Decorating My House with an 8,000 Lumen Projector

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Instead of a typical Christmas light show, we decided to put our own spin on the Christmas light show with projection mapping. This isn't your everyday Christmas Projector. This time we updated the projector and surface for our 2022 Christmas Projection Mapping Project! We were inspired by Disney's Happily Ever After fireworks and projection show. You might have seen Christmas projections before but we wanted to take it to the next level by projection mapping our entire house and increasing the quality vs what we did in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Don't let projection mapping intimidate you. There are easy ways to start projection mapping shows and projection mapping projects.
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[@BreakItYourself]

***2023 Update*** kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX-8q5WJaqiaick&ab_channel=BreakItYourself

[@samuelvanderford4585]

I'd love to see a series on how to do the mapping. You present things in an easy-to-learn way.

[@DrPrepZilla]

Agreed! Id love to know how to even start doing that!!!!

[@BreakItYourself]

The algorithm randomly picked this video up, welcome one and all! Here's last year's whole show if you want to watch it. Thanks for stopping by! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2XIpZVso9OElaM&ab_channel=BreakItYourself

[@akshajhui]

This video is great

[@Geeksmithing]

And I am super glad that it did! I am sorry it took this long to find your channel! Good luck with the influx of traffic! Subbed! :)

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks so much!

[@Cyril29a]

This is fearsome, you deserve it. All hail the mighty all knowing algorithm.

[@AMPProf]

AGAIN???? 2023 EP???

[@cottagekeeper]

I love white painted brick, I think it increases the curb appeal 100%. 😊

[@jooaquin]

This is awesome! I’m a 3D artist that has done a lot of comercial work for projection mappings and it’s very inspiring the amount of work you’ve put into your projector rig.

[@BreakItYourself]

Teach me! 😂 or do you do work on the side? I’m always looking to improve my show!

[@daniellea1437]

My daughters asked this year to add the “house with the show” to our Christmas Bucket List. We appreciate your efforts to spread some Christmas cheer! Loved the show this year.

[@BreakItYourself]

If you like this video check out how I synced my LED stroller lights to Walt Disney World's fireworks show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnS2oZWAap15opI

[@P0LSKI]

Holy SMOKES! I thought "I" was a gadget freak. You're my freaking HERO!! This stuff is BEYOND incredible!! I don't understand the view count or your subscriber count at all. How are you NOT at 1M subscribers?! Thanks for posting such awesome content!!

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to watch. I really appreciate appreciate it!

[@aire930]

I should just copy and paste your comment because that is exactly how I feel about how this guy isn’t in the millions of viewerships. Happy to know that I’m not the only one feeling this way. Now is time for me to hit that subscribe button

[@wesbates1143]

This is next level professional grade work and equipment. Way overkill for a home project but in a good way!!

[@jason01095]

This is really great! Really looking forward to the 2023 update! Merry Christmas!

[@jpgale2648]

This is absolutely amazing. I love Christmas lights and spend over $100 every year, this is definitely next on my list and all the neighbors will be shook. Thanks!!

[@BreakItYourself]

thanks for the kind words and best of luck! Merry Christmas!

[@zski1]

Excellent setup and video!!

[@trumptookthevaccine1679]

You win the neighborhood

[@KT16352]

Geez, this is unreal. Can’t wait to see in person!

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks, Katie!

[@hazonku]

This is truly next level.

[@acappella30]

I’d 100% love the video series. Worked in TV and video before and am wanting to get into this.

[@paws13]

If you haven't worked it out already, a good security camera out the front together with Frigate in home assistant is able to track how many people are present at any one time. It does person/dog/cat/car etc etc etc. A google coral TPU is good if you have more than one camera, but a raspberry pi 4 can handle 1 camera. You could also put a wifi/bluetooth sensor in the front yard that detects peoples phones, most people have a device on them that emits a MAC address, home assistant will plot it all too. Finally, if you want your raspberry pis to run better, put them in a case with cooling. The Flirc ones are great becasue they are silent!!!

[@SunriseCrawlers]

This is so awesome I'm definitely gonna learn more about it

[@annebellette201]

Wow awesome 👍 thank you for sharing

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

it’s amazing how you are able to do this

[@BreakItYourself]

Thank you!!

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

@@BreakItYourself you're welcome

[@larrytaylor2692]

You should have painted the projector box in an Xmas theme or made it look like a candy cane house or something like that

[@BreakItYourself]

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[@davidc1772]

Wow wow wow. Fantastic video... REALLY makes me want to do it were I live!

[@timbender5028]

I am wanting to start a projection mapping for part of our decorations next year. If you made a how to video series- i would watch.

[@DrZzs]

Great stuff! I learned a ton in this video. I now feel like I could attempt this. Thanks!

[@BreakItYourself]

DrZzs!!! Man, I learned so much from your WLED videos and last year’s hacking of the Walmart LED Christmas tree. I’m thankful for you and your videos, man.

[@downumop]

Security Branch™. Cool DIY implementation of a great effect.

[@plmediatech]

I would love a video on how the actual mapping is done.

[@justin_jones]

Very cool! Next step up from the Pi for payback may be a BrightSign player. Worth looking into.

[@michaelaguirre6252]

Not something I could do at an apartment, but the video and guidance kept me interested to the end.

[@BreakItYourself]

thanks for watching!

[@wyattdolce]

Show looks GREAT! Just adding some thoughts. For this year, Have you considered upgrading to the new Raspberry Pi 5 ? for the video portion at least? Also I would recommend adding a heatsink and fan on those raspberry Pis. It will keep them much cooler and may even improve your performance of the pi 4s. Tried posting links to the Pi 5 and the Pi 5 Active cooler, but I assume links must be disabled. you can find both with a quick google for raspberry PI 5

[@mikehughes5800]

Nice job!

[@robhimself79]

Jaw dropped!! And FYI the show that replaced happily ever after was so bad that they brough it back!

[@BreakItYourself]

I know! HEA lives on, thankfully!

[@MrMoo272]

Could probably use 2 small laser diodes on the front corners of your roof pointing towards some sensors inside the projector box to let you know if its aligned or not. You could even use that data to tell the projector to move the image left/right automatically using the broadlink IR remote control you have in there. HAOS is more than capable of that.

[@trishabrady1769]

Ive wanted to make my house look like the Disney Castle for Christmas. I have no idea how to start. I guess I'll go to a store like Best Buy for a projector, and go from there. Thanks for the info.

[@kotgc7987]

Nice, happy Pagan solstice! 🙂

[@BreakItYourself]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animal!

[@oui.monsieur]

Never mind found it looooool thanks pal

[@ChristmasOnCrestline]

So, here's my logic...I plan on switching from an AC light show to a mapping show for two reasons, one, I'll no longer need to be hanging lights from Sept 15th to Thanksgiving night and secondly, at some point, I'm going to fall out of a tree or off a ladder. I too bought the Optima1080 but it is just not bright enough even with the 4,000 lumens. So, I appreciate you speaking about your 8,000-lumen projector. I'll stick around and check out your playlists. Thanks again!

[@reigntls1741]

i love you man

[@anthonygsa]

Wow, I want to do that !

[@Stripeyy]

Good news about happily ever after. It's coming back!

[@MegaSpyder13]

Have you gone to LUNA Fête? It’s in downtown New Orleans each winter and they’ve done some INSANE projection mapping. They did it in Lafayette square one year and projected onto Gallier Hall and it was super neat. I highly recommend you go and bring your kids this year if you haven’t been!

[@al-du6lb]

Wow. Impressive. I think you need a bigger platform for the amount of effort you've put in. Maybe the city would hire you to do town hall or something like that.

[@junktea1]

Wow the projection is awesome but with the projector maintenance that’s over my head. I think I’ll stick to window projection only

[@2460reviews]

I would love to see you produce a video on building a midsize projector enclosure. Hardly anyone on here has videos at length land/or quality builds. I only found 2 people on all of KZbin that make these diy enclosures. Did you buy yours or diy? I like the little roof on it. It’s a cute enclosure and reminds me of a tiny ittle doghouse. I have to use a short throw projector enclosure since my front yard is so small.😢

[@KazudaXiono]

Happily Ever After is back!

[@BreakItYourself]

I re-watched this video and realized that! A lot can change in a year

[@fotisxevgenis]

Me reading the video title: Oh what an easy way to decorate a house instead of using christmas lights The video: Think Again ! 😂😂

[@wesbates1143]

Don’t let his efforts scare you. This is WAY overkill for a typical house projection. He has taken every step and gone next level with it. I’m not saying this as a bad thing. I WISH I had this much time and money to sink into my projections. Just saying it can be done with significantly less time, effort, and money. It won’t be as good as this but trust me, it will look good and people will love it.

[@PKCubed]

This is great! Thank you for this behind the scenes look! I would like to do some basic projection mapping on my house. I've already got a projector setup pointed at my door with it's own box and everything, but I don't know how to get started mapping out the different elements. How do you suggest I go about that? My show is primarily a light show running with xLights, but with projection mapped elements.

[@BreakItYourself]

I think you should look for tutorials on DiVinci resolve. I use after effects and found this tutorial to be the best: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIbXlYCZpLSWjMU

[@2012hansenracin]

Watched the entire video, still debating on trying this for Christmas. Hesitant still

[@Zach_Miller]

You could track+log bluetooth beacons (cell phones walking by) for viewership

[@andreamitchell4758]

wow you really went all out I didn't realize there was this much work behind it, I mean just the physical stuff, not even the software. I wonder if you could have used some kind of white washing that could be hosed off like that tree flocking that comes in a can that I haven't been able to find in years, they used to sell a non toxic one that was just soap basically but I never see it any more. or maybe powder or something. probably not with all that humidity though.

[@jmbturtle]

You, sir, are my hero and spirit animal!

[@javabean252]

I currently run a rgb pixel show with 25-30k lights. I’d like to add projection mapping into the sequences. Do you use xlights to set up timing for your pixels with show?

[@MarioLoco03]

I used to do this for work. Used Epson projectors that were almost $100k each. Cool video!

[@BreakItYourself]

Awesome! Are any of your projects on KZbin? I'd love to see them.

[@aedeatia]

Is there some method of using mirrors and lenses to keep the projector inside the house? I would feel uncomfortable leaving it outside.

[@MrHourByHour]

Was it necessary to block the sidewalk? I’d imagine someone would walk straight into it at night since it’s painted black.

[@BreakItYourself]

it's not blocked

[@TrojanStarryNight]

I think it's cheaper to take a flight and come visit and enjoy your house than me doing what you did! Lol!😅😊😂

[@BreakItYourself]

100%!

[@jch92592]

Great work. Do you have a link to the projectors?

[@ZebbMassiv]

Id love to see the halloween haunted house version.

[@thomaswodarek1257]

Great setup! One suggestion: maybe look into some of the video over IP standards (Dante AV, NDI, etc)? That way you can have a beefy computer in the house run the video+audio instead of being constrained by the RasPi, and feed it over the network line you already have run out there

[@BreakItYourself]

great idea! Do you know of any software I can run that will sync the lights/audio with the video?

[@_Refurbished_]

It ALWAYS starts with Disney.

[@wjlambert]

Could you not use a Security Camera (Ubiquiti maybe) to feed the data back into the system for alignment? I know that if I had gone this far, it would be a short trip for the auto-alignment

[@trumptookthevaccine1679]

Is that relative humidity?

[@tompointdll]

May i ask why you are not using a project like PiFMRDS to broadcast the show instead of your current thing ? I'm planing to do the same on my house one year, i'l try next year as i'm not home for cristmas this year

[@taco6701]

What string lights do you use for your trees and the roof?

[@gotenks157]

If it wasn't for having to do all that work on a box for the projector i would have done this by now.

[@PurpleArmy-ly8gt]

Wow. Incredible show and set up! What kind of projector do you use? It looked pretty big up there in its box.

[@BreakItYourself]

Epson L1300U. It's a 50lb beast

[@xxlocobassistxx]

Wow, never knew Andrew Santino was such a big xmas light guy!

[@BreakItYourself]

YUGE Christmas lights guy!!!

[@trevs1218]

Very cool project! What kind of pixels did you use on your trees? I want to do something similar but I can only find RGB pixels not RGBWW.

[@BreakItYourself]

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[@imdbtruth]

You're a badass fr.

[@scottgriz]

Look into this....STARGLOW Light-Reflective SMART Paint. It's a retroreflective paint that is clear. Might be worth testing on a section to see how well it works for your application.

[@BreakItYourself]

Noted! thanks!

[@kuyababytoy]

Hey! I am interested on this type of light projection.. do you have tutorial videos on how to do it?

[@BreakItYourself]

Not yet, but i plan to make a few in 2024.

[@bellot1]

i want to learn for next year......

[@ricardovasconcelos7847]

good job men, i'm gonna make it in my house in Brazil just because of you.

[@leadbird3666]

Tell me you're not concerned about light pollution without telling me directly

[@trevilights]

Awesome video. I've been doing Pixels for 5 years now, and I am looking into projection now. Quick question. What's is the width of your projection and how far out is your projector?

[@BreakItYourself]

I've watched a few of your videos! I'm 30' from the house and am projecting about 40' across. My Optoma 1090 could do a little better. This tool is super helpful: www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm

[@trevilights]

@@BreakItYourself Thank you for answering. I thought you were using the Epson 1300. I also have about 40ft of that I will Like to cover. I will be contacting early next year for some advice. I have many questions. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and fantastic 2024.

[@BreakItYourself]

@@trevilights shoot me an email whenever! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you as well!

[@bub8752]

Awesome how it came out but I can't do the projector in the front yard deal

[@BreakItYourself]

I completely get that. I don't know any way around it. I wish I had a tree to hid the projector box in lol

[@chrisc9300]

Cool video! So how much are you all in to where its at now? Just curious.

[@BreakItYourself]

The projector and lens were about $5,000 total. Pixels and controllers another $1500. Time: infinity lol

[@johnnyfive-bc]

can you send links to all the lights you used for this display?

[@windyhillsurfer1]

What resolution did you end up going with? I am looking at using FPP so I can sync pixels with my mapping, but not sure if I want to give up the 4k resolution. I have only tested FPP with 1080p and 4k (definitely a no go). Also what codec are you doing your video files? Thanks

[@BreakItYourself]

H265, and I'm getting 3418x1802. LOL, I tried at least 50 exports last year, trying different settings, and that's what works for me. However, I discovered this year during Halloween that if I keep the RP4 directly in the path of the incoming cool air from the house, I can get even higher resolution, haha, but due to time, I haven't tried going higher for Christmas. So next year I'll either try higher or attempt to get my hands on an RP5

[@jorgedorbecker]

do you have the temperature measure from the raspberry pi?

[@denno021]

How does the projection mapping work when you want a section to be dark, or you just don't want to project on to a certain part of the house? For example, I noticed that you had your path lit up, but the grass either side was dark. There wasn't an obvious "black screen" being projected onto the grass, it's as if there was no light at all hitting that.. How do you manage that? I've always assumed that you need to confine the edges of the projection to parts of the house that you do want to receive light, because there isn't a great way to block light entirely..

[@BreakItYourself]

If you watch the full projection show video, you can see what video file is going to the projector. Essentially, anywhere I don't want a projection is just black. Some projectors will still light that area a little but generally, when contrasted with what you want to project it's not noticeable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2XIpZVso9OElaM&ab_channel=BreakItYourself

[@ethelfrancis2020]

Why don't you just use an intel n100 mini pc? It seems like it will simplify things significantly.

[@fabianchinchilla6884]

Your poor neighbors 😂

[@hippopotamus86]

I would have liked to see the software side more.

[@jonicolton]

thanks for sharing insights. are you still using upwork for animations? if so, mind sharing who/channel you prefer? thx -colton

[@BreakItYourself]

I’m still using Upwork. Check the video description for a link to the artist.

[@jonicolton]

@@BreakItYourself thank u 🤟

[@davidvandemeer5118]

For Viewer Tracking why not set up a WiFi Hotspot, once the user connects to the hotspot it then loads a captive portal site that they can use to pick a show and trigger the show to start. You can project the WiFi and captive info on the roof. Maybe even just a QR code they could scan on their phone to do all of this

[@MIGUELINDADE]

Where can i purchase Projection glass?

[@MrGsimons]

Why not have a QR code instead of a button and trigger network relays from a small server. Basic freely available analytics tools can tell you how many shows were ran, how many unique users etc.

[@MrGsimons]

You could also let the user select a show if you have more than one programmed or accept donations etc

[@markg6247]

What projector do you use

[@johnnyfive-bc]

What pixels did you use?

[@jacquesb5248]

well if jou paint the bricks with bit of a gloss...still looks the same but shou;ld work?. to track watchers employ one of those people detection IOT things

[@Post_Oak_]

this gives me anxiety just thinking about all the troubleshooting you had to do lol

[@LarsLarsen77]

I wish I had a $2000 projector to leave unattended in my yard!

[@LarsLarsen77]

LOL, my mistake, $10,000!

[@Mr_Zimm]

They make a sub 2k laser projector for the yard now. Theft proof.

[@BreakItYourself]

it was about $5,000

[@BasikVids_4_Life]

Holly sht, thought you were Andrew Santino! I was like where's Bobby Lee? Lol

[@scottbrandenberger1877]

What type of sheets did you use? Regular bed sheets? Could you please add the link to the projector glass?

[@BreakItYourself]

Regular old bed sheets. Not an ideal projection surface but significantly better than my red/pink brick. And check the description, it should have the link to the glass.

[@theturtle32]

@@BreakItYourself There's no link to the glass in the description. 😞

[@BreakItYourself]

@@theturtle32 hometheatreglass.com/

[@theturtle32]

@@BreakItYourself Thank you!

[@ilevelland08]

Have you thought about painting your house white!!!

[@pksublime]

I paused on the opersting specs. Umm whats the point if it cant operate below 32F? Night time temps during the Holiday season are 20 to 40 degrees below that.

[@BreakItYourself]

Not where I live. Also, people in colder climates put heaters in their projector enclosures. Once the projector is warm enough to turn on, it'll provide ample heat depending on the enclosure.

[@edgarzamudio5987]

What did you use to get the temperature reading is it an app ?

[@BreakItYourself]

for testing: the fireboard 2. For production in the box I'm using a zooz z wave device that reads temperature, humidity, vibration, motion, and brightness.

[@JeffreyOstrow]

How did you decide on the L1300U? Did you buy it through e-bay?

[@BreakItYourself]

I was guided to get a 3 LCD for best color brightness then I went for brightest I could afford. I used audio general out of PA for the projector and lens. I went refurbished.

[@danielmata725]

​@BreakItYourself what lense did you go with for your projector?

[@MrJordanwain]

Have you got a show this year?

[@BreakItYourself]

yep! Same show. Only added some pixels.

[@mr.frandy7692]

you didn't link to the projector in your info