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- Fri Dec 20, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Any chance of introducing a pngfolder
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18063
Re: Any chance of introducing a pngfolder
+1 for alpha images
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oscilloscope fully in Magic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21417
Re: Oscilloscope fully in Magic
Found this post incredibly useful !! THANK YOU! ... You're welcome! It's by far my favourite effect. Thanks for the thanks! :D 377 downloads and yours is the first in seven years! I really like your mix. I'm going to find it (and your other podcasts) a very inspiring source of audio when I'm workin...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: mp4 audio quality settings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27394
Re: mp4 audio quality settings
#!/bin/bash OIFS="$IFS" && \ IFS=$'\n' && \ ffmpeg -i $1 -i $2 -c:v copy -map 0:v:0 -c:a copy -map 1:a:0 $3 IFS="$OIFS" I use this script to replace the audio track from Magic's mp4 output file with the raw audio compressed to flac format. reflace.sh magic-output...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oscilloscope fully in Magic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21417
Re: Oscilloscope fully in Magic
Found this post incredibly useful !! THANK YOU!
I borrowed the oscilloscope code to create a video for my latest mix:
I borrowed the oscilloscope code to create a video for my latest mix:
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crash with 4.5 hour audio file
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20515
Re: crash with 4.5 hour audio file
I thought the 65mb mp3 would fit into memory just fine. But, nope!
Loading it, not into memory, solved the issue. TY!
Loading it, not into memory, solved the issue. TY!
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crash with 4.5 hour audio file
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20515
crash with 4.5 hour audio file
I tried to load a 4.5 hour audio file in Magic as an input source and it crashes every time. :cry: The same holds true for flac, wav, and even a 65mb 32k bitrate mp3 file. The crash dump was too large to post here, so I put it here : https://pastebin.com/raw/VyYG76W2 :!: Also, I didn't realize that ...
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:06 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: 360 Panorama Photos!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 45280
Re: 360 Panorama Photos!
I've tried the ISF plugin as mentioned here, looks awesome... but, I'm curious how I can load an actual cubemap into an ISF like this one from shadertoy? https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ld3SDl
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Graphical "MIDI" Timeline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23817
Re: Graphical "MIDI" Timeline
Aye, I am aware of having MIDI parameter control in Performer... but this is only for live performances.
Being able to produce a video as if producing a song by being able to save the midi performances to graphical timelines that can be edited is what I am after.
Being able to produce a video as if producing a song by being able to save the midi performances to graphical timelines that can be edited is what I am after.
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: FLAC in FLAC out
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19177
FLAC in FLAC out
I'd love to be able to use the raw audio I input directly in the Magic output video. For example, I use a FLAC file as the input audio, place that FLAC directly inside of the mp4 container Magic renders. At the moment, post-processing involves swapping out the AAC audio for the original FLAC like th...
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Graphical "MIDI" Timeline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23817
Graphical "MIDI" Timeline
So, if you've ever worked with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you are probably familiar with the concept of MIDI and recording MIDI parameters across a timeline. As I use Magic more, I think of how the process may benefit from having a similar capability of recording and playing back module param...
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: x264 versus x264 422
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7384
Re: x264 versus x264 422
Ahh, thanks. Part of what I was missing is that the basic non-422 x264 output is in fact 4:2:0. I understand chroma-subsampling and the page you shared has some great visual examples of the errata that arise from using different formats. I too was also wondering how/and/or/if Magic could output 10bi...
- Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: x264 versus x264 422
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7384
x264 versus x264 422
I'm a bit unclear what the latter offers, does switching upgrade from 8bit to 10bit color depth?
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When might the next version of Magic Visualizer be released?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12938
Re: When might the next version of Magic Visualizer be relea
Not discussing new features like a graphical timeline b/c it's already been decided to include this feature?Magic wrote:Yes, we are working on v3. We aren't discussing the new features yet. I don't have a release date either.

- Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16502
Re: Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
Also, 2 hour audio clips load w/o crashing Magic now that they are not loaded into memory apparently. I'm all sorted out 

- Sat Jan 14, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16502
Re: Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
I removed the custom ISF folder I had Magic pointed to and also rebooted. Things seem to be back to normal. It was no exaggeration with 5 minutes, I literally timed it to around 5m30s to startup previously. Not sure why, but it now scans the same custom ISF folder and starts up almost immediately. :?
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:55 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 48257
Re: Drum and Bass - Are you ready?
My first thought... there's no way this was done entirely in Magic. But, after reading the replies, I was thoroughly amazed to find out that it was!
Incredibly crafty!
Incredibly crafty!
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Whoizz & Denace 2 Society - Base Street (Extended)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24711
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16502
Magic takes about 5 minutes to load
I launch the app from my dock and the app window won't appear for approximately 5 minutes after I launched it. Not sure what is causing the sluggishness. Relatedly, I have recently tried to load a flac audio file about 90 minutes in length and each time I add it to Magic, the app completely crashes....
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:17 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Visual Indicator of error in scene
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15482
Visual Indicator of error in scene
I've a project w/ north of 100 scenes in it. However, when I launch Magic and open this project, I get about 15 errors. The problem is that I don't know which scenes contain the errors and tracking them down would be awfully time consuming. My proposal: add a small red X next to the scene's name to ...
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Visual Indicator of Scenes with Errors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9420
Re: Visual Indicator of Scenes with Errors
...not the best place for FEATURE REQUESTS ?
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Visual Indicator of Scenes with Errors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9420
Visual Indicator of Scenes with Errors
I've a project w/ north of 100 scenes in it. However, when I launch Magic and open this project, I get about 15 errors. The problem is that I don't know which scenes contain the errors and tracking them down would be awfully time consuming. My proposal: add a small red X next to the scene's name to ...
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:54 am
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Lemna - Diffuse Reflection
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16395
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:13 am
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Rest in Peace Vangelis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9267
Re: Rest in Peace Vangelis
Sadler wrote:I've seen things you wouldn't believe

- Wed May 25, 2022 5:25 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: FFT Color Lines and Spectrum need granularity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20480
Re: FFT Color Lines and Spectrum need granularity
Thank you kindly, sir! Both of these methods offer nice results. To create a spectrum with a custom number of lines, use the Iterator module. For examples, see the sample project called IteratorSpectrumExamples.magic. Because of the (different) way in which an FFT generates a spectrum, the number of...
- Wed May 25, 2022 2:07 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Rest in Peace Vangelis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9267
- Thu May 12, 2022 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to make 3D receding dancing gridlines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4755
How to make 3D receding dancing gridlines
Can anyone suggest how to accomplish something similar to this in Magic or the technique involved?
- Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:35 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: TIKTOK TEHK KUT
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16186
TIKTOK TEHK KUT
Can't embed Tok's on this forum, so here's a link:
https://www.tiktok.com/@tehk317/video/7 ... _webapp=v1
https://www.tiktok.com/@tehk317/video/7 ... _webapp=v1
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sound Sources
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5025
Re: Sound Sources

- Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sound Sources
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5025
Sound Sources
Any idea why Magic can only select one of my available sound inputs? I've other soundcards, and virtual devices that I'd like to use instead... but I cannot select them in Magic:
https://i.imgur.com/zoZ1wP3.png
https://i.imgur.com/zoZ1wP3.png
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 3:35 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Deep Fiery Dubstep
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15012
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:16 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: VideoFile looping transitions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18004
Re: VideoFile looping transitions
I hear what you're saying. I was just thinking that if/when a cross dissolve was enabled that Magic would simply open another instance of the VideoFile module as well as add a layered blend module (both would be hidden and in the background) and then it would just have to mange the timing of the two...
- Sat Mar 12, 2022 4:04 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Test your subwoofers with this tune
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14941
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:22 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: VideoFile looping transitions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18004
VideoFile looping transitions
It would be nice to have a "Cross Dissolve" transition with a variable 0.000 -> 1.000 overlap for looping video files. Currently, when a video is not made specifically for looping, you get a hard cut at the loop point. Adding a simple cross dissolve transition (the default transition in Fi...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:10 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: FelixTheRedCat - Ritual -- TEHK KUT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6128
Re: FelixTheRedCat - Ritual -- TEHK KUT
TY!Sadler wrote:Great snap on those waves - love it. Very tight.
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Faib - Secret of Moths Ash -- TEHK KUT
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14803
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:37 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: FelixTheRedCat - Ritual -- TEHK KUT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6128
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:12 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Deep Techno set visualized by Magic
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15231
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:50 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Hope you enjoy this....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11502
Re: Hope you enjoy this....
Hi, I produce music under the alias function(renderDream). I've been writing music for years, but only recently started creating videos for my tracks. My most recent track features visuals generated entirely within Magic, using Creative Commons custom shaders found on the 'net. All scenes are rende...
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Some more shader experiments
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8974
Re: Some more shader experiments
Is there a tutorial somewhere on how you are fading between the various shaders in Magic? I suspect this is achieved with playlists, but also, you could be setting keyframes somehow to morph the variables in each shader.
Overall, very cool and inspiring!
Overall, very cool and inspiring!
- Sat May 08, 2021 1:39 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: FFT Color Lines and Spectrum need granularity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20480
FFT Color Lines and Spectrum need granularity
Both the FFT Color Lines and the Spectrum modules would benefit from an option to specify the number of lines each module generates. Currently, they both seem to be fixed at 10 lines. I would love this to be an integer option that I can change from 1-3840 (@4K resolution ~ 1 line per pixel). Thoughts?
- Sun May 02, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to debug GLSL shaders in Magic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4993
Re: How to debug GLSL shaders in Magic
Thank you!

- Sun May 02, 2021 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to debug GLSL shaders in Magic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4993
How to debug GLSL shaders in Magic
Is there someway to open a shader log window that shows what error messages are being encountered as the shader is being rendered?
It would go a long way towards making it easier to port a shader into Magic if there was...
It would go a long way towards making it easier to port a shader into Magic if there was...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3D Oscilloscope
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4268
Re: 3D Oscilloscope
If you imagine that it is on the z-axis floating above the grid... it could be.Eric wrote:That oscilloscope doesn’t really look 3D to me...?
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3D Oscilloscope
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4268
3D Oscilloscope
https://i.imgur.com/kEEtoJt.jpg
Would it be possible to create a circular oscilloscope rotated 3D on the Z-axis to look something like this album cover?
Would it be possible to create a circular oscilloscope rotated 3D on the Z-axis to look something like this album cover?
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:32 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: Chill Deep Dubstep Mix
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5882
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3D Models in Magic
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5654
Re: 3D Models in Magic
Thanks for the suggestions. It doesn't appear that I can import the glTF model and the only choice I have is to use the Poly (.ply file). However, it doesn't show anything when I add a Geometry model and choose the ply file. I've tried using different background colors thinking it was rendered as th...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3D Models in Magic
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5654
3D Models in Magic
This is kind of a 3D noob questions, but here goes: Is it possible to import 3D models into Magic and automate the movement of the camera around a scene? I'd like to use something like this from SketchFab: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/need-some-space-d6521362b37b48e3a82bce4911409303 Think it woul...
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:59 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: deep dubstep mix :: one4T - Grey
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6933
Re: deep dubstep mix :: one4T - Grey
That was sort of the idea to mimic the mood created by the music.
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 1:10 am
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: deep dubstep mix :: one4T - Grey
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6933
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: converting an awesome shadertoy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6315
Re: converting an awesome shadertoy
Thank you !!!
I guess comments in shaders are interpreted literally by Magic which is kinda weird.
Also, uniform must be a semantic keyword / reserved word?
I really need to get beyond level one in GLSL so I can hack together effects more easily.
I guess comments in shaders are interpreted literally by Magic which is kinda weird.
Also, uniform must be a semantic keyword / reserved word?
I really need to get beyond level one in GLSL so I can hack together effects more easily.
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: converting an awesome shadertoy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6315
converting an awesome shadertoy
I'm new to GLSL, so I don't really even know where to get started on importing a shader like this into Magic :
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3l23Rh
Simply taking the shadertoy into a text file and loading it in Magic is guaranteed to crash the app entirely.
Any help would be much appreciated.
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/3l23Rh
Simply taking the shadertoy into a text file and loading it in Magic is guaranteed to crash the app entirely.
Any help would be much appreciated.
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Linux
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9933
Re: Linux
@Eric any change of plans in the last 5 years? Supporting Debian Linux would be a huge win for Magic now that all Chromebooks come with a Debian Linux distro (Crostini) built in an optimized by Google.
- Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HOW TO? Help, please.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6306
Re: HOW TO? Help, please.
@artnik I understand artists that slave away for many hours may not be willing to give away their work for free. However, I still think it would be beneficial to have a curated git repository that people can contribute towards if interested. @Eric I found those two posts MOST helpful and after readi...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HOW TO? Help, please.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6306
HOW TO? Help, please.
I'm wondering how to make a video like this using Magic.
Is there a starter project file I can download and then just swap out the media (images) ?
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:31 pm
- Forum: User-Submitted Videos
- Topic: triune_one
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5149
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:38 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Advanced Export Settings for Audio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7238
Re: Advanced Export Settings for Audio
Actually, I let Magic do the export on a remote desktop Mac Pro (in my closet) that has no audio gear (or monitor) hooked up. I'll look into whether I can up the sampling frequency on that machine for now. Thanks for the info. Also, as far as ffmpeg is concerned... you could just let macOS users do ...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:13 pm
- Forum: Feature Requests
- Topic: Advanced Export Settings for Audio
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7238
Advanced Export Settings for Audio
I can see from ffprobe that the audio in an exported Magic video comes out in this format: Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 189 kb/s (default) But, I record a lot of my stuff in 48khz or 96khz and either 16 or 24 bit. What this means is that Magic is dow...