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I have always liked the idea of having a gobo projector to project my DJ logo onto a wall or something, but the projectors that I have seen have all been too expensive.  Plus, you have to have the gobo itself made, which is also somewhat spendy.  Here is how to make your very own for very cheap!

You will need:

• A holiday projector-one of those that go in your lawn and project holiday images onto your house.
• Transparency sheets - those clear sheets that are used for overhead projectors, you can find them in the printing supplies department of any major store.
• A computer with some sort of image editing program - Photoshop is preferred, but Microsoft Paint or Publisher should also work.  
• A scanner
• A printer for your computer
• Scissors

From reading the list of supplies, you can probably figure out what we are going to do.  First, grab one of the holiday gobos that comes with the projector and scan it on the scanner.  Once it is scanned into your computer, replace the holiday image with your DJ logo, make sure you keep the size the same as the original gobo.  Print out the new gobo on one of the transparency sheets, then cut it out.  If you would like, you could use the exisiting cardboard gobo ring and just cut out the old gobo and paste in your own.  Or, you can just use the new gobo without a ring - depending on the projector, this should still work.  Then, all you have to do is put your new gobo into the projector, rig up some sort of stand or bracket, and you have your very own gobo projector for around $20!  It’s not as bright as a commercial projector, but it will work nicely for smaller applications.