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by wsobeats
Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio
Replies: 4
Views: 2757

Re: Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio

Hey Sadler,

Can you tell me how to control the volume of a second source ? the phone video has my talking running and included music that I want to play really really low. That's why I am asking how I can decrease the volume of that 2nd input.
by wsobeats
Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio
Replies: 4
Views: 2757

Re: Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio

Hey Sadler, Thanks. I'll try this. Yeah I fixed the rotate already. I forgot to post that. As far as recording audio with the phone and trying Magic, It was an accident because I'm lazy and didn't want to learn Final Cut Pro. But Magic allows for phone video to look much better than traditional phon...
by wsobeats
Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio
Replies: 4
Views: 2757

Syncing a Mobile Phone Video with Audio

Hello Eric, I found the following response below to my query. But, I did something by accident and now I am trying to use Magic in a non-traditional manner because the video looks better after I imported into Magic. So I made an Mp4 on my phone of basically me talking in my studio. I imported said v...
by wsobeats
Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Thanks Eric, You are quite right. It seems so obvious after U said it. Export the GLSL shader. So I have been trying to do the fire Effect Sadler posted on August 1st in this thread. He gave me the layout on August 2nd. My version of that posted on August 3rd doesn't work at all. Is there a Content ...
by wsobeats
Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Now I have another question about part II of my query. A GLSLShader is technically a Videofile correct? Videofiles in Magic have loop times parameters. This is basically what you were telling me to program.... programming may lie above my pay grade. Is there a simple way to make any GLSLShader a vid...
by wsobeats
Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Finally saw the fine print sized "upload attachment" button
by wsobeats
Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

so true story ... I have an image to show you but I can't figure out how to post a .png in this forum and have spent the last 45 minutes trying to figure it out .... Under media ? I place a URL of the image ? (cuz it's a screenshot I took .... so I don't get it) Until then .... Content Keyed .... Co...
by wsobeats
Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Still trying to do the fire one from above. I really don't want to affect the image just the edges of said images.

"Multiplying some noise w/ a blur" ....

I said yeah like I knew what I was doing lol
by wsobeats
Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Hey so I have been thru enough fx to have a Vertigo Headache for a week ......

Can I get some help getting started on this ?


I attempted using an edge Blur but that is minimal.
by wsobeats
Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Thanks, Sadler. Awe sum.

I figured it could be done. I will fool with it.

Do you know how to loop or trim a GLSLshader so you only use the part you want?
by wsobeats
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Re: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Is there a fire effect in Magic? and if not how would i do a makeshift substitute? Hello Eric, How are you? Hope all is well. I've found the style of video I am actually looking to emulate. I'm pretty sure this can be done in Magic but I don't know how exactly ..... And so the idea would be to take...
by wsobeats
Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Timecode on scene
Replies: 9
Views: 7444

Re: Timecode on scene

Hello,

How do you get this timer to be controlled by the playlist ?

I can't sync it up with the song (it's outta control :) )
by wsobeats
Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

it started like this :
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by wsobeats
Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

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MIDI FILE setup giving me this when I just want the notes to play .... ( using Circle Piano from Midi piano example)

I created a standard midi file of the melody
by wsobeats
Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

How much are Skype lessons?
by wsobeats
Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

What I am actually looking for is this example to work from :
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The idea that tmpg19 came up with about a MMV marketplace is a great one.

Let the MMV experts get paid. 8-)
by wsobeats
Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

Hey yeah Youtube is the one doing the crunching, not Magic. I remember now. As far the Bach template is concerned: I purchased the upgrade .... that opens up files in the MidiFile example but it doesn't show the Bach example. The guy who made that video said he copied your video example almost verba...
by wsobeats
Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

Ok, cool. Merry Xmas. Upgrading to Performer (lol). Before I asked U the same question I ask you every year, I read this : https://www.videomaker.com/article/c05/17034-encoding-youtube-videos-at-the-highest-quality Cuz I figure I would get the H264 upgrade as well while I'm at it. After I read it .....
by wsobeats
Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

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I thought that was the MidiFile example ... unfortunately I am getting the error above and that's why I can't work off the example.

How do I fix this ?
by wsobeats
Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

Re: Counter in secs / Bach template

Hello, Thanks for the counter info. The template used in this example . https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1916 I decided to help out and actually look up the template and not work from memory (lol) ..... I'm guessing this is the Bach.mid template? (after looking the exampl...
by wsobeats
Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate
Replies: 16
Views: 9404

counter in seconds / Bach TemPlate

Hi Eric, Is there a countdown timer available for display in a Magic video? Youtube counts a view as 30 secs. I'd like to include a countdown timer that introduces a discount offer after a time limit -- like the 30 sec mark or 45 sec mark. I'd like to work on ways to manipulate Youtubers to watch fo...
by wsobeats
Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:21 pm
Forum: User-Submitted Videos
Topic: Festival Set
Replies: 12
Views: 17456

Re: Festival Set

Personally I liked the variety of the waveform juxtaposed with everything else. Just my two cents. Hello Eric, I noticed that is on Youtube and using alot of the animations that used to be an issue on Youtube. Sometimes it's foggy, but sometimes it's super-clear. I don't know if its by design or st...
by wsobeats
Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: youtube crunching the video
Replies: 20
Views: 17158

Re: youtube crunching the video

Hello Eric,

I still use your program for every video. Just wondering if the changes made in the updates -- make this issue any more manageable?
by wsobeats
Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: youtube crunching the video
Replies: 20
Views: 17158

Re: youtube crunching the video

Ok. Ouch. Magic was my ticket to Youtube global dominance in the beat selling industry. So just to make sure I understand this correctly. It's the 30 frames per second that's the problem. Magic changes i.e. animation happens faster, lets say 60 fps and when you don't have that kind of resolution you...
by wsobeats
Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: youtube crunching the video
Replies: 20
Views: 17158

Re: youtube crunching the video

Hello Eric, I have uploaded 37 videos to Youtube before I decided to investigate the difference in quality between Magic and Youtube. Yesterday I went over every post on the subject (twice so I could understand it). Posting to Youtube is my bread and butter for the online beat selling game. I was co...
by wsobeats
Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits
Replies: 7
Views: 4464

Re: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits

Thanks again, bro. Never would have been able to figure that out without your help. Respect.
by wsobeats
Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits
Replies: 7
Views: 4464

Re: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits

I got this to work but for some reason the it starts at bottom half of the text file. Any suggestions? also, how do you control the speed of the scrolling?
by wsobeats
Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits
Replies: 7
Views: 4464

Re: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits

Many thanks. Bless U and your offspring.
by wsobeats
Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits
Replies: 7
Views: 4464

Re: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits

Hello, OK. thanks. But how do i make it scroll? I use the Transform module but I've never seen a scroll feature and I haven't been able to figure out how yet. Do I use one of the modifiers? If so, which one? And do I put that modifier on a text file? Thanks I'm assuming it has to do with rotating ar...
by wsobeats
Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rolling Horizontal Text Credits
Replies: 7
Views: 4464

Rolling Horizontal Text Credits

Hi,

Is there a way to do rolling horizontal credits in Magic? Similar to the movie credits that flow down the screen but instead they travel from left to right.
by wsobeats
Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5477

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

Hello, Thanks for your responses. Ok so I found out some stuff. Instagram video format : MP4 container and MOV container. Instagram video codecs: H.264, VP8 Aspect ratio : 1.91:1 for landscape and 4:5 for portrait. And u can always use square. The question now is how do I control those parameters in...
by wsobeats
Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5477

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

Maybe the question is how to transfer a .mp4 file to h.264 ?
by wsobeats
Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5477

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

Yeah .... though that would suck because 11 videos are already done. I'm thinking there is a better solution but I don't know it lol. In this day and age I can't be the first one posting Magic videos to Instagram.
by wsobeats
Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 3 first frames are black. Why?
Replies: 8
Views: 5477

Re: 3 first frames are black. Why?

Hello Eric, I searched for Instagram and this is the only post. I am doing videos as well that I upload to youtube using Magic and now I want to upload a 58 sec of those to Instagram. I understand using the png sequence option (if that is the solution) but after that I'm lost. So my question is what...
by wsobeats
Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Beginners Dj Setup to Use Magic Visuals (at college)
Replies: 6
Views: 4087

Re: A Beginners Dj Setup to Use Magic Visuals (at college)

Does your son have a projector? Besides a computer, it's probably the most important thing. He could probably get a used one for a good price. He has the computer. The projector is probably what I'm asking about. The size -- the cost --- what's the best style for a mobile DJ and do we just start lo...
by wsobeats
Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Beginners Dj Setup to Use Magic Visuals (at college)
Replies: 6
Views: 4087

A Beginners Dj Setup to Use Magic Visuals (at college)

Hello, My son is a sophomore at Penn State. He is a startup DJ. He has used the Magic program during the summer when he worked with my music production company. I told him if he wants to blow up on campus --- he needs to become the DJ with light show. He's in college so he's broke. What is an el che...
by wsobeats
Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files
Replies: 5
Views: 3800

Re: Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files

Yup here's where I described it a bit: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=678#p2997 also: https://magicmusicvisuals.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=738 Thanks Eric. I must say after wondering around the Internet in my niche your forum is light years away from everyone e...
by wsobeats
Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files
Replies: 5
Views: 3800

Is there any way to Use .png files instead of jpeg files

Hello, Is there any way to use .png files instead of jpeg files with this program? I am using a jpeg folder to bring in several images at once but the png files would work better because they would give more space for the effects to come thru ---- It would look more dynamic using .png files. Thanks
by wsobeats
Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: License issue
Replies: 1
Views: 2410

License issue

Hello, I sent an email to support but I figured I might as well ask here to save time, if this is the right section for it. I bought a few copies of magic on two different computers. One of them broke down recently and I need to get that license revoked (I have a laptop to use anyway). Is there anyt...
by wsobeats
Mon May 30, 2016 6:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there A fire Effect in Magic?
Replies: 17
Views: 13498

Is there A fire Effect in Magic?

Is there a fire effect in Magic? and if not how would i do a makeshift substitute?
by wsobeats
Tue May 24, 2016 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adding text to a scene
Replies: 8
Views: 5566

Re: Adding text to a scene

I am trying to overlay the text over an existing scene much the way you can overlay an image with your logo on an existing screen.


Duh .... Never mind ... figured it out ...
by wsobeats
Tue May 24, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adding text to a scene
Replies: 8
Views: 5566

Re: Adding text to a scene

yes I saw this text module but when I try to insert it by right-clicking on the arrow connecting the module the text module does not come up under special anymore. I am obviously missing something simple.
by wsobeats
Tue May 24, 2016 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adding text to a scene
Replies: 8
Views: 5566

Adding text to a scene

Hello,

Just trying to figure out how to add text to a scene so I can overlay titles at the beginning of my video ... Thanks