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Software => Light Show Pro => Topic started by: Mickpat on April 07, 2011,

Title: LSP and After Effects
Post by: Mickpat on April 07, 2011,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fujKR2aR3xo

I have been thinking about how to program 750 LED lights using LSP.  My goal is to build a mega tree similar to this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w95VUbxXzC8

One thought I had was to use After Effects to create video and then import the video into LSP and use transitions.  Overall it appears to work okay, but ideally I would like to get true 1 to 1 pixel mapping so I know in AE what the results would be.   Check out the video and let me know what you think.  I would love to get feedback on how to improve the process.

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: abrianbaker on April 07, 2011,

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WOW That looks amazing!!!!!!

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: lineman on April 08, 2011,

HOLY COW how u do dat, EXELLENT

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: taybrynn on April 08, 2011,

I did notice that one of the cooler features in LSP was the ability to take a picture or video and then program a RGB matrix with it.  This is a great extension of that capability.

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: dmoore on April 08, 2011,

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One thought I had was to use After Effects to create video and then import the video into LSP and use transitions.  Overall it appears to work okay, but ideally I would like to get true 1 to 1 pixel mapping so I know in AE what the results would be.   Check out the video and let me know what you think.  I would love to get feedback on how to improve the process.

You should be able in AE to define the video size the same as your matrix size - say 50 pixels high by 20 pixels wide.  Then when you transfer it over it should match up. 

If you are looking for less "fuzzy" matching than what occurs in LSP transitions but still want the semi-automated sequencing, it looks like LOR S3 with SSL incorporated will be a better option. 


These videos may help others using LSP 1.8 that want to use auto-sequencing:
http://www.vimeo.com/11414852

http://www.vimeo.com/11969010

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: therealbigjim on April 20, 2011,

the guy who did did that wrote his own program  Super Star , to work with in LOR II. He is using comsic color ribbons. They just bought him out and they said it will be part of the new S3 LOR package.

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: Mickpat on May 25, 2011,

I have been spending some more time with AE and LSP to program a mega tree that will consist of 12 flex RGB strings.  The following video shows that I have been working on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw39ikZWpZs

Title: Re: LSP and After Effects
Post by: Rbar on May 26, 2011,

Does is matter than Cosmic Color ribbons granularity is in sets of 3 nodes vs smart string singe node control?
Before I'd spend more money to get less granularity and control, I'd want to understand what I am giving up. 
For the record, none of the gadget owning Christmas light decorators I know are perfectionist control freaks; not a one of them.
I will not be surprised if one or more of them equals or exceeds this very fine mega tree approach using LSP 2.0 and smart strings.
Is 1,000 points of lights controlled in triplets, really 333 points of light?

Rbar