Studio

Studio

The studio is a single window: controls on the left, live preview on the right, transport along the bottom.

Starter looks

Six looks ship in the left column. Click one to load a full setup (mode, style, color, placement, aspect).

Night Drive · Live Session · Vinyl · After Hours · Neon Rain · Broadcast

Shuffle still randomizes. S saves the current frame as a PNG. The last look and file folders are remembered in ~/.config/renderbolt/.

Modes and styles

Toggle 2D or 3D, then pick a look:

Style	2D	3D
Waveform	Flat ribbon of the time-domain signal	Connected mesh with depth
EQ	Vertical bars	Prism bars receding in Z
Circular	Polar ring	Halo / orbit
Liquid	Flowing waves	Terrain that rolls with the bass

Color

Presets (Rose, Ice, Ember, and the rest) are saturated on purpose so they survive lighting. You can also:

• Pick a custom color from the square palette
• Set a base → tip gradient (dark blue into light pink, etc.)
• Pulse hue with the beat

If a color looks washed out in the preview, check that you actually selected the chip — the engine uses the base/tip pair, not a leftover white default.

Placement

The visualizer is not glued to the bottom of the frame.

• X / Y — put it anywhere on the canvas
• Rotation — full 360°
• Stretch — longer/shorter, taller/thinner
• Mirror — flip the geometry

Camera tilt (3D) is separate from that placement. Tilt is the isometric angle of the virtual camera.

Frame

Control	Options
Aspect	16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1
Resolution	720p · 1080p · 4K
Frame rate	24 · 30 · 60
Titles	Top or bottom, optional scale
Fade	In / out, in seconds
Look	Glow, vignette, grain, sensitivity

The background still bounces on the beat, with the edges fading as it moves toward or away from the camera.

Shortcuts

Key	Action
Space	Play / pause
G	Generate MP4
R	Shuffle look
← →	Seek 2 seconds
Home	Restart
Ctrl+O	Open audio
Ctrl+I	Open background
S	Save current frame (PNG)

Looks can be saved and reloaded. Shuffle is the fastest way to find a starting point you did not know you wanted.