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Quartz Composer Tutorial Part 1
Hello! Quartz Composer is a free open source application that is available to anyone with a Mac OS X computer. Use it to make groundbreaking graphics using your own custom made images.
The following is a three part tutorial of Quartz Composer. Our goal is to create an interactive screen saver. The first tutorial will walk you threw on how to find Quartz Composer. The second will give you a basic idea of how to use the software. The third tutorial will give step-by-step instructions on how to create our interactive screen saver.
Part 1: Installing Quartz Composer
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Quartz Composer Tutorial Part 2
Welcome! Now that you have the free software installed in your computer, you are now ready to learn how to use it. This video is for beginners and those of you that never opened Quartz Composer before. Now if you don’t feel satisfied with this very basic basic video, remember that you always have the vast knowledge of the internet at your disposal. So yes, here we will be learning what a patch is and how we can create one to display our very own custom image! After this tutorial is complete you should know how to navigate your way around Quartz Composer. If you feel this is far too basic for you please feel free to move on to our third and final video meant for intermediate users.
Part 2: Learning the User Interface
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Quartz Composer Tutorial Part 3
Welcome! By now you should have already Quartz Composer installed in your system and also you should be quite familiar with its components. So since you have all the basics down lets move on to actually creating your own custom graphics. In our last tutorial we will be setting out to create a audio reactive screen saver using Quartz Composer and our own custom made images! Don’t worry if your screen saver doesn’t turn out exactly as it comes out in the video. This video is more of a way for you to get your feet wet in the limitless things you can do with this free development software. After you are done you should know how to connect similar properties to each other and have a numerous count of patches on our work area. Again if you’d like to learn more the best thing to do is experiment with the values given here and just go nuts with it. The more chaotic the better, because it is only then we can truly be creative.
Part 3: Creating Our File!
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