Sean Meighan

General => My Show Setup => Topic started by: bwinter on December 25, 2016, 09:45:51 AM

Title: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on December 25, 2016, 09:45:51 AM
Was able to successfully get my first show up and running for this year.  Couldn't have done it without everyone's help and advice!  Very much appreciated!

Frozen-Let It Go
https://vimeo.com/196952887

Jingle Bells
https://vimeo.com/196953622

All I Want For Christmas Is You
https://vimeo.com/196934008

Interlude I
https://vimeo.com/196935166

Interlude II
https://vimeo.com/196935426

Two Raspberry Pi 3 (w Pi-HAT) controlling the roof/snowflakes
One Raspberry Pi 3 controlling an AlphaPix-16 in the yard for trees/arches
One Raspberry Pi 3 driving the audio/video projector


Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: markrvp on December 27, 2016, 07:37:37 AM
I always thought it would be really cool to do that scene from Close Encounters.  Kudos to you for actually doing it  :)
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: RandyS on December 27, 2016, 08:50:06 AM
Yes, I really liked your Interludes.  Where did you get your large Snowflakes from?
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on December 27, 2016, 09:09:21 AM
Yes, I really liked your Interludes.  Where did you get your large Snowflakes from?

Thanks!

The snowflakes are custom. My brother's a welder and has a plasma router, so I sent him an image and he cut them from a sheet of metal and drilled holes for the nodes.

They look really nice during the day as a standard decoration too!
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: BobinWV on December 27, 2016, 12:07:26 PM
Well done!!  Sometimes less is better  I like the clean lines.

BobinWV
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: kenoman742 on December 27, 2016, 12:38:37 PM
Excellent show!
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: logandc99 on December 29, 2016, 03:58:24 PM
Close encounters was the first thing I ever sequenced 5 years ago. I was only starting out and only had a few dumb strips and nodes but have always toyed with the idea of bringing it back now with pixels. It's such a perfect sequence for lighting. Yours looks great.


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Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: deplanche on December 29, 2016, 08:38:48 PM
Did you use manual effects for the Close Encounters, or did you use something like piano?
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on December 29, 2016, 08:43:00 PM
Did you use manual effects for the Close Encounters, or did you use something like piano?

The effects were all manual, except for VU Meter/Level Pulse to get the "vibrations" in the peak of the roof.
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: plaberge on December 29, 2016, 10:21:43 PM
Nice work. Those interludes are great!
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: pixelpuppy on January 05, 2017, 10:14:35 AM
Well Done!
(http://www.kiwimodeller.com/~kmodel/media/kunena/attachments/678/facebook_like-2.gif)

I never thought of doing Close Encounters.  Great stuff.  I kinda wanted more, not just the interlude  ;D
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: arw01 on January 05, 2017, 03:10:00 PM
Always wanted to do Close Encounters, did the 2001 intro the first year, it made it to year 2.  Maybe I will do a little movie medley that has nothing to do with Christmas this coming year as a trivia test for the viewers..

Alan
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: rds on December 06, 2017, 03:48:15 PM
Yes, I really liked your Interludes.  Where did you get your large Snowflakes from?

Thanks!

The snowflakes are custom. My brother's a welder and has a plasma router, so I sent him an image and he cut them from a sheet of metal and drilled holes for the nodes.

They look really nice during the day as a standard decoration too!


Do you think he would be interested in selling some?  Id be interested.
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: rds on December 07, 2017, 08:20:51 AM
I would also like to know about your trees.

Did you buy the pre-made trees and add pixels to them?  If not, did your guy make those too?
Is that strip or nodes or ?


BTW, very nice display and great programming.  I hope I can make mine look as good as yours.
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on December 07, 2017, 10:05:30 AM
Yes, I really liked your Interludes.  Where did you get your large Snowflakes from?

Thanks!

The snowflakes are custom. My brother's a welder and has a plasma router, so I sent him an image and he cut them from a sheet of metal and drilled holes for the nodes.

They look really nice during the day as a standard decoration too!


Do you think he would be interested in selling some?  Id be interested.

Probably not likely.  After drilling all those holes, he was clear that he's NEVER doing that again!!
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on December 07, 2017, 10:08:04 AM
I would also like to know about your trees.

Did you buy the pre-made trees and add pixels to them?  If not, did your guy make those too?
Is that strip or nodes or ?


BTW, very nice display and great programming.  I hope I can make mine look as good as yours.

Thanks!

As far as the trees:  they are just the basic spiral trees you can pick up at Home Depot.  Stripped the original lights, and added the standard nodes.  The spiral trees have a "railing" that the nodes slip right into, so it worked really well.
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: rds on January 31, 2018, 02:02:29 PM
Another question for you is what type of pixels do you have on the house outline?  They look like nice big bulbs from my perspective.

Thanks
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on January 31, 2018, 04:26:12 PM
Another question for you is what type of pixels do you have on the house outline?  They look like nice big bulbs from my perspective.

Thanks

http://www.holidaycoro.com/Brilliant-Bulb-p/709.htm
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: ducebigalow on November 14, 2018, 02:41:34 PM
Nice job!
Do you have to use that many raspberry's for a show like this?  Can you not run the entire show from one?  I don't know Im a noob and just trying to learn.
Thanks
Shawn
Title: Re: First Show Success
Post by: bwinter on November 14, 2018, 03:50:56 PM
Nice job!
Do you have to use that many raspberry's for a show like this?  Can you not run the entire show from one?  I don't know Im a noob and just trying to learn.
Thanks
Shawn

I use multiple Pi/PhHats mainly out of convenience (as they're relatively inexpensive).  For me, it's easier to drop a Pi wherever I need it (roof, other side of a driveway, far side of my lawn, etc), instead of having a central controller and trying to figure out how to get data run everywhere.