Visualizers For Mac Itunes

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Start your iTunes light show by pressing Command-T. As you can see in the screenshot above, the visualizer displays the name of the track and album, its artist, and its artwork, at the bottom left.

The new Visualizer style just doesn't make sense to me - pulsating orbs? Anyway, the problem with the Classic Visualizer is that it would always force a low resolution on you when using full screen mode. I'm happy to point out that the Classic Visualizer in iTunes 10 now uses your current display resolution when you go into full screen mode. G-Force music visuals have been described as 'mind-blowing' and 'legendary' in the press and by fans. G-Force can be run standalone, as a screensaver, or as a plug-in to your favorite media player.

1. iTunes Visualizer

iTunes Visualizer

The iTunes Visualizer is mesmerizing. Just double-click a song, choose one of the four visualizer settings available, and press Command T. Colors and patterns undulate and morph to the beat of the music.

There are four different visualizer settings available: iTunes Visualizer, Lathe, Jelly, and Stix. Each visualizer setting provides a distinctly unique light show. iTunes will use the iTunes Visualizer setting by default, but you can select a different setting from the View menu. Try all of the settings until you find one you like.

You can show the Visualizer effects in the iTunes window or in Full Screen mode. To start the Visualizer, select 'Turn on Visualizer' from the View menu (or press Command T).

To show the Visualizer in full-screen mode, turn on the visualizer, then select 'Full Screen' from the View menu (or press Command F).

Visualizer configurations

The iTunes Visualizer setting can be even more fun if you know how to control it. (These configurations do not apply to the Lathe, Jelly, or Stix settings.) The Visual Effects Generator uses three different configurations to create visuals. You can see these listed in the top-right corner of the window if you press the C key while visual effects are playing (shown below). The three configurations listed change randomly and morph into one another as music plays. You can change any of these configurations while music is playing.

The first configuration in the list affects the foreground of the Visualizer, the primary lines and shapes that modulate and interact with the beat of the music more obviously than the other graphics on the screen. Cycle through all the built-in effects for this configuration by alternately pressing the Q and W keys (Q for the previous selection and W for next selection).

The second configuration in the list affects the background graphics, the shapes and patterns that stream from the primary shapes in the top configuration. Cycle through all the built-in effects for this configuration by alternately pressing the A and S keys (A for the previous selection and S for the next selection).

The third configuration in the list affects the color scheme applied to the visuals. Cycle through all the built-in effects for this configuration by using the Z and X keys (Z for the previous selection and X for the next selection).

To manually and randomly change configurations at any time, press the R key. Press the R key in beat with the music to become the conductor of an amazing musical light show.

Visualizer modes

To cycle through three Visualizer modes while using the iTunes Visualizer setting, press the M key repeatedly:

• To play the random visual effects generated by iTunes, press the M key several times until ' Random slideshow mode' appears in the top-left corner of the window.
• To force iTunes to play the current configuration until instructed otherwise, press the M key several times until 'Freezing current config' appears in the top-left corner of the window.
• To play only the configurations that have been saved as presets under the numeric keys, as described below, press the M key repeatedly until 'User config slideshow mode' appears in the top-left corner of the window.

Save a favorite configuration

When you change an individual configuration while using the iTunes Visualizer setting (by using the keys mentioned on the previous page), the new effect fades slowly in as the configuration description in the upper-right corner fades out. If you fall in love with an effect, you can save that particular configuration as a preset that you can activate at any time.

To save a favorite configuration as a preset:

1. Press the M key to cycle through the three different options: 'Random slideshow mode,' 'User config slideshow mode,' and 'Freezing current config.'
2. When you get to the 'User config slideshow mode,' stop pressing the M key. This mode plays configurations you have saved as presets.
3. Wait until you see a visual effect you like, or create a custom effect using the keys described on the previous page. Hold down the Shift key and tap one of the numeric keys (0 through 9) while the desired effect is playing. You can save up to ten different preset effects.

   To play your preset, tap the numeric key that you assigned to your preset configuration. Try tapping different numeric preset keys to the beat of the music for fantastic visual effects.

Visualizer Help

A separate Help file of keyboard shortcuts is available in the Visualizer. While the iTunes Visualizer is turned on, press the ? key (or the H key) to show a list of keyboard shortcuts. The 'Basic Visualizer Help' list appears on the left side of the window.

Itunes Visualizer Plugin

Press the ? key again (or the H key) to toggle to another list of keyboard shortcuts, 'Visualizer Config Help' (shown below).

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iTunes Visualizer

The visuals change automatically in synchronicity with the music as if the sound itself paints a moving picture.

Our challenge in producing iTunes visualizers was to aim to create visualizers with a charm that had not yet existed.

To begin with we may experiment with visualizers that lack functionality or variety however these lay a base for future development and improvement.

In the end we will make approximately 20 visualizers downloadable for your enjoyment.

Quartz Composer

For the production of our visualizers we utilized a tool called Quartz Composer. This is one of the developer tools of Mac OS X which enables us to create motion graphics in a real-time environment.

The visualizers that we have made public at this time can only be viewed within mac OS X. However, sample movies of each visualizer are freely available on their respective pages.

FreeWare

All the visualizers are freeware for personal use. Please feel free to download and enjoy.

Reproduction and distribution are only possible with the consent of wowlab. They are for non-commercial use only.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

[2009.2.26] Version 1.0.1
[2009.2.18] Version 1.0 公開

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This Quartz Composer Composition is a challenge to visualize the flow of music. A real level meter is usually fixed. But in this case, it is floating on the music.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

Living thing of light shakes like a dance,reacting on the sound.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.

Artist name and song titles are arranged in a circle.

This visualizer require Mac OS X, 10.5 or higher. This software is freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use, educational use.。

The Installer is included in the downloadable package.
Please double click the installer and follow the onscreen instructions to complete Installation. Once installed the visualizer will be located in /library/compositions.

Visualizer For Itunes Windows

Restart iTunes after installation and select the visualizer from the drop-down View menu.

Itunes Visualizer Options

Select Show Visualizer from the View menu. The Visualizer will become viewable within the iTunes window however it may be viewed full screen if you choose Full Screen.

Requirements

iTunes Visualizer (Quartz Composer file)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
'Not compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion'

Copyright

These visualizers are freeware for personal use. Copyright of wowlab. Reproduction and distribution are only possible with the permission of wowlab.