Virtual CDs
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You're running iTunes and you've got the visualization thing going. You step through the installed visualizations and let's face it: they are all (pretty much) variations on swirling wispy dancing blobs of colored light; and that's fine. Not knocking it.
Now, imagine you're listening to an actual physical CD, you're holding the CD case in your hand. You're flipping it over, looking at the artwork, reading the booklet...
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iVisualize is a plugin for iTunes. It manages an included suite of visualizations that focus on that virtual CD case metaphor. It taps into the Quartz Composer engine that's part and parcel of Tiger (the same engine that drives Front Row so well), giving you that whole shiny table / leisurely flips / reflected surfaces experience.
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A handful of visualizations are included with the package; it installs into iTunes with a simple double-click so you don't need to go into the library to drop files. Go back to the site and choose from additional visualizations (there's also an RSS feed for new additions), and after downloading, they too install with a simple double click.
Mmm. The whole classy shiny reflective experience, without the fingerprints...