r/Laserist

Look Mum No Computer released a real banger with "Eins, Zwei, Drei" and I thought it be fun to program a laser show to it.

This was sort of my test bed when working on the Radiator update. This is a combination of LSX plus Radiator. LSX providing content and controlling Radiators via timeline OSC for additional abstracts.

I wrote a number of custom Radiator effects for this show and folded them into the recent update.

OSC is a fantastic protocol and I hope to see more integration between Radiator and other control systems.

Bad Apple generated via a mp4 -> png -> svg -> point list -> ild pipeline (not mine, see GitHub)

Running on self built 5W / 25kpps projectors

Getting the video to not be a collection of flickering lines was quite a challenge as well. In person it's quite a bit more viewable.

So I’m opening a retail space I have a lot of cool effects and lighting around the building//// there’s a giant white wall / next to me 80’ x 20’ + would make a great spot to have a laser projecting fun content . I’ve looked at the 7.5w laser cube and have done some research.

I also have an international Chinese friend that specializes in sourcing / negotiating products for me there . Most of this equipment is made in china with US branding from what I see.

I sent him the link for the laser cube that’s cost 5k. And he sent me back options for much less money

Looks similar/ I’m sure there’s many manufacturers out there. Can somebody please give me some insight. I wanna make sure I’m comparing apples to apples. If not, I can dig deeper…

The first picture is my Chinese sourced. Second picture is laser cube.

First outdoor blast of 2026. Testing out a new camera. These are free clips available on the Liberation forum, fyi.

I have two Unity Raw lasers daisy chained together through ILDA, and the first laser (left) keeps flickering on single beam patterns while the right one has no issues. Anyone have this issue or know a solution? The left one is actually brand new and the right is an older Unity laser. Other patterns work for the most part but sometimes there’s still a delay on the first laser as well. I’m running Liberation and using a Helios DAC.

I’m working on a personal laser show project in LaserOS and trying to recreate the look of old 80s/90s outdoor laser shows, especially the kind of hand-drawn character animation used in the old Stone Mountain Laser Show.

I’m not trying to copy the show directly. I’m trying to understand the animation style and production workflow.

The look I’m after is not modern clean SVG clip art. It’s more like:

• hand-drawn cartoon contour lines
• mostly black space
• open expressive strokes, not filled shapes
• very sparse interior details
• characters that feel like traditional cel animation converted to laser

I’ve been generating SVG/ILDA assets, but they keep coming out too sharp and geometric. The examples I’m studying look much more like an animator drew final ink lines.

I’d love advice from people who have actually made this kind of laser animation.

Specific questions:

1. What is the normal workflow for this style today? Illustrator/Inkscape? Adobe Animate? After Effects shape layers? Blender Grease Pencil? Pangolin Beyond? LSX? LaserBoy? Something else?
2. If I hand-draw frames, what’s the best path to get them into ILDA or LaserOS without losing the organic contour style?
3. Are these usually animated as full frame-by-frame drawings?
4. Does anyone know tutorials, tools, or examples focused specifically on hand-drawn laser character animation?

I've included an example screenshot showing this type of style. Thanks for any pointers.