Easy Tips and Tricks for Halloween Digital Decorating

Check out a complete walkthrough of all 4 primary digital decorations (along with their physical prop counterparts) that I incorporate into my #Halloween yard haunt each year. Please see links below for each item mentioned in the video! #DigitalDecorating
- Atmos FX Digital Decorations -
Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree, Eerie Eyes, Witching Hour, etc
bit.ly/3jmfFIK
- Pumpkins -
Fun-Kins (non-affiliate link)
funkins.com/
- Projectors -
Aaxa P4X LED Pico Projector (Pumpkins)
amzn.to/3rhm3EJ (Updated version)
I also highly recommend the Aaxa BP1 for the pumpkins
amzn.to/3kTPJ8a
Aaxa M7 LED Projector (Archway Hollusion - not shown in video)
amzn.to/3yyJv27
Optoma GT1080 Short Throw Projector (Picture Window)
amzn.to/33BsYwS (Updated version)
AtmosFX Hollusion Projection Material
bit.ly/3n6Tn13
Window Projection Static Cling Alternative
amzn.to/38KdR7t
- Media Player -
Micca Speck G2
amzn.to/3iEyYwF
- FM Transmitter -
Whole House FM Transmitter 3.0
amzn.to/3k05I2x
- Line Mixer -
Rolls MX51S Mini Mix 2
amzn.to/2SSoeOA
REI HDMI Splitter
amzn.to/38JLpCy
Reptile Humidifier
amzn.to/3ti2vkz
AtmosFX and Amazon links listed above are affiliate links. If you purchase directly from these links, I will receive a small commission which will help operate this channel.
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[@user-zq6wi3cf5x]

Awesome video!! Thank you for sharing these great tricks and tips with us!!

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Thanks for watching!

[@garygreen3062]

Great 👍👍 job.

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Thank you!

[@KevinDeb124]

So the singing pumpkins projector sits near the ground and projects up onto the colums/pumpkins ? Ive always projected mine right in front of them. Do you get a better picture that way ? Love all this. Do you think the Atmos scrim is worth the money ?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Hey Debra, thanks for watching! Having the projector near the ground may not increase the quality of the projection but it does give you more options to hide the projector, which to me is pretty important. I am a big fan of the AtmosFX hollusion fabric that I used in my scrim and I do think it's worth the money.

[@marksands6380]

Projection Newbie Question: If I were playing Jack O Lantern Jamboree and Witching Hour in my outside display, how could I prevent each "show" from talking over each other?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Hey Mark, thanks for watching! I wouldn't consider that a newbie question at all. You can take the scenes from the two different decorations and put them into a video editing software like Adobe Premiere. Create a movie for each projection with gaps in each movie using ambient scenes (cauldron bubbling for witching hour and funny faces for JOLJ) so that the decorations do not overlap each other. That way, when one is playing an active scene, the other is playing an ambient scene and vice versa.

[@marksands6380]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY Concerning your scrim. I tried the PVC frame method, but PA weather is not kind. I need to make something more substantial. I like your framed out method. What type of hinges did you use to it foldable?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

@@marksands6380 I used regular 2” hinges and chest latches on the opposite side to lock the second half of the scrim into place.

[@dariandark]

I used a vinyl shower curtain from Dollar General for my window projection material. What did you use for the picture window?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Thanks for watching! I use the old AtmosFX premium window projection material which is a vinyl static cling in each of the window panes.

[@HeathBilbrey]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY You said in the video you were going to leave a link for an alternative since it's not longer sold. I don't see it in the description.

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

@@HeathBilbrey Hey Jason, thanks for watching. Sorry about that; thought I had added it. It's there now!

[@HeathBilbrey]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY Thanks Zack... or is it Zach?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

@@HeathBilbrey It’s Zach :)

[@BeeHus2256]

Wow. Wish I could hire you for a day to come help me. I am an old widda woman trying to do all this stuff without help. It's hard!

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

If I could, I would! Happy to help with advice however I can though.

[@BeeHus2256]

I love using the projection images! Just brings another layer to things! I only have one projector so I have to decide on one best use. What projector do you use and does the fan help that much? I have not really noticed any heat build up. Where do you get those units inside the columns? Humidifiers??

[@yokitchentoddalston3329]

Hello, where did you get the two columns?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

I built them!

[@stain0269]

Wondering if you might be able to help me? I just purchased an retekess tr509 FM transmitter to use with one of my digital displays. I use the agptek 1080 mini media player with a TV in my front window and play AtmosFX effects from a USB on it. I want to be able to broadcast the audio so people can hear it in their cars but I can't get it to work. The media player is connected via HDMI cable to the TV and then I've tried using the 3.5 AV port to run a cable from the media player to the FM transmitter but I can't ever get sound. I'm considering buying the Orei switcher/extractor ( I think it's called ) because now I'm thinking I need it to extract the audio and go from the extractor to the transmitter? Am I even close in my thought process? And will I still need the volume turned up on the TV for this? The media player has a volume setting and the transmitter has a volume knob. I ask because I don't want to hear the effects all night since the TV is inside the house.

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

So you are saying that you are running a 3.5mm aux cable from the aux port on the fm transmitter to the aux port on the media player and no sound is being broadcasted from the fm transmitter?

[@stain0269]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY Correct. I tried with an old phone and could get the transmitter to broadcast the music from the phone so I know it works. I'm wondering if the AV port on the media player is input rather than output? Or the video and audio is being transmitted via the HDMI so that's why I'm thinking I need the splitter/extractor? Edit - I also tried all 4 settings for the audio output on the media player

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

That is strange. As you saw, I run an hdmi out from a media player to a projector and the audio is still able to be run on the fm transmitter so I'm not sure that's the issue. The only thing I can think is that the audio on the media player is turned down or muted but I am sure you have checked that. I have media players from both agptek and micca but haven't experienced that issue with either. It may be worth trying a different media player.

[@stain0269]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY I've made sure the volume is turned all the way up on the media player but I haven't tried another media player. I have 4 different ones so I'll try that. I went ahead and ordered that extractor/splitter so I'll give that a try as well. Thanks for the replies and help. Oh, and BTW, after watching your video I also ordered 2 of those amphibian misters, lol.

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

@@stain0269 Hope it works! Those are so much fun to experiment with; enjoy!

[@johnpowers3624]

What is the height of the columns for the pumpkins?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Hey John, thanks for watching! All of my columns are around 28" tall.

[@johnpowers3624]

Hey did you make the pedestal columns?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Thanks for watching! One of them (far left) I made. The other two were purchased from At Home.

[@johnpowers3624]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY gotcha. Roughly how tall are they?

[@mandalahorse]

Hey guys, I am throwing a "Zombie Pirate" Halloween Party at my house this year. I'd love a swimming shark as digital decoration. I already googled but couldn't find one. Any recommendations? 😅

[@gravemarker]

Spectral Illusions has a zombie swimming shark. Here is their KZbin commercial for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpvTeHWgh5qVmaM

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Yep, that’s what I was going to say. Thanks for the assist @gravemarker!

[@mandalahorse]

Thank u guys

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

Also, have you seen the shanty singing pirate pumpkins decorations?

[@mandalahorse]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY No I haven't 😯 Are they from atmos fx too?

[@pattyxomvilaysack3825]

Where did you buy the archway set?

[@ToilandTroublesDIY]

I built it! It was my introduction to basic carpentry.

[@pattyxomvilaysack3825]

@@ToilandTroublesDIY wow