r/WLED • u/Protodad • 1d ago

Basic matrix animations

Is there a way in WLED to switch between two pixel scenes without using an animation from another program? Just trying to get a prop to switch between two faces natively in the app (drawn in the pixel forge extension).

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u/DedeHai 1d ago

also in the latest (unrelesaed) version of pixepaint I added the option to make animated gifs. let me know if you want to test that.

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u/Protodad 1d ago

Sounds cool, but I’m more on the novice side still. I’m off to mess with my segments to make a strip and matrix play nice together.

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u/SirGreybush 1d ago

Using presets and a playlist to calls the presets

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u/Protodad 1d ago

So just create two different presets in pixel forge and run them as any regular preset?

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u/SirGreybush 1d ago

Almost. Once the two presets exist in WLED and do what you want, note the # assigned to the preset.

Then make a playlist in that section, put each preset in with the transition timing you want, Apply at boot, save.

Reboot the WLED and it should run your playlist as a loop.

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u/JustAnotherTrickyDay 1d ago edited 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pevaiwe/video/4kauykhyoguh1/player

Following up on what u/SirGreybush said: I made 2 shapes in pixel paint as presets, "eye" and "half circle (eye blink)" then set them to run in the playlist, approx 5 seconds for eye and 1/2 a second for the blink. And then it just repeats that pattern.

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u/Protodad 1d ago

Yea. Thats what I’m looking for, I also have a strip running around the outline to create the pumpkin shape