Professional Triers Night School
Professional Triers Night School
Podcast Description
🎓 Night School – Where Late Nights Turn Into Bright Ideas 💡 Welcome to Night School – the after-dark crash course for Christmas light nerds, pixel pushers, and anyone who’s ever fried a controller and kept going anyway. Whether you’re rocking xLights, LOR, or just a mess of extension cords and hope, we’ve got a seat saved for you. We break down everything from sequencing basics to full-blown RGB madness, DIY hacks, regular lights (yep, those too), and how not to blow your fuse box. It's real learning, real fails, and real fun—taught by folks who've been elbow-deep in zip ties at 2 a.m. This ain’t your grandma’s classroom. No tests. No textbooks. Just late-night sessions full of lessons, laughs, and community chaos. Perfect for beginners, tinkerers, and even the “I swear I’ll start earlier next year” crowd. 📺 Catch us live, rewatch the chaos, and don’t forget to hit that Subscribe button so you don’t miss a single light bulb moment.
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The content focuses on DIY Christmas lighting projects, technical skills in xLights and LOR software, and practical tips for beginners and seasoned hobbyists, featuring episodes such as turning DIY props into xLights models and basic animation techniques, all while fostering a fun, relatable, and chaotic learning environment.
🎓 Night School – Where Late Nights Turn Into Bright Ideas 💡 Welcome to Night School – the after-dark crash course for Christmas light nerds, pixel pushers, and anyone who’s ever fried a controller and kept going anyway. Whether you’re rocking xLights, LOR, or just a mess of extension cords and hope, we’ve got a seat saved for you. We break down everything from sequencing basics to full-blown RGB madness, DIY hacks, regular lights (yep, those too), and how not to blow your fuse box. It’s real learning, real fails, and real fun—taught by folks who’ve been elbow-deep in zip ties at 2 a.m. This ain’t your grandma’s classroom. No tests. No textbooks. Just late-night sessions full of lessons, laughs, and community chaos. Perfect for beginners, tinkerers, and even the “I swear I’ll start earlier next year” crowd. 📺 Catch us live, rewatch the chaos, and don’t forget to hit that Subscribe button so you don’t miss a single light bulb moment.
It’s Night School time again, and this class is for all you builders who made something cool and now have no idea how to get it into xLights. 😂 Join Brian McVay (yes, the real Professional Triers model master) and host Bobby as they walk you through the full process of turning your DIY prop into a usable xLights model. From layout to import, node mapping to “why isn’t this lining up?!”—we got you. 🗓️ Live Date: Sunday, Sept 3 🕘 Time Zones: • 9 PM Eastern • 8 PM Central • 7 PM Mountain • 6 PM Pacific 🎯 What You’ll Learn: How to create a model for your custom prop Importing and aligning it in xLights Tips, tricks, and a few mistakes to laugh at Live Q&A with the pros (bring your dumbest questions – seriously) 🎬 Streamed live on both: ➡️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProTriersPodcast ➡️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessionalTriers 🛠️ This is the follow-up to last week’s “Zero to Blinky” – if you’re ready for the next level, jump in! 📣 Subscribe, like, and drop a comment if you’re building something weird—we might show it on the next class!
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