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I'm trying to create a show with mostly beam effects and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it. All its given me the option for is animations and then Chinese symbols. I also can't figure out how to change the speed of the effects.
Any advice or feedback is greatly appreciated!
Hello Michaell,
Welcome to the PL forum. I only used iShow for a very short time about 8 years ago and found it wasn't worth the time and effort. Assuming that you will eventually get frustrated as well, you may find it worth your time to review the other 10+ laser show software packages out there. These packages are discussed and compared several times a year in this section. You could begin by reading some of these posts for additional information for what would be best for you.
Completing your profile including your location is also appreciated and helps others to point you to local resources when possible.
Again, welcome to the forum!
-David
It's all I can afford for now, I have a Phoenix demo, but it doesn't recognize my USB Box.
Its very annoying, without a doubt. But I'm just trying to make simple shows.
But does anybody know how to make the animations and designs on the "quickplay" screen to go into the edit show part? There is a lot of those I want to use in a show, but I don't know how to get them there.
I'm not understanding the Segment edit either... what is that even for?
The instructions are not helpful.
Spaghetti works with the iShow DAC. It's pretty cheap too, and it's a good program. Not a lot of functions, but certainly very adequate for show creation. It's pretty straightforward to use.
There's also LSX. It's more expensive, and I don't think it works with iShow so you would need another DAC as well (not that that is a bad thing). But, it's LSX!
(Hint: everyone is going to try to convince you to ditch iShow)
I'll look into the Spaghetti. I don't have any events coming up, I'm just playing around to see what my laser can do.
I just got to figure this crap out.
It makes very little sense.
i would second cmb's suggestion of LSX. it's very feature rich.
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Originally Posted by colouredmirrorball
What about the speed? Can you change the speed of the shows you make?
on the ishow.
i honestly cannot afford anything more than I show right now.
I appreciate the sentiments, and believe me, I do agree this is a crappy program.
But can anybody help me with how to put the graphics as a segment on the show? I also can't figure out how to control the duration of the segments.. can anybody help with that? I just want mostly beams, decent beams, but they just jump.
It also keeps crashing.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Hi. I am JohnYayas and I invented Spaghetti. I am in a good mood right now so will offer it to you for the price of $2. PM me if you would like to buy it. Only for you, my friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by michaell69
Hey Michael.
If John wants to offer the Spaghetti software to you for that price jump on it. I bought it a year ago and just love it, it is awesome software and very easy to understand and create shows with, It is well worth it.....
I use both the ISHOW dacs that are available and they both seem to work ok with Spaghetti. Jump on it and you will be very happy with it..
I wish i had better software than Ishow, but as most ppl in this thread, the price goes up SOOO much for a LSX/Spaghetti system (when i bought Ishow i didnt have any DAC, so spaghetti would have cost me a standalone dac too)
now i have the hardware, i am looking for some sofware that can use the Ishow DAC
my budget is as always almost none existent
(i try to recycle as many old electronics as possible)
i would be ever gratefull for such a deal like 2$ :)
If i know correctly,you could use the Ishit DAC only with Spaghetti software.
Much better performance,than with its SW.
Ferenc
Hey, those infinity animations dont look very ishow-ish.Quote:
Originally Posted by GTomex
Are those "infinity" files part of ishow, or did you get them somewhere else ?