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Make a Virtual Disco Ball On Your Computer

Make a Virtual Disco Ball On Your Computer
Disco balls were first used in the 1920s at nightclubs. Now they are common everywhere and may hang in a car's rear-view mirror or are used to "jazz" up a party.

So the situation is you're having a party at night. You are setting up the decorations and want something out of the ordinary. You start thinking. Hmmm, what about a disco ball? Wait, all the shops are closed this time at night. What do you do?

Make a virtual disco ball! Using your computer, you can create a disco ball that looks quite real, in my opinion. The idea is create different "frames" of the disco ball and put it together into a video. During the party, or whatever the occasion, just play the video in full-screen.
 
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Step 1Materials

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You won't need much for this. You'll need a computer with Paint.NET. I guess you could use another image editor, but then you would have to improvise. The instructions are made for using Paint.NET.

You'll also need a video editor. I personally use Sony Vegas, but you can use Final Cut Pro, Pinnacle, or whatever. If you don't have one, MovieMaker should be fine. MovieMaker should be built into your computer if you have Windows XP or Vista.

You should also have experience with image and video editing.
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Apr 1, 2012. 8:34 PMpheunis says:
Now I'm no fancy schmancy computer graphics whizz, and just managed to make this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGOEhRPRHoY&feature=youtube_gdata (!!!)
I had to download paint.net off the internet (really easily and free) and began playing.Used Movie Maker to stitch it together (remember to save all paintings as JPEG). This is what I made with 8 images. Taken me about an hour and looks rubbish- I'm no perfectionist! But with a bit of time and effort could = very cool!
May 2, 2009. 6:28 AMKite builder says:
I use corel photopaint to make the ball and the video
Feb 14, 2009. 9:22 PMquesoman says:
pretty cool.........might try
Oct 12, 2008. 6:06 PMalex-sharetskiy says:
but it's not shiny
Oct 9, 2008. 5:47 PMsrhadaham says:
i personally think that the lines appearing to rotate would add a lot to this project but that's just me
Jun 13, 2008. 10:03 AMmaruawe says:
You could make it flat the -sphereize -the pic for the same effect and it would not be as hard for the less artistic .. It would end up almost the same .........
It could even be made into a gif file and be sent to your friends,(:-))
Jun 12, 2008. 10:18 AMbumpus says:
thats a pretty cool effect, I thought at first that you were going to encase a computer into a disco ball, which would be awesome
Jun 12, 2008. 10:22 AMWeissensteinburg says:
Same here...maybe you should change it to "Mark a Disco Ball on your Computer"

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I enjoy tinkering with technology, (cell phones, iPods, computers, etc.) but mostly computers. I got my first computer at the age of five. I have been playing with them ever since. I have experienc...
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