If you see 4 orange LEDs it means the motion sensor in the hoop needs to be re-calibrated. This is a glitch from the earliest version of the hoop software where it would sometimes lose the motion sensor calibration. There is a permanent fix for this! Install the latest version of the hoop software and […]

Yes there is! Choreography features were added into the latest FutureHoop Designer and FuturePoi/Staff Designer software update, as of the end of April. Check out the Choreography Files section of the Designer Online Manual for more information. Sign up for our Designer Updates Newsletter to know when new features are ready for download. The Downloads […]

Creating animation with a hoop or poi sounds like it would work in theory, but doesn’t directly translate to objects in motion. With a traditional animation, each frame is displayed in the exact same spot as the previous frame. If you were to display a series of animated frames on a flow prop you would […]

This Kitten pattern is 4,096 bytes! (the bitmap file is 30×35) The Designer’s capacity is 16,629,248 bytes. ….Used Space 3,824,128 bytes …Free Space 12,805,120 You can have 3,126 kittens. 🙂

Right now Designer hoops are available as small as 24″ OD. Mini hoop size availability will be determined soon. FutureHoop Pro and FutureHoop Remote in 5/8 currently come in minis sizes as small as 18″ OD and are available now, but won’t have the ability to have images uploaded to them. If this question hasn’t […]

If you have patterns that were made for other LED flow props, these should be able to be displayed on the hoop as long as they are bitmap files. Only the bitmaps themselves would transfer over, but not any folder specific data to do with the pattern settings.

Motion modes use the movement and orientation of the hoop to drive the row-by-row animation of a bitmap pattern. There are currently two types of motion control: wheel and globe. In a motion mode, when you turn, the direction of animation will change depending on which direction you are turning the “wheel” or rotating the […]

The FutureHoop Designer has the option for either removable batteries or internal batteries. Removable batteries leave a small light gap, but you could have virtually endless hoop sessions, as long as you keep putting in a fresh battery. Designer hoops with the ability for the battery to be swapped out for a fresh one are […]

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The FutureHoop Designer weights are very similar to the Pro (non-removable battery) and Remote (removable battery) hoops. Please use these hoop weights for reference until we have new info to post.

Fixing dim colors in Photoshop Some colors can look okay in the bitmap on your computer, but appear dim on the hoop. To make the bitmap brighter, you’ll want to look at your colors in the HSB settings (Hue Saturation Brightness) and turn up Saturation and Brightness until they are closer to 100%. In Photoshop […]