What you will see
The tutorial follows one song from start to finish in the native Mac app, filmed on Creators Edition. English captions are available in the player. Playback starts only when you choose Play.
For written instructions, follow the soundtrack-to-video guide, learn about beat-aligned Studio cards, or compare export shapes and dimensions.
Tutorial transcript
This is PulseCanvas Studio, Creators edition. It's the free download for Mac with the full effects library. Let's turn a song into a music video.
Your music. Start with the music. Press Play, scrub to any moment, and leave Loop on while you explore. To use your own song, click Replace audio.
The full library. Open Library for everything: our own visualizers, plus thousands of effects from the projectM library. Search by name, creator or folder, pick a category and subfolder, and tap the heart to save a favorite. Surprise me picks from your results.
Keep your favorites. Back up favorites saves your hearts to a file you can take to another Mac, and the app keeps its own daily backup too.
Make it yours. Visual style works on every effect. Pick a palette, set motion and zoom speed, and use Chaos to decide how hard it hits on the beat. The dice randomizes the style, and Reset brings it back.
Build the sequence. In Studio, PulseCanvas finds the beat and splits your song into sections. Pick any effect, or one of your favorites, for each section, set its bars, and Randomize timeline when you want a fresh mix.
Radio. Radio plays music and visuals on shuffle. Heart a song to keep it, and your favorite songs play first, with your favorite visualizers leading each one. Find saved songs in Library, under Favorite songs.
Watch it big. Click Present for full screen. Space pauses, and Escape takes you back.
Save your video. In Project settings, choose wide, landscape, portrait, phone or square, up to 4K. Save video renders every frame with your full soundtrack, and Show in Finder takes you to your MP4.
Save project keeps your timeline and settings for next time. PulseCanvas Studio is free to download, and its source is available on GitHub.
