OK, I worked out that with a combination of the Rendering Destination Patch and a String Length Patch I could dynamically set the size of the font based on the string length and it would always wrap to the size of the display. Nice!
If anyone with more experience of Music Visualizer compositions can advise as to whether I can adapt my composition to function in the same way as the current one but without using iVisualize I'd be pleased to hear about it, but this will do for me for now... Thanks again for your help. Nick
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On 6 May 2013, at 20:12, nick <nickharam...@me.com> wrote: > OK, thanks Achim. I will try that. It sounds like I have to wrap the text > rather than resize it. As the text has to fit in a smallish area I was > hoping to resize it, but if wrapping is the only option I will work around > this. > > Nick > > On 6 May 2013, at 19:56, Achim Breidenbach <ac...@boinx.com> wrote: > >> Hello Nick, >> >> 1. I am sorry, I don't have experience with iTunes and/or iVisualize. >> 2. You would rather set the "Image Width" parameter of the Image With String >> patch to control the running width of your text. If its going to exceed a >> certain width, it will wrap to the next line automatically. Get a "Rendering >> Destination Dimensions" patch to retrieve the current rendering environment >> parameters. >> >> best, >> >> Achim Breidenbach >> Boinx Software Ltd. >> >> On 06.05.2013, at 20:23, nick wrote: >> >>> Many thanks Achim - your JS patch works fine. I have a couple more >>> questions if that's OK: >>> >>> 1. Do you think that what I am trying to achieve could be achieved with a >>> Music Visualizer composition, so that I could bypass iVisualize and run >>> iTunes in 64 bit mode? >>> >>> 2. In the billboard patch that handles the track information do you think >>> it is possible to dynamically set the size of the text to fit the width of >>> the screen if the text exceeds this width? At the moment for >>> tracks/artists with long names the text is running off the edge of the >>> screen. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> On 6 May 2013, at 15:03, Achim Breidenbach <ac...@boinx.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Nick, >>>> >>>> please find attached your slideshow with the exchanged JavaScript Patch. I >>>> didn't tested it, thought. Hopefully it will give you an idea how this >>>> JavaScript patch works and you may be able to fix any problems that may >>>> occur with it by yourself. >>>> >>>> best, >>>> >>>> Achim Breidenbach >>>> Boinx Software Ltd. >>>> >>>> <Nick Slideshow (Achim).qtz> >>>> >>>> On 03.05.2013, at 23:09, nick wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Achim, and to others for their responses. I now have the >>>>> composition/visualisation working again. Changing the loop mode on the >>>>> interpolation patches to 'none' did the job. I am wondering if I should >>>>> change the JavaScript patch while I'm at it though, but I'm not sure how >>>>> to go about this. This is the only composition I have ever created and >>>>> it was done a good while ago, hence my uncertainty. I can see that there >>>>> is a JS patch in the Library, but it only has two inputs and one output. >>>>> Are you suggesting I use this and alter the JS code for my purposes? If >>>>> so, I think this may be beyond me! >>>>> >>>>> I have further questions about whether there is a way of using the >>>>> composition without iVisualize, but this can wait until the JS issue is >>>>> sorted. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again, >>>>> >>>>> Nick >>>>> >>>>> On 3 May 2013, at 15:13, Michael Neuman <michaelneu...@eleveninc.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Earlier versions of iTunes always published the info, now I think you >>>>>> need to have it open with the visualizer on (cmd-T). I use a QC >>>>>> visualizer comp with the sprites/ billboards removed. >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 3, 2013, at 6:59 AM, George Toledo <gtole...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In some iterations of OS X it has been possible to start iTunes and QC, >>>>>>> and while working on a music visualizer, I receive info from iTunes >>>>>>> while it's running. 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