How To Sequence in Xlights & Tips to Make Yours Better! 

Thank you!

Thank you so much! Glad the video was helpful!

Awesome I'm glad! Good luck with your show!

@@How2Pixel Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you! Glad the videos are helpful!

You're welcome! Super glad to hear that!

Thank you so much! Glad the videos are useful!

Oh, I thought I explained that in the video. But if I didn't all you do is press the letter "T" as the song is playing. Hope this helps!

Thanks! I'll definitely put that in my book video ideas! I have 2 videos planned right now about value curves and color curves, but maybe after I'll make a video about that.

I'll definitely look into doing a video like that! However, I do have a lot of videos lined up right now, so it may be a little while until I can get to it. Glad you found this video useful though!

Sorry for the late response. I run into this problem all the time, especially when programming the beginning of a new sequence. For me, I just try and play around with random effects I've never used before and see if they fit that part. I'll also try and get 1 or 2 groups of props in the sequence to do an effect to an instrument in the song. For example, I'm working on the song Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson for the Christmas show, and I was really stuck at the beginning. So I started by making my candy canes flash one at a time to the trumpet and violin. Next, I added a background effect, something that doesn't turn on too many lights but keeps the display from total darkness. For this song, I used the snowflake effect pattern most of the time in the background. Then finally, I'll just try adding random effects to single models or groups of models, and turn the background effect off for those. Sometimes I find enough effects to cover everything that I don't need the background effect. Now for faster songs, my sequencing is a little bit different than this, but generally, if I'm stuck, I'll try messing around with new effects using different layer settings, color curves, or value curves. Hope this helps!

Here's also a link to a few clips of the Sleigh Ride sequence, so you can see how I programmed it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SR4DwN0y0BY.html

@@How2Pixel thank you! I'm starting to find out starting with a single model or smaller group is easier. I also play the songs at 3/4 or 1/2 speed if they are faster and that seems to be helping me think of things to do with the props

Yes, adjusting the speed definitely helps a lot!

Lo siento, olvidé compartir la canción, aquí está el enlace a ella en RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DmiGLSG8wYE.html se llama Jingle Bells por Tokyo Machine

@@How2Pixel puedes compartir el archivo de xligtjs

mmm Realmente no sé dónde compartirlo. Tal vez podría ponerlo en Google Drive

You can turn off snapping by going under the file tab, then going to preferences, and then effects grid. Then uncheck the "snap to timing marks" setting. You can also click on either side of the effect and use your arrow keys to move it one frame at a time. Hope this helps!

I've never shared my sequences before but I'm considering doing it this year for all the Christmas songs in the show. If I do though I'm going to wait until my show has been running for a few weeks, just because I don't want it spoiled 😂

It's called Jingle Bells by Tokyo Machine. This is where I got it from ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DmiGLSG8wYE.html

@@How2Pixel thanks

To @@How2Pixel thanks for making these amazing videos and replying to my comments so soon

No problem! I try to respond as soon as I can :)

No I never shared it, honestly I didn't even think about doing that. If you'd like I can upload it to Google Drive and send a link to it. Would you like that?

I'm really sorry about that, I'll make sure to try and slow down in the future!

Perhaps you should instead practice on learning RU-vid video controls before attempting to control thousands of pixels? You can pause, slow down at like 10 dif speeds and so on. You didn't even respond to his apology which was totally unnecessary for him to do. The vid was very helpful.

It's ok, there's always gonna be haters out there, and I knew this long ago when I started the channel. But thank you for the comment!