Diffusing LEDs: From good to GREAT
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Published 2020-01-30
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All Comments (21)
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Timestamps for comparison of materials: 0:31 Baking Paper 0:46 Sanded Plexi Glass, 400 Grit, Single Side 0:50 Sanded Plexi Glass, 400 Grit, Both Sides 0:53 Sanded Plexi Glass, 280 Grit, Both Sides 1:01 Opaque store-bought Plexi Glass 1:27 Stock and Sanded "CosplayFlex Clear" 1:52 "CosplayFlex Shining Foam" 5mm, 10mm, and a bluish Kitchen sponge 2:08 Synthetic Woven Fabric - 1 Layer 2:12 Synthetic Woven Fabric - 2 Layers 2:14 Synthetic Woven Fabric - 4 Layers 2:17 Hot Glue 2:53 Opaque Edge-Lit Plexi with Reflector
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Diffusing the light properly is the #1 thing that makes or breaks an LED project I think. Great tips
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I used a white/clear “frosted” shower curtain once and it worked super well for diffusing leds! 🙌🏻
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The baking paper tip is underrated. Everyone has baking paper at home, and it works really well to diffuse
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So for someone who has never seen your videos before to suddenly see 1:18 was a bit a shift lol. Thanks for making!
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Excellent video man. I have never thought about the baking paper and sponge. Incredibly cheap and easy to find and life savior. Thanks a lot.
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Great Channel, super clear explanation, and steps. It's great you explain techniques in general. Really helping the makers out here. Thanks!
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Yesss more videos on LEDs. Thank you!
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Great video :) LED strips are so painful to look at, but once diffused man they sure do provide some excellent ambiance!
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i do love your explanation about a different way of using the led and connecting it
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Thank you so much! Im planning on getting some strips and put em in my room incovered, but i dont want to look like a "basic" (im just getting the strips since i feel like they would look nice to me, not my phone) and this realy helps.
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Hello, and thank you for all the work you put into this :)
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Great video! Just the info I needed and your builds look awesome quality!
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Well planned and explained video, I really liked how you showed so many examples!
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You can also use gels to add coloring along with keeping uniform brightness. This is especially useful for lighting astronomy canvas paintings from behind that have different colored stars (like Orion, which has a red super giant, a blue super giant, and a multi-colored nebula. Clear gels sanded down can be glued together to reduce the brightness of stars respectively. Great channel. Thanks.
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I'm looking at ways to spruce up the RV with LEDS so this is very informative. New subscriber.
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Thank you for all the ideas and options. You certainly saved me a lot of time!
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Thanks for sharing all of this, I'm learning a lot.
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Only big brain moves over here
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So I came to this video out of curiosity, and the clip at 1:15 completely blew my mind lol. You're very talented!
