How to evenly diffuse light?

[dmoore]

Here is one we produced:

[fasteddy]

Part of the issue why your brightness might not be as high as you would hope is the use of the correct light. The lights you are using have a very wide beam so not all the light is directed to the face of the coro. The best lights to use with coro for background lighting is either the 5050 RGB modules or the 5050 strip, these LEDs only direct the light 1 way and thus give a higher level of light on the surface of the star

[DennyMo]

I'd be very interested in seeing video of your tree in action, do you have any posted on your linked youtube page?

[MacabreRob]

Wow! Nice. Those are some big a** LEDs...

[dmoore]

I'd be very interested in seeing video of your tree in action, do you have any posted on your linked youtube page?

The star above is shown on the tree in this video on the bottom left:

[jpb]

Hi, I have put three short clips on my You Tube page http://au.youtube.com/user/JabiruLights of the tree and star. Sorry about the focus (or lack of).

Jon

[DennyMo]

Hi, I have put three short clips on my You Tube page http://au.youtube.com/user/JabiruLights of the tree and star. Sorry about the focus (or lack of).

Jon

Thanks for these. In the videos, it looks like the colors on the "slow fade" are rather pastel, while the "random" are more vibrant. Is that the case, or is that just a camera "artifact"?

Also, which LED nodes did you use for your trees?

[Livermore-Dad]

The star above is shown on the tree in this video on the bottom left:

Dmoore talk to me about your pillars, are they all 5050 strips or? Amazing how clean the lines are and how bright. Makes it look like the pillars themselves are the lights

Thanks
Tory

[jpb]

Thanks for these. In the videos, it looks like the colors on the "slow fade" are rather pastel, while the "random" are more vibrant. Is that the case, or is that just a camera "artifact"?

Also, which LED nodes did you use for your trees?

In the slow fade I was trying to get a slow transition between the colours and yes it has ended fairly pastel. The song that is behind it is Silent Night so the pastels kind of suit but if I get time I will possibly redo that bit and go for more solid colours. There is plenty of brightness in them when doing the solid colours.

The pixels are WS2801 from Ray Wu http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/7...C5V-input.html
That is one universe being driven by one of RPM's USB-DMX interfaces into a Pixel driver also from Ray Wu http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/7...s-decoded.html. They are being powered by an ATX power supply

Jon

[dmoore]

Dmoore talk to me about your pillars, are they all 5050 strips or? Amazing how clean the lines are and how bright. Makes it look like the pillars themselves are the lights

Thanks
Tory

Tory

They are 6803 pixel strip inside a coro diffuser. Here is a video that shows it in detail:



It shows the value of a diffuser to "expand" and distribute the light from a limited number of (expensive) pixels.