Typical newbie introduction and request with a sincere thank you

[BAltman]

First off thank you for letting me joining this forum. I wished I would have found it sooner prior to making any purchases. Ive gone through quite a few pages of posts and followed the links, downloaded some freeware, read your recommendations and reviews. Just absorbed as much as I could as fast as I could.

I did the typical newbie thing and bought a BlueOcean LH-RGB-222 ( 30) off one of those popup ads thinking I would add some flair to my bands live shows. I had no idea I was jumping off the deep end of a lifelong learning experience and such a learning curve. Im excited for this adventure... but at the same time, now realize I need to make smarter decisions and not just 'jump' . Truthfully, my original goal was only to display the band logo during live sets. My aspirations has since evolved thanks to the inspiration found here.

Since joining this forum I have since ordered QuickShow and a FB interface. I realize my cheapy laser unit has limitations and ONLY reads simple ILD files ... thus am currently saving and researching other units for future use.

I really wanted to say thank you for all the information on this site... but I also would like to shoot out a plea for mercy and help LOL.

Since I am currently awaiting delivery of QS and such... is there anyone that could possibly trace our logo in a red and white ( simple as possible) in an ILD format so I can save on this stupid sd card and use for an upcoming show at our local pub? 5 second length is all i need since i can choose repetitions. Animation is not necessary at all... unless someone feels spunky and then its appreciated. I will not as of now be doing any dmx.. just simply turn on and let various stock art run with the inclusion of that logo .

Figured I would ask, it would buy me time to get a better grasp on which direction I need to go, and ease some stress so I can focus on saving for another unit ( or units) .

But sincere... cheers and thanks for even reading this. Humbled by this new world and looking forward to the albeit expensive but unlimited journey. Thanks - Bryan

[james]

You can save that as a bitmap file and open it in LaserBoy to trace vectors over it.

It's a colossal pain in the ass to do that, until you figure it out. Then it is really simple and relatively fast; much like everything else about LaserBoy.

There are lots of built in effects that can be applied to a single frame to create an animation.

If you are at all intrigued, look at this whole thread:

https://laserboy.org/forum/index.php?topic=551.0

There is a lot there.

Plus you can ask me about any of it.

Please use the current version.

James.

[BAltman]

thanks. downloaded it earlier today and got frustrated with myself. With your writeup; however... on it. Nothing ventured nothing gained . Thanks for the reply. It IS a pain to work with that software. Even willing to pay someone to get me out of this bind. lol. Cheers

[james]

You only have to draw the vectors you need to represent the image.

LaserBoy will add all the points that make it work on scanners (optimization).

James.

[james]

It has a very steep learning curve. But you might have multiple epiphanies on the way up. It does represent laser vector art very precisely.

Just remember to breath.

James.

[james]

There are probably some changes to the keys in the menus described in that thread. That shouldn't be much of an issue.

[dchammonds]

Welcome to the forum!

Convert your image to .bmp in Paint and try using BMP2ILD- I don't know what happened to the original link to the person who wrote it, but here's the app.