Visualizers tutorials
Novus Visualizers tutorials
The definitive, step-by-step guides for Novus Visualizers — from your first export to layers, beat-sync, the audio engine, captions, and common release tasks. These cover the essentials as general guidance; the app itself holds a deeper, always-current library, and you can see every tool on the tool map.
Novus Visualizers
Editing & layersWorking with layers in Novus Visualizers (and which combinations work best)
Stack ordered reactive layers with blend controls to build depth — a calm background engine, a sharp foreground, accents, and text — and learn the layer combinations that read well instead of turning to mush.
7 min · IntermediateStart
Editing & layersText, titles, and on-device AI captions in Novus Visualizers
Add a title and artist, choose fonts and animation styles, and turn audio into captions with on-device Whisper transcription and per-word timing — without your audio ever leaving the browser.
6 min · IntermediateStart
Editing & layersBest visualizer styles by genre
Which engines and modes tend to fit which genres — from hip-hop and EDM to lo-fi, rock, ambient, and classical — so you can pick an engine and mode that already feels right for your track.
7 min · BeginnerStart
Editing & layersColor & theme design for visualizers
Color is the fastest way to set a mood and match your release art. How to use the nine themes and per-element color control to design a look that feels intentional instead of default.
6 min · BeginnerStart
Editing & layersThe brand kit: a consistent look across releases
Recognizable artists look the same release after release. How to use the brand kit to save your colors, fonts, and logo so every visualizer, cover, and overlay shares one identity — without redoing the work each time.
5 min · BeginnerStart
Editing & layersIntros, outros & animated logos
A short branded intro and outro turns a loop into a finished video. How to add an animated logo, an intro card, and an end screen that drives follows and saves — without padding the runtime.
5 min · BeginnerStart
Editing & layersSaving a project you can reuse across tracks
Once you have dialed in a look you love, save it as a project so every future track starts there. How to build, save, and reopen a saved document for a fast, consistent production line.
6 min · IntermediateStart
Editing & layersWorking with depth and 3D modes
Depth is not a separate engine — it lives inside specific modes. How to use the 3D modes — Bars 3D Columns, Spectrum Spectral Mesh, Waveform 3D Surface, Character Motion 3D Performer, and the Tunnel corridor and tube modes — plus the camera and depth controls that make them sing.
7 min · IntermediateStart
Editing & layersCinematic effects and finishing touches
The post-processing layer that separates a polished visualizer from a raw one — vignette, film grain, and chromatic aberration, plus the drift reaction — and how to use them without overdoing it.
5 min · IntermediateStart
Editing & layersBrowsing the engines and modes in Novus Visualizers
Every visualizer starts from one of nine engines, each with six modes — 54 in total. Learn what each engine does, how to pick a mode that matches your track, and how depth lives inside specific modes rather than as a separate setting.
6 min · BeginnerStart
Editing & layersClassic Editor vs Studio Workstation: which to use when
Novus Visualizers has two editors over one saved document and one renderer: the guided Classic Editor and the direct-manipulation Studio Workstation. Learn what each is best at and when to switch.
6 min · IntermediateStart