LED Strip Design for Home Security System

I am looking to redesign how home security lighting is done and add just purely aesthetic characteristics to a previously fairly unattractive security feature for the home. The short description is that I want to create windows that have motion sensor LED strips around the edges of them that could be bright enough to, for example, light up a potential intruder if they pass the window or sliding door. 

What are the options for how many lights/meter that you would recommend for something like that? And what about watts/power/lumens? Can a strip be manufactured in 90-degree angles so that it is a single strip that basically forms a picture frame?

While your LED strip application in security systems sounds very exciting, the scope of our ability to provide support for specific use cases such as this quite limited and I do apologize in advance.

As a general starting point, we would perhaps recommend using our lumen estimation calculator to determine how many lumens (and therefore feet/meters) of LED strip lights would be needed for sufficient illumination. I am no expert in security systems, but I would imagine most cameras have relatively good image quality in low-light environments as well, so perhaps the total brightness needs would be quite low, in line with a standard residential installation.

​I've linked to the lumen estimation calculator below:

https://www.waveformlighting.com/lumen-calculator

​As far as motion sensors and the connectivity of it all, we would recommend researching third-party solutions as our product offerings are limited to the LED strip light and basic power supply units (without such features). 

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