76. Add a Third-Party VisualizerBEFORE YOU BEGIN 38 Use the iTunes Visualizer iTunes comes with a Visualizer whose shifting shapes present such an ever-changing array of eye candy that you might never get tired of it. However, millions of people out there are using iTunes now, and their tastes in eye candy vary. Many third-party shareware software developers have created visualizers of their own which are packaged as plug-ins , or small encapsulated pieces of software that can be easily added to iTunes to enhance its capabilities. This task shows how you can add a third-party visualizer to iTunes using as an example G-Force by Andy O'Meara, the visualizer on which the default iTunes Visualizer was based, and which has developed many of its own distinctive behaviors and features over the years . Many iTunes' users prefer G-Force's vaster array of unique and surprising effects over iTunes' more subdued ones. WEB RESOURCES http://www.soundspectrum.com/ Home of G-Force, the most popular third-party visualizer plug-in for iTunes and other music players. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes The Apple Downloads site has links to many third-party visualizers, as well as other useful iTunes plug-ins. Note that not all software featured at this site is available for both Mac and Windows.
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