Effective gadgets for side visibility?

couldnt get a decent looking red shell for the front though..

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HypnoToad -

hoefla: Yea :) clean with a file/wire wool may be. No special advice - I'm just trying to keep my units tidy, fortunately no rust on mine.

dglshrn: editor shows a single picture (one frame). When you organize frames into a library - you get an animation - like here - Maxi Toad (lib 67)
I'll probably add an animated gif render on the library pages, not in the editor.
Btw this Toad wasn't hard to make - I prepared all frames (18x10), imported into the editor and added pictures into 2 libs (forwards and backwards). That's it :)

shoop da woooooop

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whatok: hmmm.. those the yellow bananas, no? :) Big images are resized - if you want a crisp image after the import, prepare it first - see the samples here (they're 10px tall)

^ :))))) oh that's mad!

ya! yellow banana at the back, red shell at the front. deadly! a 10px shell just doesnt look right..

Ah, I see! Toad also was 'tall' - so I sliced it into frames and made a cartoon :)

MrDrem: mushroom's name is Toad - so my picture is also a hypno-toad. Sort of :)))

I got mine today, thanks! Just trying to figure it all out now!

My maxi arrived today, looks good so far.

Thanks rr4m. Makes sense!

Anyone making 8 bit gifs for the Mini?

Maybe I'll just have to buy a maxi..

My pair of minis have just arrived after being stuck in customs at Heathrow for ten days. Looking forward to giving them a spin tonight.

Disco wheels x3 at the Flask. Whoop.

It's my birthday tomorrow... We've received a package with polish writing and the words bike lights on the import slip... Woot!

Thanks rr4m (and my girlfriend of course! :)

adroit, Ramaye, Brun - Thanks for the feedback! I think that's a sudden snow in Heathrow - they had a lot of delayed flights and last week simply got overloaded with all that delayed correspondence.. Usually it's much quicker. But I'm very glad you received your devices!
Khornight2: just in time! :D

whatok: Wooooow, my hat goes off to you, Mr.! :) Those drops of water are just brilliant!

I have an idea for a couple of new libs (mini+maxi). Will add soon!

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freestyle! i don't even own any lights!

Hiya! Few nom-noms today:

1. Ledus Wheelus software ver 0.568 is out
   +Added support for February revision of Maxi wheel lights (that arrived last week).
   +No changes for previous units - supported as before.
   +Thanks much for your orders, all dispatched on Friday and earlier today.

2. New Maxi libraries - Orange+Blue
   Lib 72 - Orange sidelights animation
   Lib 73 - White+Blue sidelights animation
   

more to come...

These 4 libraries inspired by revolights :)
Just thought about something simple, like Red tail + White front:

Maxi Polka Dot Red, Maxi Polka Dot White

And for mini devices - Mini Polka Dot Red, Mini Polka Dot White

(maxi can play these too)

8bit cartoons next time!

Okay, 8bit buddy animation for the Ledus Wheelus Maxi bike wheel lights. Will be displaying this guy:

Looks kinda snowy depressing boring on white, so I've made a vignette background

... and copy-pasted 3 times - we'll be slicing it into frames diagonally (bottom-right -> top-left)

I've cut 18 frames. After importing them into the Image Editor and creating a lib, there's a final render:

Image library for Maxi is here - Buddy Anim, ready for a spin!

Sweet. Are there any plans to allow import of gifs (ie. automatic frame slicing)?

@rr4m
is there a max speed limit that these are safe at?
also my rear wheel only has 20 spokes so have had to mount the device half way down the wheel. any plans to extend the top brackets for less spokey wheels

With big enough zip ties you could fit it on a five spoke wheel let alone 20 spokes.

dglshrn: Hmm, may be I'll make top-to-bottom auto slicing for tall images - that's in the low priority list.
I'm creating the animations manually to get a better result - that's how the pixel art works. Every pixel matters! :)

splutter: max I can do on my commuter is about 50km/h (no downhills around here, so that's my physical limit :) - everything stays in place, spokes are not bent (for the 30 grams device that's not a surprise).
On 20 spokes - can be mounted upside down - two mount points along one spoke + 3rd point to prevent the rotation around the first spoke. Or a longer zip-tie can be used for the 3rd point (tnx Khornight2).

Cheers taras
The maxi is absolutely fantastic btw

^nice to meet you! dunno what's your name though :)

+Added previews for the old animated libs (some appeared on the video already)