Project Files and Folders

Visibox automatically saves your Project as you work, so you don’t have to worry about losing your work. Additionally, Visibox automatically saves backups as you work, so if your Project file becomes corrupted, you can restore it quickly and easily. Visibox also has “undo” and “redo” functionality, so you can step back through your changes if you make a mistake.

On Macs, the Project data file and media files are kept in a self-contained Project file (.vsbx) that can be moved from one computer or drive to another. On Windows, the data file (.vsbp) and media files are stored together in a directory. To move a Windows Project to another computer or drive, you will need to copy the entire directory.

Note that Mac and Windows Projects are interchangeable, so you can move a Project from one platform to another without issue.

Setting Up Your Project

Visibox makes adding visuals to your live performance simple and intuitive. Visibox is not video editing software, but it does provide shortcuts that mean you won’t have to specially format videos before you use them. You may find alternative uses for the tools Visibox offers, but it was designed to add ambient, atmospheric visuals that play in the background to enhance the overall experience or heighten the emotional impact of your performance.

In this section, we’ll look at the process of putting your show together.

Gather your visuals

The first step is to gather video and/or images (that will show on the screen during each song. The following formats will play natively:

Video:

• MP4 / MPEG4 (mp4, m4v, mpeg, mpg, mpv, m4p)
• QuickTime (mov, qt)
• Ogg (ogg, ogv)
• WebM (webm)

Codecs: h.264, VP8, VP9, AV1, Theora

Video conversion: Visibox will attempt to convert video files with non-native formats and codecs into a native format so they can be used in your Project. If the file cannot be converted, an error will appear.

Images:

• JPEG (jpg, jpeg, pjpeg, pjp)
• PNG (png, apng)
• WebP (webp)
• GIF (gif)
• BMP (bmp)
• SVG (svg)

The videos you find may be in different resolutions or aspect ratios. That’s fine! Visibox will make them work.

Animated GIF files will be converted to video to optimize file size and allow for greater control.

Creating a new Project

Launch Visibox and create a new Project (File > New Project ⇧⌘N). All of the Clips you add to Songs will be stored along with the Project.

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Do not rearrange files

On Macs, the Project data file and media files are kept in a self-contained Project package file (.vsbx) that can be moved from one computer or drive to another. The package contents is not easily accessible, but it contains all of the media files you add to your Project.

On Windows, the data file (.vsbp) and media files are stored together in a directory. Do not rearrange the files in this directory – especially those in the “Files” subdirectory. You can can use Visibox’s “Cleanup Unused Files” function to delete unused media files, but do not delete or move files from the directory using Finder or Explorer. This may break your Project.

To move a Windows Project to another computer or drive, you will need to copy the entire directory.