See a light show on YouTube that you'd like to reproduce with your LIFX bulbs? This Chrome extension lets you record light animation data in a format you can replay with your bulbs using LIFX Animator.
These steps assume the Chrome extension is already installed.
- Navigate to a video on YouTube. For example, Gary Davis's animation of Katy Perry's Dark Horse.
- Stop the video and seek to a frame that reveals the position of a light you'd like to record. Click on the light's position and a marker is created over it. Create markers for other lights you'd like to record. (Drag a marker to fine-tune its position or double click a marker to remove it.)
- Seek to the start of the video or whatever frame you'd like to start the recording. Play the video through or stop it to end the recording. A sequence file containing light animation data is automatically downloaded and can be replayed using LIFX Animator.
It's a good idea to post process the recorded sequence with an image editor if the color signals contain environmental distortions like a colored or textured surface, pollution from a nearby light source, or shadows. Distortion can be reduced through careful marker placement and by using image filters in paint.net or your preferred image editor. Use the "Levels", "Hue / Saturation", and "Posterize" filters in paint.net.