Thanksgiving Laser Files: Two Free Downloads, Every ILDA Animation Free to Preview

BeamTracer's Thanksgiving pack is a growing set of animated Thanksgiving laser files: turkeys, pumpkins, falling leaves, a cornucopia and Happy Thanksgiving lettering. Two of them, Turkey Line Art and the Grateful lettering, are free to download once you confirm your email for Product updates. Every file plays in your browser before you download it, and each one is a standard ILDA Format 5 file for your laser software or projector.

The free Turkey Line Art file in the ILDA Viewer, with Cinema — Premium fog beams and the Orbit Mode camera. The beams are a software simulation of a projector in haze.

Where can I download free Thanksgiving laser files?

Open the Thanksgiving pack. Turkey Line Art and Grateful sit at the top under Free Thanksgiving files and download free once you confirm your email for Product updates, the email that announces new laser files. You can watch them, and every other cue, without an account. The rest of the Thanksgiving files play free and download with Pro (Laser), Bundle or Studio; Laser Show Files shows everything those plans include.

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To compare it with the rest of the pack, open ILDA Files and click Thanksgiving under PACK. Click any cue and it plays in the INSPECTOR on the right. Free holiday laser files lists the free files in the Christmas and Hanukkah packs too. For free files beyond the holidays, such as beam shows and geometry, see where to get free ILD laser files.

How do I check the turkey in the ILDA Viewer before downloading?

Click OPEN IN ILDA VIEWER on the turkey's page. The ILDA Viewer loads the same animation as the download, and you can inspect it while signed out.

In 2D the turkey draws on in one line, holds, then clears, the way the scanner traces it.

The cue plays at 20 frames per second. An ILDA file does not store a frame rate, so another player may run it faster. If the downloaded file plays too quickly when you reopen it in the ILDA Viewer, open PLAYBACK CONTROLS and set FPS to 20 fps. FPS changes the animation's timing; the scanner's points-per-second rate is a separate setting.

Can I see the Thanksgiving turkey in 3D before the show?

Yes. In the ILDA Viewer, click 3D, then set SCENE → BEAM MODE to Cinema — Premium fog and choose Orbit Mode for a camera that circles the room, as in the clip at the top. Click 2D again to see the outline without the room and fog.

Any plan can preview Cinema; below Studio the view carries a preview watermark. See pricing for current access. The 3D view helps you judge how the tail feathers read as beams in haze. It does not tell you a room is safe: keep beams above the audience and follow the laser show safety guide before you work with hardware.

What is in the Thanksgiving laser pack?

The pack's animations are in red, orange and gold. Many draw themselves on in one flowing line, and every file loops without a jump, so you can repeat it as a cue.

The lettering writes each word on in script with a glowing pen, one word at a time. Turkey Strut, Harvest Wreath and Leaves on the Beat move on the beat: the turkey fans its tail, a light runs round the wreath, and four maple leaves drop into a row, one on every beat of a 120 BPM track.

Harvest Pumpkin is a premium cue with a free preview. The vine and leaf draw in after the ribbed pumpkin, then the whole drawing clears.

Will these Thanksgiving ILDA files play on my laser?

Each file is ILDA Format 5 (2D true color) at 20 frames per second, and each page tells you the smallest scanner that draws it cleanly. Most of the files fit 20K scanners (20,000 points per second) and up. Happy Thanksgiving Wreath needs 25K, and Turkey Profile and Ear of Corn need 30K.

The files open in any laser software that reads ILDA files, including Pangolin QuickShow and Beyond, LaserCube LaserOS, Laserworld Showeditor and Showcontroller, and MadMapper MadLaser. The laser software table lists each one, and the ILDA Files questions cover downloads, plans and keeping your files.

How do I put Thanksgiving laser files on a projector's SD card?

Check which format your projector reads first. Single-file downloads are Format 5. The library's SD CARD ZIP can also save Format 0, with short file names that SD-card projectors can show.

LIST.TXT in the ZIP lists which short name is which animation. The ILDA Files guide covers the SD card options, and the SD-card tutorial walks through preparing your own animation for a card.

Can I make my own Thanksgiving laser animation?

Yes. If you have your own artwork, such as a family name or a logo with a turkey, convert it yourself. The Halloween laser guide shows the same workflow with free SVG and Lottie art: import the drawing, check the scan, and export ILDA. The SVG to ILDA guide covers static drawings.