Christmas Expo

Daytona Beach, FL
July 18-20, 2019

2019-7-18 08:00:00
 
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Pre-Show Workshop: xLights 2-Day

July 16-17, 2019 | Daytona Beach, FL

Join in this unique and exclusive opportunity to learn xLights from those that know it best. xLights developers, Sean Meighan and Keith Wesley will be teaching this workshop together and who better to teach xLights from the ground up! Students will be able to choose between the beginner or advanced classroom and can move independently between the two depending on topic of interest.

  • Intro to xLights: how to install/update
  • How to create timing marks using audacity plugins
  • How to mark music phrases
  • How to layout your house, megatree, eaves, arches what should be first?
  • Sequence your first song
  • How to import in a sequence created by someone else, mapping file
  • Modeling your layout
    • Build in models
    • Channel block
    • Image model
    • Vendor downloader
  • Best practice setup and start channel configuration
  • Configuring controllers from xLights
  • Working with FPP
  • Singing Faces
  • Moving heads and other DMX models
  • Submodels
  • xLights internals
    • Buffer styles
    • Understanding the rendering engine
    • Understanding how your data goes from an effect to a model to a channel to a controller to a pixel
  • Value and Color Curves
  • Sub-buffers
  • Presets
  • Advanced effects
    • 3D
    • DMX & State
    • Morph
    • Piano
    • Music
    • VU Meter
  • xSchedule
    • Basic playing your show
    • Advanced play list items
    • Events
    • Synchronisation
    • Setting up buttons
    • API
    • Web interface
  • Open Q&A
  • Troubleshooting (logs, check sequence etc)
  • Sharing sequences & importing sequences
  • Views
  • Previews
Includes admission to xLights 2-day Pre-Show and lunch both days.

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Christmas Expo Conference

July 18-20, 2019
Daytona Beach, FL

Public Vendor Hall Hours:
Thu: 12–5 | Fri: 9:30–5 | Sat: 9:30–4

• The Expo is open to the public
• Vendor Hall only is $10pp/day
• To attend classes, you must purchase a “Conference Pass”
• Children under 12 admitted free to vendor hall See full policy

Location

The Plaza Resort & Spa Conference Center
600 North Atlantic Ave
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Hotel Reservation Information

Conference Classes

The preliminary list of over 60 class sessions (and counting!) that will be held July 18-20, 2019 will be posted soon.

Core conference classes are included in the cost of a Conference Pass which includes access to the vendor hall and all core classes and events on the day(s) of your pass.

Pre-Show Workshops

These workshops are held in the 3 days prior to the Christmas Expo Conference:

Light-O-Rama Immersion
2-Day Workshop (July 16-17)

Spotlight on RGB
1-Day Workshop (July 15)

xLights
2-Day Workshop (July 16-17)

 

Sponsors

Light-O-Rama

Christmas Light Emporium - sponsor of Christmas Expo

Policies

Cancellation Policy
Children at the Expo
Credentials & Access
General Policies
Proper Attire
Reporting
Schedule
Sales & Solicitations
Rights Reserved

No videotaping or live feeds in the classrooms or the vendor hall.

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