Setting up and viewing Visualizations

 

Menu Path: View/Visualizations

Visualizations are morphing, changing graphics which are displayed in the Media Window. The Visualization Editor allows you to create your own, customized Visualizations, or choose a basic, "spectrometer" design.

  1. Go to the menu and click View/Visualizations/Select Visualization, or click the Visualization  button under the Media Window.

    • Select Visualization - Will open to the default editor. Leave this as is.

    • and option - Choose the Visualization configuration.

  1. Choose  Visualization Editor, then click Configure. The Visualization Editor widow will open. See Visualization Editor for further instructions.

  2. Or, choose Spectrometer to view a bar-graph, equalizer-style Visualization. Click Start, then OK to begin

Visualization Editor

Once the Visualization Editor  window is open, it  takes four (4) easy steps to create your own, customized Visualizations.

  1. Click the Add Visual button to add a color and pattern sequence. Click the Visual you desire from the drop down list. Once selected it will be added to the Visuals and Effects in Sequence box.  Some Visuals have settings which change the way the Visual looks.  Highlight a Visual in the Sequence box to view and adjust its settings.

  2. Click the Add Effect button to add  morphing and moving effects to the Visual. Just like Visuals, some Effects have settings  that you can adjust, depending on how you'd like the Visual to behave. Highlight an Effect in the Sequence box to view and adjust its settings.

  3. Click the OK button.

  4. Click  Start, then OK to start the Visualization.

Save - After you have created a Visualization that you'd like to use later on, click the Save button.  This will save the current settings for your Visualization.

Load - Open a Saved Visualization to use again.

 

Tips

Before opening and choosing Visualizations, start a track.  When you configure a custom Visualization you'll see how the music affects your design.

When you first open Visualizations, grab the window and move it away from the Media Window. As you create a custom visual using Visualization Editor, you'll be able to see your changes happen in the Media Window.

Creating custom Visualizations is easy with the many color and pattern choices available.  Feel free to use all of the buttons and settings associated with each Visual and Effect. You'll be amazed at what you'll be able to create.