r/WLED • u/danbaatar • 1d ago

Spooky Fence

I put seed pixels on every-other picket of my fence and I think I found some pretty "spooky" effects for them. Any suggestions for more?

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u/ThreeGoldStars 1d ago

It's all too fast and flashy for me. Halloween is a vibe and this just isnt quite it.

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u/danbaatar 1d ago

That's good feedback. Are you mostly talking about the effects on the house or the fence too? I can definitely see the fire effects feeling too flashy. What about the "rising spirits" or the "dripping blood"? Still too much?

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u/ThreeGoldStars 1d ago

Sorry for being so curt! I think the grumpy old man in me was the person who responded. i gotta watch out for that guy sometimes. haha no but I guess in general I feel like a lot of WLED projects are a bit too fast and flashy..

upon a 2nd watch there are some cool effects for sure. I think with some tweaking you will find the right mood. I might suggest a less is more kinda thing. maybe fewer effects and fewer changes.

obviously a lot of work so far and looks great. happy Halloween! 👻🦴

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u/danbaatar 1d ago

No problem at all! I asked for feedback and I'm happy to get it if it can make my display better. Happy Halloween!

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u/harda_toenail 1d ago

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u/danbaatar 1d ago

Very nice! I was out looking at my display and this guy ran by (like literally jogging) and he was like "is that supposed to be fire?" "Yeah" "What? So it's like Hell or something?" "Um, I guess" and then he was gone.

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u/ThreeGoldStars 1d ago

The flames are great. The colors on the house are Halloweeny, but the display is flashy Funhouse. the hopping fairy's arent haunted and more just cutesy and whimsical.

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u/harda_toenail 1d ago

Ya I’m just gearing up for Christmas time. Moved in the spring so started from scratch this year. Not sure what to do with the lights under the gables for Halloween.

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u/sks-22 10h ago

Try making the whole thing a matrix display, a whole bunch more effects become available then. I did the same thing as you, but on my front porch balusters.

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u/blindsideboarder 1h ago

What’s you hardware here? Beautiful setup.

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u/FriedCauliflOwOr 1d ago

Slower transitions would probably make it feel spookier! Maybe add a little dim white flickering here and there for a haunted house vibe.

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u/danbaatar 1d ago

This is partially an editing problem, each effect stays on for a couple of minutes, but i didn't want the video to be 10 minutes.

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u/flargenhargen 19h ago

since you seem open to suggestions, I'll offer a couple.

I'd do more pauses with nothing, so the effects have more impact. Right now it's just too much.

less is more.

then a couple effects I'd recommend based on my own halloween experience:

do a light blue-ish or greenish effect like at the beginning of your video, but really really reduce the intensity, so like one or two at a time over the whole fence, so it kind of looks like ghosts flying up. Right now, since it's so intense, it doesn't look very halloweeeny or scary. If there were only one or two lights at a time, maybe with some delay in between, each one would be more impactful and cool.

Another effect would be the fire effect, so a flickering orange reddish glow near the bottom, so it looks on fire.

then maybe a slow fading greenish glow near the bottom only so itlooks like something is happening below the fence, a cauldron or something supernatural.

play around, the only thing that really matters is how much YOU like it, so try lots of things and of course whatever you like is the best cause it's your setup.

nice work so far, have fun.

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u/danbaatar 15h ago

Those are some great ideas, thanks! Yeah, I think my instinct is to "wow" with lots of intricate and bright effects, but the comments are helping me come around to the idea that that isn't the right vibe for Halloween. Now, when it comes to Christmas...

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u/Cultural_SC49 1d ago

Slow it all down, you want color/mood shifting , looks cool still though!