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Okay so over the years of playing with my lasers i moved up to my first set of scanners.
Now when i first started it was a bit confusing to learn all the in and outs of my new hobby.
This is a thread im compiling with all the information and some questions.
Also for someone starting up finding these resources can be a bit difficult.
Laser show players
LFI player (Free) LFI PLAYER
Spaghetti Laser Show (119$) Spaghetti
LSX (129$) LSX
Pangolin ($$$) Pangolin
Frame creation and conversion.
ILD SOS (29$) ILD SOS This software is a must! It will make your frames look alot better!
BMPTOILD (free) location PL FTP
Monkey Tools (free) Monkeytools
LaserBoy (Free) laserboy
LaserWave (Free) Laserwave
HE-Laserscan (free) HE-LaserScan
OLS (Free) OLA
Heathcliff (free) Heathcliff
Sergy's tools (free) Sergy
Now when it comes to player software you first reaction may be to go with the free one.
That is certainly what i did.
LFI player is a bit limited tho its more for playing already created shows or doing live effects.
Now Spaghetti and LSX are the big two competitors.
LSX is 129$ but you get ild sos so its 100$ for LSX and 29$ for ild sos.
I do not own LSX or LFI, but i have talked to alot of people that have.
Spaghetti is 119$ and has been around longer than LSX and has been rated as a great player and a decent learning curve. I have seen amazing shows made by this software and they are stunning.
It also has TrueType Laser Text. Creating text is one of the harder things so having it built into the software is a very big plus. Also allows you to control multiple scanners at no additional cost.
Blind Spots: Allows specifying laser projection exclusion areas to create safe zones. This is a must for showing shows with people around, this allows you to get the lasers as close as you can but know that the laser will never be on where the people are standing.
LSX is a bit newer and i have yet to even see a video of its interface or how it works.
But from the feature list. Full-featured frame creation and frame animation tools (plus ILD SOS included). So its a two for one deal.
It uses a similar timeline based system to Spaghetti.
This software is not just a player but also a frame creation tool as well.
So you can using the free tool's but think of LSX like a all in one sweet.
But it is also limited by versions. there is a lite, basic, and pro.
The lite copy is what the average hobbyist needs, but it limits you to 1 Scanner, 1 Target world, 1 Optimization parameter set. The other versions offer more but cost more.
But one tool i have yet to find.
Software to make animations.
Theres one from pangolin but i cant afford it.
If any ones got a swf to ild or even swf to vector based art let me know.
Now when i first started it was a bit confusing to learn all the in and outs of my new hobby.
This is a thread im compiling with all the information and some questions.
Also for someone starting up finding these resources can be a bit difficult.
Laser show players
LFI player (Free) LFI PLAYER
Spaghetti Laser Show (119$) Spaghetti
LSX (129$) LSX
Pangolin ($$$) Pangolin
Frame creation and conversion.
ILD SOS (29$) ILD SOS This software is a must! It will make your frames look alot better!
BMPTOILD (free) location PL FTP
Monkey Tools (free) Monkeytools
LaserBoy (Free) laserboy
LaserWave (Free) Laserwave
HE-Laserscan (free) HE-LaserScan
OLS (Free) OLA
Heathcliff (free) Heathcliff
Sergy's tools (free) Sergy
Now when it comes to player software you first reaction may be to go with the free one.
That is certainly what i did.
LFI player is a bit limited tho its more for playing already created shows or doing live effects.
Now Spaghetti and LSX are the big two competitors.
LSX is 129$ but you get ild sos so its 100$ for LSX and 29$ for ild sos.
I do not own LSX or LFI, but i have talked to alot of people that have.
Spaghetti is 119$ and has been around longer than LSX and has been rated as a great player and a decent learning curve. I have seen amazing shows made by this software and they are stunning.
It also has TrueType Laser Text. Creating text is one of the harder things so having it built into the software is a very big plus. Also allows you to control multiple scanners at no additional cost.
Blind Spots: Allows specifying laser projection exclusion areas to create safe zones. This is a must for showing shows with people around, this allows you to get the lasers as close as you can but know that the laser will never be on where the people are standing.
LSX is a bit newer and i have yet to even see a video of its interface or how it works.
But from the feature list. Full-featured frame creation and frame animation tools (plus ILD SOS included). So its a two for one deal.
It uses a similar timeline based system to Spaghetti.
This software is not just a player but also a frame creation tool as well.
So you can using the free tool's but think of LSX like a all in one sweet.
But it is also limited by versions. there is a lite, basic, and pro.
The lite copy is what the average hobbyist needs, but it limits you to 1 Scanner, 1 Target world, 1 Optimization parameter set. The other versions offer more but cost more.
But one tool i have yet to find.
Software to make animations.
Theres one from pangolin but i cant afford it.
If any ones got a swf to ild or even swf to vector based art let me know.
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