Audio visualization

[ryan3d]

Is there a plug in or anything so I could make a visualization(eg Winamp)? I want to re-create a visualization of sound......basically make an audio waveform without having to actually Make it by hand....

[dlm]

Hi,

Here is a technique you can try.

Create a transparent layer and apply a paint operator to the layer.

In the paint operator, draw a straight line from left to right on your screen. Ensure that the points of the line stretch well beyond the borders of the screen. Now select the paint stroke and apply a crumple filter.

Set your amplitude to the designed height of the waveform and bring your Horizontal scale down to about 20%.

Animate the timeslice value. For 50 frames I animated the value from 0 to 70 points accordingly. This gives me a nice looking active waveform...

Regards
Grant

Discreet UK

[ryan3d]

I tried your idea and its working fine but the thing is this, when i extend the paint stroke way past the edges of the composite it cuts off the stroke at the edge even though the actual stroke is super long, so when I add the crumple the Line is only as long(wide) as the composite window and after the crumple is added it distorts it and you can see both ends of the line in the window, when you really need it to extend past.......I dunno im gonna try some stuff before i get too miffed......