Christmas lights

85Chief · Nov 18, 2005

Yes, its that time of year again to get outside and hang up those lights. To get you motivated (and maybe a few ideas to go with you) watch this short video.

It's amazing how they did this.

http://www.gabeiscool.com/wizards_of_winter.wmv

BCParker · Nov 18, 2005

sorry, changed what I wanted to say and deleted.
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crookedletterd · Nov 18, 2005

thats freakin cool.

Sounds like the trans siberian orchastra. they put on pretty cool christmas concerts.

Idiot Wind · Nov 18, 2005

crookedxj said:
thats freakin cool.

Sounds like the trans siberian orchastra. they put on pretty cool christmas concerts.

That was pretty cool.

That is Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Their concerts are incredible.

rock rash · Nov 19, 2005

that had to take forever to make! But really cool

OT · Nov 19, 2005

85Chief said:
Yes, its that time of year again to get outside and hang up those lights. To get you motivated (and maybe a few ideas to go with you) watch this short video.

It's amazing how they did this.

http://www.gabeiscool.com/wizards_of_winter.wmv

Well then that also means it's time for:
The Classic.

0313 · Nov 19, 2005

Okie Terry said:
Well then that also means it's time for:
The Classic.

WOW!!! You are so going to hell for posting that.

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

mylt1 · Nov 19, 2005

that had to take all night for the photos and god only knows how long it took to put it all together. neat as hell though.

OT · Nov 19, 2005

mylt1 said:
that had to take all night for the photos and god only knows how long it took to put it all together. neat as hell though.

That was probably computer sychronized, like fireworks are nowadays.

UNCC_99XJ · Nov 19, 2005

who cares how they did it, thats cool as hell!

DrMoab · Nov 19, 2005

Okie Terry said:
That was probably computer sychronized, like fireworks are nowadays.

My wife....who is a huge Chrismas freak...who actually posts on a forum like this deditacted to Chrismas (yes I do know how weird that is thank you very much) Said that is exactly how they do it. That you can actually buy all the stuff to do it.

She says on that forum there are several houses like that.

buzzbombxj · Nov 19, 2005

99XJSPORT06 said:
who cares how they did it, thats cool as hell!

not including putting up the lights;

you could make the light show over a period of days with a theatricle light board and program

or take pictures of the possible light combonations you would want to use and crank the video out in about 12 hours.

either way it kicks ass

Seiler · Nov 20, 2005

Ok. so it's the trans-siverian orchestra..

But anybody have any idea what song it is lol?

bjoehandley · Nov 20, 2005

That is pretty sweet looking!

OT · Nov 20, 2005

xj² said:
Ok. so it's the trans-siverian orchestra..

But anybody have any idea what song it is lol?

X-mas Jubilee.

d10shun · Nov 20, 2005

Look at the bushes at the bottom of the screen. They move claymation style - as in stop-motion. In addition incandencent (tungsten filaments) need more time to light up and turn off. LED maybe, but the yellowish glow looks tungsten.

JohnJohn · Nov 20, 2005

That took some serious time to set-up, and very cool.

That said...I would end up killing this guy if I lived across the street.

Kittrell · Nov 20, 2005

xj2 said:
Ok. so it's the trans-siverian orchestra..

But anybody have any idea what song it is lol?

Wizards in Winter

brtb · Nov 21, 2005

uhoh, you've woken the computer engineering student...

Definitely computer controlled. And without buying the $1000+ Christmas Kit, cost depending on how many expension boxes you'd need, here's how you could hack it together:

get something like this relay controller board, wire your christmas lights into it, hook it into a multi-channel IO controller, plug that contraption into an old laptop, write some timing code to play an MP3 and switch on/off based on timing events, and have fun.

actually, that looks kinda interesting......

OT · Nov 21, 2005

Every time I watch that, I catch myself nodding my head side with the lights.

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