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Title: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: Cableboy on May 02, 2020, 09:44:59 PM

Hello all! I've been sequencing my first whole house show and I'm running into an issue with an effect I'm working on. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I want to create a "swirling pixie dust" effect. So far I have used a morph effect where I make it a True Unmask in Layer Blending. Below that layer I'm using a twinkle effect, so that the morph reveals the twinkle layer below as it moves by. I used the Effect Assist to create a more distinct pathway for the morph movement.

This effect currently overrides anything else on the whole house model. I was hoping to have this display on top of anything running on the whole house model (the purple-ish circles are flood lights).

Also, is there a way to make this effect in a better manner than this? Looking for any tips everyone may have. I have included a picture of the effect setup and a video for reference.

I hope everyone is staying healthy!

Video of the effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC0pHsg4J98 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC0pHsg4J98)

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: keithsw1111 on May 03, 2020, 12:51:20 PM

Have you considered tendril to do the revealing.

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: Cableboy on May 03, 2020, 02:00:26 PM

I haven?t played around with tendril much. I will do some research on it and see what I can make. Thanks for some direction.

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: jnealand on May 04, 2020, 08:39:32 AM

There are a couple of fairy dust presets in the google share drive.  Look in both the presets and the new uploads within presets.

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: Cableboy on May 04, 2020, 07:24:45 PM

Thank you! I was unaware of the share drive. I'll check it out!

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: al on May 05, 2020, 12:52:57 PM

Quote from: jnealand on May 04, 2020, 08:39:32 AM

There are a couple of fairy dust presets in the google share drive.  Look in both the presets and the new uploads within presets.

what is the google share drive link?

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: keithsw1111 on May 05, 2020, 12:56:47 PM

Isn?t it in the xlights help menu and on the xlights site under resources.

Title: Re: Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.
Post by: Cableboy on May 05, 2020, 01:42:13 PM

Yep!

I found a nice fairy dust effect that uses ripple on the Google drive. I'm having some difficulty understanding the tendril effect. I'll have to mess around with it little more.