lonewolf41
" I am toying with adding a few more strings...maybe 4 more for a total of 20 or so, but that would mean that I would need to redo this year's sequences to use them again. "
20 is what i had for my half megatree, they were flex strips. What was pretty amazing is that from the back of three tree, i could still clearly see the patterns even though the strips were attached to 1/2" metal emt and facing away from me. The clear tubing they are in reflects the light. U end up with more than 180 degrees of vieweing angle, maybe 270-300 degrees.
Also, for your nutcracker effects, just change target and it auto sizes your effects.