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Offline jwilliams31

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Newbie needs help with programming pixels
« on: November 28, 2018, 11:11:32 AM »
Hello all,

I'm new to xLights.  I've been using Vixen 2 for the last 8 years or so. This is the first year that I was looking to incorporate a RGB pixel element into my show and know that Vixen (at least version 2) is no longer really an option.

The pixel element I've been working on is a Mickey Mouse silhouette (I live in the Orlando area...).  I want to be able to "color" in the face, more or less.  I don't want to use the built in effects.  I'm sure I'm missing something, but what is the easiest way for me to select each individual pixel's color?

I appreciate your assistance

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Re: Newbie needs help with programming pixels
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2018, 11:40:48 AM »
If you really want to you can drill down to the node level and drop on effects or colour washes on them. I don’t understand why you would want to sequence pixels that way but you can.


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Re: Newbie needs help with programming pixels
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2018, 11:52:25 AM »
Like I said, this is my first time with pixels and with xLights.

A couple of things I would like to try:

Color the ears one color and the face another.

In my Mickey 1.0, I had used standard lights to create a US flag in the Mickey head (see attached for example).  I'd like to try to replicate this in my new pixel Mickey 2.0.

How would I accomplish something like this?

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Re: Newbie needs help with programming pixels
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2018, 12:10:04 PM »
If you create submodels for the ears you just drop a Bars effect on the entire model and then an On effect on the ear submodel to turn it blue.

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Re: Newbie needs help with programming pixels
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2018, 12:48:15 PM »
Now I think I get it.  I wasn't getting the sub-model thing, but now I see how it works.

Thank you for the tip.