Tip Of The Day #058

Tip Of The Day #058

xLights has a random effects feature that basically fills your sequence with exactly what the name suggests.

To use it … lay down some timing marks … with a reasonable separation … say 5 seconds.

Now click and drag to highlight a range of cells. You can select several models in this process and even several layers.

Now right click and select generate random effects. Depending on how many cells you select the screen will flicker madly for a while and your grid will fill with a bunch of effects.

While I wouldn’t sequence a song this way as you click around the newly created effects it is surprising how often you will see something that looks kind of cool which with a few tweaks you could include in a sequence. At that point time to find the presets #tod.

This is also a great way to stress test xlights … nothing like 100 models, 3 minute song, 50ms timing marks select all cells generate random effects.