Brief introduction to Quartz Composer

A brief introduction to Quartz Composer, as given to my Digital Product Design class at Shenkar College of Design.

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1. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Hello. Wednesday, November 7, 12
2. Quartz Composer a brief introduction to Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
3. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
4. a node based visual language for mixing image, graphics, video, audio, code & other media. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Quartz Composer is Wednesday, November 7, 12
5. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
6. free. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Quartz Composer is Wednesday, November 7, 12
7. very satisfying, because you get rapid, beautiful results. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Quartz Composer is Wednesday, November 7, 12
8. Quartz Composer files are called ‘compositions’ They are saved in .qtz files. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
9. These files are quite useful in OS X. They’re used as: Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
10. 1. Screen Savers, 2. iTunes visualizers, 3. Keynote plugins & more. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
11. * They are also playable on any Mac, (without installing Quartz Composer), with QuickTime Player. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
12. Basics Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
13. Patches Basics Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Each composition is made of Wednesday, November 7, 12
14. There are 3 types of patches: Basics Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
15. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com 1. Providers supply data from outside sources to a composition (audio input, video input, keyboard, mouse, Apple Remote, etc.) 3 types of patches Wednesday, November 7, 12
16. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com 2. Processors process inputs and output results. (image filters, audio filters, etc.) 3 types of patches Wednesday, November 7, 12
17. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com 3. Consumers render results to a destination (such as the screen) (Billboard displays images, Cube draws a cube, Particle System, etc.) 3 types of patches Wednesday, November 7, 12
18. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Provider Processor Consumer Wednesday, November 7, 12
19. Let’s build some compositions Getting started Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
20. 1. Cube + Image + Keyboard Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
21. 2. Audio input Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
22. 3. Video input Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
23. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com I used Quartz Composer to create an interactive poster. Introduction Wednesday, November 7, 12
24. Using .qtz files Getting started Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
25. Just drag a .qtz file into a slide in Keynote. :) Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com To use a composition inside Keynote: Wednesday, November 7, 12
26. More ways to use .qtz files next time. Introduction Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12
27. Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Scriptographer Illustrator scripting plugin www.scriptographer.org Mac & PC Next Time (maybe) Wednesday, November 7, 12
28. Thank you. Guy Haviv guy.haviv@designit.com Guy Haviv Quartz Composer Guy Haviv www.meetgooya.com Wednesday, November 7, 12