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Why “Atmosphere”?
“Atmosphere” is the name of the app’s background—a feature that slowly and continuously changes colors. You can select a new gradient animation in the menu and let it run as a beautiful, living color field.
Back in the 90s, I made a Flash website for my good friend Veronique. One of my favorite aspects of her site was a small program I wrote to make it feel like it was “breathing.” At the time, I noticed many photographer sites looked so… frozen. I wanted to create an atmospherefor her beautiful photographs to exist in.
I brought that concept back for Visual Ambient and will likely create many variations over time. It’s perfect for those late-night moments when I have insomnia. (LOL.)
Viewing Films
Navigate to a collection and click on a film. The app will play the artwork in full-screen mode on a continuous loop. Click again, and the options menu will appear. Based on your subscription, you’ll see:
• Items available to you
• An option to close the menu
• An option to go back to the collections screen
Favorites
If you see “Favorites” in the main menu, you can select (or unselect) a film as a favorite. Right now, you can only do this while a film is playing—just use the options modal. Once you’ve marked a favorite or two, they’ll appear on the Favorites screen.
How do I get to a film’s options modal?
Ah, click on a film while it is playing. Easy peasy.
Darkness Adjustment
If you see an option to change brightness/ darkness in “Settings” or while watching a film, you can dim your screen directly in the app. I added this because, late at night, I really don’t want to hunt for the TV remote. (Same, right?)
However, the app can’t make the screen brighter than the device allows—it only dims from the current brightness. Just sayin’.
Account
Your subscription is handled by Apple and follows their standard terms. If you unsubscribe, you’ll still have access until the end of your current billing period (month).
Subscription Levels
• Free (free.99):
On first install, you’ll have access to a single movie in every collection, as well as Visual Ambient’s Atmosphere—a calming animation of color movement that serves as the app’s background.
• Subscriber ($1.99/month):
For a small monthly cost, you’ll have:
• Access to all content
• The ability to set favorite films
• Brightness controls within the app
• Family sharing with no extra charge
• Satisfaction that you are directly supporting working artists
More Help?
If you:
- have other questions
- feature suggestions
- are an artist and want to contribute to the project
contact me through this contact form: https://www.zvkifa.com/contact-us
Thanks
– John Zavocki