Ok, lame subject, but I wanted to include as much info as possible.

watch this video.

http://media.putfile.com/WizardsofWinter-SM


I like it!

 

Cool!

 

Damn........Damn.............................................................Damn thats....................................Damn...

 

DAMNNN! That's frickin awesome. I wonder how they did that. They've probably been workin on it since XMas of 95

 

probably a midi sequencer. Still takes a lot of work, but I'm guessing that is what he used.

 

The concept is very easy, well, easy if you are experienced with working on light shows, and musican like myself. All you would have to do, is connect all the lighting to a computer, have computer software to organize a light show. Same concept with major stage performance. You just time everything with the timing of the music. The only hard part is getting the christmas lights in order to flow correctly, and also, having the timing near perfection. Because thats an outstanding job.

First one i've seen do it, but its not that hard. Just lots of time devoting towards getting it right is all. I could probably do something like that in less than a week with a group of people helping me. A week straight devoted towards it, so if anyone wants to hire me, let me know. jk

EDIT: A sequencer for lights could work, but impractical. You would need more than one for that kind of job. Sequencers are only good if you wanted to go back and forth, up or down, or a strobe type effect. I dont know of anything that can do that without having software/computer controlling it. Could be though. *shrug*

Cya

 

^sounds expensive

 

The most expensive thing would be the lights themselves. If you don't already have a computer set up for it, with the software. You would probably be looking at around $200-$300 for software programming that should include everything you would need. You would also have to find a piece to hook up the lights to the computer. Not exactly sure how you would do that, but theres bound to be something out there.

Cya

 

^something expensive. OK, I'll stop

 

haha, well its really not that bad if you would use it a lot, not just christmas. Plus, for what you can do (not really a limit) its worth it, again, if you really wanted to use it. A sequencer would probably suite you more if you wanted to add some rotation sort of speak with the lights, i wouldn't imagine that would cost anymore than $30-$50 depending on brand, where you buy and how envolved the squences it can offer.

Cya

 

You jsut gotta have a lot of spare time on your hands with a little knowledge about what your doing lol.

 

guy probably works as some effects engineer or whatnot.

i wonder what the neighbors think, hearing the same shizniz every night after i'd show all my friends and family, id be like "here we go again"...

 

Its sort of like Illuminations at Epcot Center, but with a holiday theme.

 

um, im pretty sure it was stop action video, guys.

 

^^ thats what i thought. Like just an image sequence.

 

How did you determine that?

 

I think you can just take pics of individual lights on and edit them into a sequence correctly you can get the same effect. Still did a great job at putting it together.

 

i was saying that based on the grass in the foreground looking kinda choppy from frame to frame. and the neighbors light in the background going on and off. and the fact that it looks like an episode of Gumby.

 

actually... makes perfect sense. the relatively good music quality would have to mean that the house is blasting as loud as a dB contest. i doubt it's that loud.

and it DOES look like an episode of gumby. gumby would be proud.

 

yea ive been seeing a lot more stop motion clips lately...maybe its the next big thing.....