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Quartz Composer is a visual programming language provided as part of the Xcode development environment in Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" for processing and rendering graphical data.

Quartz Composer uses OpenGL, Core Image, Core Video, and other technologies to build an API and a developer tool around a simple visual programming paradigm. Apple has embedded Quartz Composer deeply into the operating system. Compositions created in Quartz Composer can be played standalone in any QuickTime-aware application (although only on Mac OS X v10.4), from inside the Quartz Composer application or can be embedded into a Cocoa or Carbon application. Because Quartz Composer makes extensive usage of hardware acceleration and pixel shaders, it is recommended to have a recent graphics card with at least 32MB of VRAM.

Quartz Composer has many similarities to Max/MSP although its primary usage is for graphical rather than audio processing. The ability to construct interactive video compositions that react to audio or MIDI signals but which can be played from any QuickTime aware application has caused a great deal of interest in Quartz Composer from VJs.

Pierre-Olivier Latour originally developed the predecessor to Quartz Composer under the name PixelShox Studio.

QC Examples

Documentation, Tutorials and Samples

Creative commons licensed VJ mixer created with Quartz Composer
Extra patches and information on how to create your own
Experiments by Momo the Monster
Thoughts on developing with Quartz Composer

Resources

a Safari / Dashboard plugin

QC in 3rd Party Applications

Make your quartz composer creations available as Visual Effects Plugins in Avid non linear editing systems.
Create striking animations using videos, images and text from your iDive catalog using Mosaic, iDive's Quartz-Composer-powered animation module.
is an iTunes Plug-In that plays Quartz Compositions in iTunes.

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