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I did some Traditional Singing Faces on my 126 x 63 matrix.  I'm sure there's an easier way, esp. with SS, but here is how I did it.  Using PE I created a Picture file of the trees and inserted them into the effects generator.  I then copied the pixel assignments into excel so I could see exactly where the tree lights were lighting up and where I wanted to put the mouths.  I then created some groups of channels in SE with specific DMX assignments to create the mouths and sequence them in SE. I just had to copy the sequence command for each pixel in each mouth.  I used a technic I found from Bob-O https://vimeo.com/75183607 and adjusted it to fit how I could understand it.  Then I migrated the SE sequence into PE which created a "movie" Effect of the mouth sequence, and I added the trees picture effect all to the Matrix Prop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlK1VyrwVik

 

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11 minutes ago, Little_b said:

I did some Traditional Singing Faces on my 126 x 63 matrix.  I'm sure there's an easier way, esp. with SS, but here is how I did it.  Using PE I created a Picture file of the trees and inserted them into the effects generator.  I then copied the pixel assignments into excel so I could see exactly where the tree lights were lighting up and where I wanted to put the mouths.  I then created some groups of channels in SE with specific DMX assignments to create the mouths and sequence them in SE. I just had to copy the sequence command for each pixel in each mouth.  I used a technic I found from Bob-O https://vimeo.com/75183607 and adjusted it to fit how I could understand it.  Then I migrated the SE sequence into PE which created a "movie" Effect of the mouth sequence, and I added the trees picture effect all to the Matrix Prop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlK1VyrwVik

 

Bob is the man, a lot of us would be sol without his hard work and dedication.

JR

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12 minutes ago, Little_b said:

I did some Traditional Singing Faces on my 126 x 63 matrix.  I'm sure there's an easier way, esp. with SS, but here is how I did it.  Using PE I created a Picture file of the trees and inserted them into the effects generator.  I then copied the pixel assignments into excel so I could see exactly where the tree lights were lighting up and where I wanted to put the mouths.  I then created some groups of channels in SE with specific DMX assignments to create the mouths and sequence them in SE. I just had to copy the sequence command for each pixel in each mouth.  I used a technic I found from Bob-O https://vimeo.com/75183607 and adjusted it to fit how I could understand it.  Then I migrated the SE sequence into PE which created a "movie" Effect of the mouth sequence, and I added the trees picture effect all to the Matrix Prop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlK1VyrwVik

 

I think he was meaning just replacing the mini leds with pixels, but you still have a great design on your roof.

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On 2/6/2017 at 10:37 PM, dougd said:

We will have a mini sometime towards the end of March, We are beginning to plan it right now.

Tenn Spring Mini March 25 2017

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On 3/1/2017 at 3:40 PM, jsheehan3 said:

Has anyone converted a holidaycoro singing tree from mini-incans/leds to pixels?  Can you just "bore" out the hole a bit more?

I tried it and was not happy with the end result. When you widen out the mini holes to fit the pixels they run into each other and the coro loses stability and sages a bit. So to make it work you need to skip every other hole or skip 2 holes depending on what mouth part you are changing. They didn't look good to me.... I got fed up and just bought a pixel tree.  The pixel tree comes with 2 pieces of coro for stability and with the weight of the pixels that works fine. there is a big difference between the pixel tree and the mini light tree. 

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They also make RGB acceptable faces at HC. I have not had a single problem with HC and their singing faces/ props. I had every one (coroplast) that they made but I donated my singing monster faces to an outstanding member of this community.

JR

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