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Best app for auto generating visuals/video to accompany IOS jams?
Hi all,
I routinely post my stuff to SoundCloud, but it occurs to me that I am missing a trick by not also publishing it to YouTube.
So I’d like to take the same approach to video as my music creation, that is, from a basis of not much skill, and using auto generation and visual fx as much as possible to create abstract, experimental ‘arty’ footage from collaged and sampled sources such as still images, sound-to-motion ‘screensavers’s, public domain films etc.
Can anyone suggest a suitable app, preferably capable of melding music and images in app in a single pass, and uploading direct to YouTube, or alternatively, that can quickly create footage that I can easily lay up against the music in iMovie?
I like the idea of being able to dial the level of my interaction up and down, from frame by frame manual composition all the way to ‘hit this button to render video’ idiot proof one shots.
For preference, I really don’t want to become a detailed video editor, just looking for an easy way to create some distracting/ entertaining visuals to justify posting to a visual medium, with some scope to tweak/intervene. All suggestions appreciated.
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There does seem to be a big of gap here, wonder if one of the clever audio devs could come up with a AUv3 app, it would make a killing
@NimboStratus : yes, maybe one of the wizards here could see it as a challenge... Or perhaps there is already something like it out there? This field is new to me so I have no idea...
A video equivalent of FotoDa https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fotoda/id1291121692 would be perfect, for example...
I love photoda but was mad when they recently added that huge water mark in upper left corner with an update. So I just crop around it or erase it with a photo tool.
Uzu is an amazing app. You can randomize everything (colors, background, grains, trail, grain size, etc....) or set everything just the way you want it, it responds to touch, or sound. It’s great for some stress relief but I could also see it being used to respond to sound for a video, or at least some b roll.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uzu-an-interactive-light-show/id376551723
There are a lot of great apps like this, with some crazy visuals, but uzu is my favorite.
There’s a bunch some better then others, here’s a few to give you an idea. No auv3 or anything but still cool nonetheless.
Music Paint
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/musicpaint/id1092932799
Ions
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ions/id414602147
Magical Rays
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magical-rays/id445795692
Lightning Art
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightning-art/id1070841457
Alchemist Rose for IPad
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alchemist-rose-for-ipad/id409785647
Some respond to touch, some sound, some both. Most of them are in the Entertainment category, and have names with words like... Particles, ions, visualizer, etc...
Triple A Touch Visualizer
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/triple-a-touch-visualizer/id967650266
Magic Fluids Lite
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magic-fluids-lite/id1437514764
Fluid Simulation
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fluid-simulation/id1443124993
Tempo - Music Video Maker does have a subscription though...
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tempo-music-video-maker/id1312830469
@Poppadocrock : thanks,I’ll check these out. (Well, all except the one with the subscription. Don’t do subscriptions, ever. )
@Poppadocrock
Fluid Simulations is really cool.
Thanks for the suggestions.
This has been discussed several times, just so you're aware, and some of the suggestions in previous threads are still valid.
Wizibel and Staella have been mentioned before.
I'm currently a fan of ISF (interactive shader format) and GLSL-based tools, but they require programming.
K Machine
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/k-machine-audio-visual-engine/id1095617380
Me neither. Like I don’t have enough with bills and credit cards, streaming, etc...
Found this
https://github.com/willianjusten/awesome-audio-visualization
And this one seems cool. Right in the browser I think.... gonna try now.
https://www.renderforest.com/music-visualisations
Wow that lastt one looks really cool and it seems to be all free. Render forest music visualizer, you pick a template, Insert your audio track, type in the song and artist name, pick a color, and get your visualizer within minutes. Well-suited for single/album promos, playlists, music videos, and other projects. Cherish and share the art of music with Radiant Music Waves Visualizer today!
Article 10 best music Visualizers
https://inspirationfeed.com/music-visualizers/
App - Project M - Music Visualizer is $2.99 with a 2.4 App Store rating
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/projectm-music-visualizer-and-media-player/id530922227
Online tool
https://videobolt.net/music-visualizer
This app is actually on sale, I don’t own it but it looks cool for making music videos...
Dat Mosh Deluxe - usually $4.99 on sale for $2.99
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/datamosh-deluxe/id1513854272
Hoping @giku_beepstreet develops the video module for dRambo that he has teased! Would be a popular IAP!
I think I'm gonna have to buy that one just on the strength of the freeking hilarious App Store description.
Really nice ! But it’s free for videos up to 1 minute
Lol.
Wasn’t sure. Thanks.
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Thanks all for your recommendations, this is a whole new world of app purchasing opening up before me. Oh dear...
I am currently really enjoying Glitch Art Studio which has an insane amount of filters and effects for cheap, ideal for the art house experimental flavour I am going for:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/glitch-art-studio-cam-effects/id1434795782. I am also using some motion effects from
Werble: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/werble-photo-video-animator/id966009633 and
Ions2+ https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ions-2/id1025193815, which does great touchscreen-interactive particle effects.
I am using my own photos, video clips, and mashups made in FotoDa:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fotoda/id1291121692
together with public domain movie clips from the Prelinger Archive, which I found out about here:
https://filmora.wondershare.com/video-editing-tips/best-websites-download-free-public-domain-footage.html.
Currently, I am assembling these in iMovie, and experimenting with the free open source CapCut editor/fx app:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/capcut/id1500855883
Though I have a sneaking feeling I might be having to drop thirty quid on Lumafusion
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lumafusion/id1062022008
if I want to do this at all efficiently.
What I haven’t found yet outside of iMovie is something which will read wav files direct from the Files app or AudioShare, and automatically do the old sound to video thing that used to be so popular as screen savers back in the day. Most of the apps that do this only seem to work with the iTunes library.
Story so far: a work in progress, though, @Poppadocrock @wim, I too had to get Dat Mosh Deluxe, just on the strength of that barking mad Store description. Let’s see if it can live up to it’s advertising...
I also couldn’t resist after reading the description. 😂
@Svetlovska , thanks for alerting me to Glitch Art Studio. I’ve been looking for a non-subscription app like this😀. Not sure how I missed it.
@Svetlovska and you'll should check out Lightricks apps. Okay they are subscription based (some have a one time purchase offer) BUT they are extremely generous how far you can take it without paying. Like the video editor: you can use three layers in the free app. They are very good and you can import your own music. I do have Lumafusion but uninstalled it because of space issues and usually Videoleap does what I want without fuzz. Motionleap let's you animate photos (also have music import). Their newest app is called Beatleap and are aimed for quick mix of video clips. Not sure about it but again, you can import your own songs. Support do get back to you even if not always carry out your wishes (I want a bitrate setting)
It's the only subscription apps I have and/but I'm not saying they're worth it, no app are.
Edit: Videoleap can only import video so you have to make a video of your song first if you have separate audio. There's a fast reliable app for that called A2V. Sorry bout the misinfo.
@Shabudua : yep, the more I dig into Glitch Art Studio the more I realise what it can do. Very powerful, for a small one off purchase. (So many of these other apps either want a subscription, or loads of IAPs to get to the good stuff.) It’s going to keep me busy mangling vids to support my tracks for some time to come, I think.