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Greetings! Did you see that WE MADE A CHRISTMAS VIDEO?! πŸŽ„πŸ˜ƒ

In today's video, we turn our Dark Portal into a "Portal to the North Pole"! It goes into a lot of detail on projectors, the material, video editing, and lots of little tricks and details that weren't in the last video. :)

AND, attached below are two versions of our North Pole portal video that you can use.

We weren't sure if a video that goes into this much technical detail would be interesting to people, so very curious to see if it resonates with anyone and what you guys think. We love to teach and explaining this type of stuff is fun, but there's always a fine line between boring/too much and a good amount of detail.

Thanks for convincing us to make Christmas videos, by the way. πŸ˜„Very excited to try some new things and share them with you guys.


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Turning our Best Halloween Prop into an EPIC Christmas Decoration! πŸŽ…

Save 50% or more on your SimpliSafe security system during their biggest sale of the year! Visit https://SimpliSafe.com/wickedmakers to learn more! Jaimie and Jay make a portal to the North Pole to for their DIY Christmas Decorations! SUBSCRIBE β–Ί http://bit.ly/2EypcHI Want the video we made for your own decorations? β–Ί https://patreon.com/wickedmakers (You can also get the dimensions and cutlist for the Portal and tons of other cool stuff on our Patreon!) Wicked Makers T-Shirts & Merch! β–Ί https://cottonbureau.com/people/wicked-makers Join our growing community of makers on Discord! β–Ί https://discord.gg/MtrHrxa Watch our live D&D show on Twitch! β–Ί https://twitch.tv/wemakebadplans Want to see more of our work? πŸ‘‡ https://thewickedmakers.com https://instagram.com/wickedmakers https://facebook.com/wickedmakers https://pinterest.com/wickedmakers/ https://twitter.com/wickedmakers STUFF WE USED β–Ί Christmas Digital Decorations from AtmosFX - https://bit.ly/3qRI6DO Sprite Media Player - https://bit.ly/3vAloQH Hollusion Projection Material - https://bit.ly/3CvG4Ly Stock Videos - http://MotionArray.com Projector - https://amzn.to/3cuapzQ Projector - https://amzn.to/3FAbX7X MORE DETAILS ON PROJECTORS AND DIGITAL DECORATING β–Ί https://atmosfx.com/blogs/community/51585540-digital-decorating-101-picking-a-projector https://visualjacker.com/halloween-effects-atmosfx-projector/ FREE VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE β–Ί DaVinci Resolve HitFilm iMovie MATERIALS USED (PORTAL) β–Ί 2" Insulation Foam Board Acrylic Paints (Black, White, Brown, Green, Etc.) - https://amzn.to/3l7NXPh Gorilla Glue - https://amzn.to/2GgPRxZ Drylock Masonry Sealer (Gray, if you can find it.) - https://amzn.to/3jkD9wD LEDs - https://amzn.to/2Giq5K0 Semi-Transparent Fabric - https://amzn.to/3kIAZYo Concrete - https://amzn.to/3jBPTOI Blue Tape - https://amzn.to/2HL0oCf Projector 1" PVC Water TOOLS USED (PORTAL) β–Ί Utility Knife - https://amzn.to/3jx0kDO Heat Gun - https://amzn.to/2FsT3G8 Paint Brushes - https://amzn.to/2RkH93L Surform Tool - https://amzn.to/2SfgOoh Rotary Tool - https://amzn.to/3inSUl0 Sharpie/Marker - https://amzn.to/3l4XyX6 Spray Bottle - https://amzn.to/2EOrZ48 Router - https://amzn.to/3jH4Y1z Drill - https://amzn.to/31YlZhI Rasps & Files - https://amzn.to/3kVxkXr (These are affiliate links. Clicking them really helps support our channel!) ABOUT THIS PROJECT β–Ί Christmas 2021 is almost here!! πŸŽ… We make lots of DIY props for our yard for Christmas and Halloween and our newest project is turning our best DIY Halloween Prop, our "Dark Portal" into an EPIC Christmas Decoration! The portal is built from foam to look like real stone and we decorated it to look like a portal to the north pole that Santa Clause would use! This Christmas Prop had our whole neighborhood stopping in their tracks to see and was incredibly fun to decorate and build. This video covers a lot of the detail that didn't make it into our original Halloween Dark Portal video. Video editing, projectors, the projection material, how to position your projector, decorations, all kinds of stuff! If you like to make your very own DIY Christmas decorations, let us know what you'd like to see next! How does the Dark Portal work? It's built entirely from XPS foam and paint, with LEDs on the inside to make the runes glow. We used a semi-transparent material on the back and then did a rear projection of a hellish VFX scene, etc. to create the interior of the portal. During the day, the fabric is taken down and then at night we project the hellscape. Who are we? We're Jaimie and Jay! We're a husband and wife team and we make stuff together. Halloween, Christmas, and other awesome props, woodworking, electronics, and whatever we want. #DIY #Christmas #Decorations

Comments

Dave Vance

Can anyone tell me how to fix the file to work on my projector? It's the same format other videos are and they work but the files by wicked makers don't work at all

Christopher McComber

Might be something to do with the embedded sound. If this video is supposed to have sound, it is not working for me, but I can see the animations. I had the same problem with the Halloween portal animation, and fixed that with iMovie, added some stock soundwave eerie noises.