Quartz Composer is a development tool for processing and rendering graphical data. Its visual programming environment lets you develop graphic processing modules, called compositions, without writing a single line of code. Quartz Composer compositions are used in a number of applications like iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iChat, Screensavers, and Podcast Producer. In this webcast you will learn Quartz Composer fundamentals and how Quartz Composer compositions are used in Podcast Producer.

About the Presenter

Bob Bajwa

Training Development Executive

Apple Canada Inc.

More Resources

Websites:

• lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/quartzcomposer-dev
• www.zugakousaku.com/index.html?-qclab
• www.quartzcompositions.com
• www.quartzcandy.com/
• Sam’s Quartz Composer Blog
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Composer

Documentation:

• Working with Quartz Composer
• Introduction to Quartz Composer Programming Guide
• Quartz Composer User Guide.pdf

Tutorials:

• Podcast Producer Workflow Tutorial
• Rays of Lite
• Tutorial: Creating a Composition
• QCFundamentals

Example Quartz Composer Compositions:

Example Quartz Composer compositions can be found in Mac OS X 10.6 in /System/Library/Compositions /Developer/Library/Quartz Composer/Examples

Watch It

An on-demand version is posted on the MacLearning iTunes U site.