how you applied the layering and morph effects.
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I did a XML-based mapping - initially I replaced all of the <element> entries in the original .xml to map into equivalent models my house, but I won't do that again.
I realized about 75% through that it's much easier and more flexible to just initially add <modelGroup> entries to your own xlights_rgbeffects.xml that maps in all of the names of all of the elements in the sequence being imported.
Then you can keep moving your elements through the model groups until you have once that nicely line-up. Can even do that in the UI.
I put a dummy string of lights in all of the model groups. So when it stopped blinking I knew I was done.
PS: This would also be a really cheap way to make import work a little better. Instead of asking entry-by-entry which things to map, just ask a blanket question: "Create model groups for all unknown models"? This gets you up and running immediately with a fully populated sequencer and you can progressively map stuff your models into the modelgroups to have them start blinking.
PS PS: Kudos for who came up with this XML schema. It's really nice being able to interchangeably map an element via name to either a model or model group.
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You should have been able to just globally rename all the image paths in the xml file before you opened it like we've stated a few times. Then render/save and they work.
Hi guys. Your light shows look awesome. Can someone please point me in the right direction. I cant find the info on how to globally rename props. I have tried a few different searches. Thanks John
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Open XML in notepad++ and do find replace
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You should have been able to just globally rename all the image paths in the xml file before you opened it like we've stated a few times. Then render/save and they work.
Hi guys. Your light shows look awesome. Can someone please point me in the right direction. I cant find the info on how to globally rename props. I have tried a few different searches. Thanks John
I was talking about renaming image file paths. I don't understand what you're asking. What does globally mean regarding to props? When you open someone else's sequence and map the effects to your models you get the same result as trying to rename the models in his file. If your talking about renaming a model in your own setup it modifies the xlights_rgbeffects file but no it doesn't open up every one of your sequences and fix the name. It will prompt you about the missing model when you open each sequence allowing you to remap it.
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Sorry about the confusion. My question should be. How do I globally rename images?
Thanks for your fast response. Will have another look after work.
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I can see the day in a galaxy not too far away where Gil will create something like superstar effects directly inside of Xlights/NC.
Doc it's 2015...that already happened.....Marty McFly.
No disrespect to Neil , but I just had to laugh at this quote :)
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OK Sorry be a pain again, but like bbayjohn, I do not know how to globally change the images location. I know how to use notepad++ to find and replace, but what do I find and replace? :-[ Can someone point me to the thread or hold my hand? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Roger
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Hi,
Open each sequence xml. lets say that your images where in C:\Documents\2015Show\Images\ and you know want it to be in C:\Documents\2016ChristmasShow\Images\ , so you find "C:\Documents\2015Show\Images\" and replace it with "C:\Documents\2016ChristmasShow\Images\" (all occurrences in the xml). then save the xml.
Repeat for each sequence xml. Suggest that after doing one , you open the xml in xlights , render all and play and make sure that the images (if in picture effects) appear correctly .
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Logan, I'm getting good response to my "port" of your StarWarsFunk display. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep tweaking some as I watch, but it is looking pretty sweet now. (and I don't have a Pixel Megatree - that got moved to my 40x30 horizontal matrix.
Looking forward to seeing the video 😄
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Here's our adaptation, can't thank you enough for sharing Logan! We too have received a lot of praise! Great work!
https://youtu.be/pLE78kzN4fU
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Hi,
Open each sequence xml. lets say that your images where in C:\Documents\2015Show\Images\ and you know want it to be in C:\Documents\2016ChristmasShow\Images\ , so you find "C:\Documents\2015Show\Images\" and replace it with "C:\Documents\2016ChristmasShow\Images\" (all occurrences in the xml). then save the xml.
Repeat for each sequence xml. Suggest that after doing one , you open the xml in xlights , render all and play and make sure that the images (if in picture effects) appear correctly .
Thank you Gerry!
Roger
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Logan, I'm getting good response to my "port" of your StarWarsFunk display. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep tweaking some as I watch, but it is looking pretty sweet now. (and I don't have a Pixel Megatree - that got moved to my 40x30 horizontal matrix.
Looking forward to seeing the video 😄
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Here's our adaptation, can't thank you enough for sharing Logan! We too have received a lot of praise! Great work!
https://youtu.be/pLE78kzN4fU
Thanks for showing the video. Your display looks great. Those massive candy canes look very cool.
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Logan, I'm getting good response to my "port" of your StarWarsFunk display. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep tweaking some as I watch, but it is looking pretty sweet now. (and I don't have a Pixel Megatree - that got moved to my 40x30 horizontal matrix.
Looking forward to seeing the video 😄
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Here's our adaptation, can't thank you enough for sharing Logan! We too have received a lot of praise! Great work!
https://youtu.be/pLE78kzN4fU
Thanks for showing the video. Your display looks great. Those massive candy canes look very cool.
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Thanks for showing the video. Your display looks great. Those massive candy canes look very cool.
Thanks, we particularly liked how your effect worked on them... that kind of up and down ripple from the middle in uptown funk...very cool! Thanks again!
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The filepaths will be in the <EffectDB> section. Look for ones that begin with E_CHECKBOX_Pictures. It will look like this line I pasted blow where my filepath is C:\xLights\2015\Christmas\StarWarsImages\.
<Effect>E_CHECKBOX_Pictures_PixelOffsets=0,E_CHECKBOX_Pictures_WrapX=0,E_CHOICE_Pictures_Direction=none,E_FILEPICKER_Pictures_Filename=C:\xLights\2015\Christmas\StarWarsImages\Blueman landed.gif,E_SLIDER_PicturesXC=0,E_SLIDER_PicturesYC=0,E_TEXTCTRL_Pictures_FrameRateAdj=1.0,E_TEXTCTRL_Pictures_Speed=1.0,T_CHECKBOX_LayerMorph=0,T_CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,T_CHOICE_LayerMethod=Normal,T_SLIDER_EffectLayerMix=0,T_TEXTCTRL_Fadein=0.00,T_TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=0.00</Effect>
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I apologize for bumping an old thread if this is frowned upon, but in this case it didn't seem like start a new thread was suitable. Just wanted to share my adaptation of this sequence with you as I think using arches with fans adds a very interesting and appealing element to the sequence. I also adapted some of the effects to (2) 24x24 matrices. Anyway hope you enjoy. I can share my version as well if anyone is interested.
Dabil's Star Wars Funk (https://vimeo.com/203881108)
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Very Nice Dabil, arch.wheels really work well, got me thinking!!!
Cheers Boof63 ;D