What every panel in the Novus editor does — audio, reactivity, engine parameters, colors, text, assets, layers and export — so nothing feels like a mystery.
Before you start
The editor packs a lot into one screen. The good news: it is organized into collapsible sections, and you only ever need a handful for any given video. Here is what each one is for, roughly top to bottom.
Where you load your track (drag-and-drop or Select File, up to 200 MB). It also holds a collapsible Audio Library section so you can swap in a copyright-free song without leaving your project. Loading audio auto-connects the engine's frequency reactivity.
Open by default. This is the how it moves panel: Frequency Focus, Response Style, the Reactivity slider, Pulse/Burst intensity, and the beat-driven Frame motion group. Small changes here dramatically change the feel — the Tune Audio Reactivity tutorial is dedicated to it.
The sliders specific to your current engine — color pickers, speed, density, and a Sensitivity control on most engines. Every engine exposes a different set here, which is what makes each family distinct.
Nine one-click palette presets (Neon, Sunset, Ocean, Midnight, Forest, Gold, Plasma, Rose, Arctic) that push a coordinated color scheme across the entire scene. The quickest way to restyle a template. Covered in depth in Recolor Your Visualizer.
Text Overlay holds your Song Title, Artist Name and an optional Tagline, with size and position controls. Visual Assets handles image uploads — Background, Logo (top-right by default), Underlay and Overlay, each with blend mode and opacity. Uploading into a slot switches its layer on automatically. Branding is covered in Add Titles, Artist Text & a Logo.
Your layer switchboard: one-click On/Off for Background Image, Logo, Overlay Image, Song Title Text, Author Text, Intro/Outro templates, plus effect toggles like Particle Effects, Bloom/Glow and Captions/Lyrics. When a preview feels cluttered, this is where you simplify — toggle layers off while you tune, then back on before export.
Beyond the everyday sections, Beat FX applies coordinated beat-reaction presets in one click, Captions holds the synced-lyric workflow (with on-device AI transcription), and Intro & Outro adds title cards around your video. The deeper visual dials — geometry shape, twist, fog, glow, motion echo, chromatic aberration — all live inside Engine Parameters, so there is one place to push an engine further. See Pick & Switch Engines and Modes.
The finish line: Shape (aspect ratio), Quality (1080p/1440p/4K), Frame Rate (24/30/60) and Format (MP4/WebM), plus a summary card showing the exact pixel frame and duration. Pressing Export opens a review dialog before the render. Full detail in Export Settings Explained.
You will not use all of it every time
A great video often needs just four sections: Audio File, Theme & Colors, Text Overlay, and Export Settings. Learn those first; reach for the rest when a specific video calls for it.
Ready to try it?
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