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Nutcracker Effects / Re: Chase with a head and a tail?

« on: November 11, 2016, 06:44:49 AM »

Figured if xl can't generate the sequence required, just draw it in paint

Using a 1 pix high bmp and adding a picture effect (tile left or right), xl nicely outputs the colors in the exact order required and keeps them moving on the string of nodes as well. Awesome software.

Is there more overhead for xl to read from a pic compared to a internally generated sequence (or does it just buffer  internally and treat it as an array?)

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Nutcracker Effects / Re: Chase with a head and a tail?

« on: November 10, 2016, 07:57:49 PM »

Thanks Gil! Lateral thinking



What would be the best way to increase the distance between the groups? I guess make a new layer using the same effect (in black), offset it and mask?

Would be handy to increase the 6 colours palette for string effects like this )

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Nutcracker Effects / Chase with a head and a tail?

« on: November 10, 2016, 04:20:06 AM »

As per the title!  I would like a chase around the perimeter of my megastar consisting of a single white pixel, 3 red pixels and a single white pixel for the tail.

Have tried everything including single strand layers! Obviously need more practice, but can someone help?

thanks