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in the haunted mansion, they used to have a character named the hat box ghost. his head would disappear then reappear in his hatbox. i need help with the lighting. i don't know how i would make the light fade from the real head to the head in the box. so does anyone know how to make the light fade? once someone helps me, i can start working on it.

You can use a fader setup similar to what you'd use for a Peppers Ghost. I'm sure I've seen tutorials on that somewhere. If I can find them I'll add the links here.

Yea, what spook said.

I found this for you. The Haunted Mansion-Northside: The Hatbox Ghost

yea i saw that too. but i was thinking of using a pepper's ghost effect in it to make the head actually disappear and reappear somewhere else. i'll get some pics soon. right now i'm making the body.

Here is what I did for my Peppers Ghost effect. It uses a small gearmotor to run two fader circuits. One goe on while the other goes off. You can see the two nightlights at the end of the vid. I am not too electronically sharp so I opted for the more mechanical solution. [ame=http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/indianaholmes/?action=view&current=100_1631.flv][/ame]

That looks like a really simple way to acheive this Indianah.
Love that idea.

I bought a 2-way fader a few years ago from Christmas Done Bright for my peppers ghost, but it is now discontinued. Check this link to their site, this device might be what you need, if anything, give them a call and tell them what your doing, they might have what you need.
SMALL 2 POINT CONTROLLER

these guys still have that small cross fader:

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Here... try this out... This is what I did and it worked great!

How To: 4 channel 8 function 3Amp animation controller for $5

It was sooooo simple to make even for me (self-professed electronic equivelent of an eighty pound weakling...lol)!

PS. Spookineer: good thinking about the "Haunted Mansion North-Side"! That's the first thing I thought of.