Beginner's Lighting Overview

This video is a VERY basic overview of what you need to have an animated light show.
It covers the necessary items that you need and a basic description of how they all work
together. If you are new, this will hopefully give you a great starting point to understand
what you need and a foundation to understand how to create your own masterpiece.

00:00 - Introduction
01:37 - The 4 Basics
02:06 - The Main Players
02:53 - The Sequencing Software
04:21 - The Show Player
06:21 - The Controller
10:07 - Lights
11:51 - Wait, There's More!
16:06 - Common Mistakes
20:08 - Where to Buy-Pixels etc.
21:53 - Where to Buy-Coro etc.
22:32 - Outro
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Software
● xLights- https://xlights.org/
This is the home page for xLights and where you can download the program. It also has some
great resources as well.
● FPP - https://falconplayer.com
This is the home page for the FPP project.

Controllers
● Kulp Lights Controllers- https://www.kulplights.com
This is an FPP based controller created by one of the developers of FPP and xLights
● Falcon Controllers- https://pixelcontroller.com/
This is an E1.31/DDP based controller created by one of the original xLights developers
● Wired Watts- https://www.wiredwatts.com/controllers
Wired Watts carries the KulpLights line of controllers.
● Wally's Lights- https://wallyslights.com/collections/...
Wally's lights carries FPP based controllers.
● Experience Lights- https://experiencelights.com/
This is an E1.31/DDP based controller that is new to the market but has great reviews.
● Microcyb- https://microcyb.com/
This is an FPP based controller that is a Pi Hat type controller.

Pixels/Coro etc.
● Boscoyo Studios- https://boscoyostudio.com
Boscoyo Studios is one of the larger coro verndors
● Wired Watts- https://www.wiredwatts.com/controllers
Wired Watts carries pixels and other lighting related supplies.
● Wally's Lights- https://wallyslights.com/collections/...
Wally's lights carries pixels and other lighting related supplies.
● Your Pixel Store- https://yourpixelstore.com/
Your Pixel Store carries pixels and other lighting related supplies.
● EFL Designs- https://www.efl-designs.com/
EFL Designs carries a full line of coro props, many with unique design characteristics.
● Gilbert Engineering USA- https://gilbertengineeringusa.com/
Gilbert Engineering carries a full line of coro props and a few other related lighting accessories.

Here are some great resources.
●xLights Zoom Room - http://xlightszoom.com
This is probably the best resource for help and learning for just about any aspect in the animated.
lighting hobby. It isn't limited to just xLights related issues. There are usually people in the room.
24/7.
● FPP Manual- https://falconchristmas.github.io/FPP...
This is the most current FPP Manual and has some references on networking and many other aspects of this hobby.
●AusChristmasLighting - https://auschristmaslighting.com/
This is a great resource as it the home of the 101 Manual and also has an active forum that is a greate resource.
●Falcon Christmas Forum- https://falconchristmas.com/forum/ind...
This is probably the second-best resource for information. It is fairly active, and responses are
quick and helpful.
●Canispater Christmas    / canispaterchristmas  
**Note Canispater Christmas has some great videos, but he has been doing them for a long time
so some of the information might be a little outdated. The technology in this hobby is constantly.
improving so if the video publish date is more than a year old, then screenshots and methods
might be slightly different but the content is very useful.