You can also inspect an Image patch's settings and option click the "Import From File..." button to write out a png image. .xX
On Nov 28, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Christopher Wright wrote: >>> The hands (and many other pieces) are supplied by image importers (in the >>> image below, the patches named "Hand R" and "Hand L" are images) -- those >>> don't come from anywhere, the image data is embedded in the composition. >>> You can do this yourself by creating a composition, and dragging images >>> into the composition. >> Ah, I've found them, thanks. So this appears to mean I cannot edit or >> extract the previously embedded images in order to modify them; I can only >> delete them and/or add new images. > > > Correct -- they're "read-only" for the most part. > > (Details: .qtz's are binary plists -- you can use Property List Editor to > inspect their structure, etc. Image Importers store their images as binary > blobs of data, so if you're industrious you can extract the image, write it > to a file, edit it, and then place the modified binary data in its place. > That's a significant amount of effort, but not at all impractical in dire > circumstances if necessary). > > -- > [ christopher wright ] > [email protected] > http://kineme.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/asabatelli%40apple.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]

