Main > Everything Else

Hallowindow

<< < (8/15) > >>

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: ahofle on October 26, 2008, 08:06:43 pm ---That's exactly what I did.  Except I didn't merge the video files, I just used Media Player Classic and added all the files to a playlist that repeats.  That way I don't have to worry about the different formats/resolutions and just run it full screen. 

--- End quote ---
I'm actually connecting my projector to a dvd player, not a computer, which is why I had to merge the files.  I have a program that makes it extremely simple to combine video files of different resolutions and formats and make a dvd, so there wasn't much to it.  I even created two different movies on the dvd, one is the montage I mentioned before and one is just the giant eye.  The program even had a halloween themed menu which worked perfectly :)

AtomSmasher:
Well it works great, although most of the free ones don't look too good.  The window I'm using is on the second story and several of the free ones would fade out a bit to give the illusion of depth.  Unfortunately that means they don't have the sharp contrasts that make it stand out, so unless you're really looking at the window, you don't notice anything is there.

On the other hand, the giant eye and hallowindow itself look great.  I think I'll mainly keep it on the giant eye, then switch it to play hallowindow if I see a bunch of people outside.  Although, I'll make sure to make a video that plays the eye for 10 minutes, then hallowindow just in case theres constantly a lot of people and I can then just let it run.

*edit* just started burning the new dvd.  It now has 4 options: just the eye, just hallowindow, 10 minutes of the eye followed by hallowindow, and 30 minutes of the eye followed by hallowindow.  I figure that should cover all of my bases.

protokatie:
Has anyone thought of spraying fixative on the window? It is basically a "clear" plastic coating, but with multiple layers it becomes semi-opaque. It can be removed easily too. (Razorblade and some windex)

shardian:
Glad to see he got this up and running. I happily sent him my $4 and some odd cents.

Hoopz:
I did a test run last night.  I have a side window that my wife wanted it done in as opposed to the family room window.  It worked well but couldn't easily be seen from the street.  You could see it from the front porch and drive way but I just didn't like it there.  I'm probably going to change it to the main window and see how that looks.

I had a white sheet in our Halloween decorations tub that was left over from the kids' party a couple of years ago that I used.  I'm definitely going to have to iron it as any wrinkles showed up fairly clearly. 

I decided to just use the file that I downloaded. I figured 2 minutes is about the length that people will watch.  I let it play for about 10 minutes or so last night and thought it looked good. 

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version