I should have stated that differently. I meant "go through all of the Quartz Composer examples that are part of the ADC downloads". I didn't mean "on Quartz Composer" as in, the bizarre non-official, chronically out of date, website called www.quartzcomposer.com
To get access to the ADC downloads, you will have to sign up to ADC if you haven't already. -George Toledo On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:04 PM, George Toledo <[email protected]> wrote: > I would recommend going through all of the sample code examples on Quartz > Composer that are part of the ADC downloads, and looking at all of the Apple > documentation. There have also been WWDC videos that are downloadable > through iTunes that explain basic concepts. > > I would view web-tutorials designed by third parties with healthy doses of > skepticism, and the understanding that many times people convey inaccurate > information, or make poor choices. > > QC is *definitely an animation tool*. > > -George Toledo > > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Achim Breidenbach <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Charlie, >> >> I am sorry, but I don't know of such a book (or any books about Quartz >> Composer) :-/ >> >> But I think you may be interested in having a closer look at: >> >> - Timeline Patch: switch the time base from "local" to "external" by >> contrl-clicking the patch. This gives you an extra input value where you can >> push in the animation time. Anyways it is much more flexible than the >> interpolation patch. >> >> - Stop Watch Patch: to start/stop/reset your animation >> >> - Network Broadcaster/Network Receiver Patch: Don't know if this is the >> answer to your networking stuff, but worth a look. You can control several >> compositions over a local bonjour network with it. >> >> - Java Script Patch: If I have a complex logic I prefer to write it in >> Java Script rather than implementing it with complex conditional patches. >> >> Best, >> >> Achim Breidenbach >> Boinx Software >> >> On 25.08.2010, at 18:46, Charlie Francis wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm pretty new to QC, but I've been reading up and experimenting with >> things to try and get to grips with it. >> > >> > My main aim is to be able to animate/fade in/fade out/shrink/grow >> sprites around the composition, and then hopefully I'll be able to link this >> to commands. Sending UDP broadcasts to the composition to control certain >> actions. >> > >> > I have setup some simple animations, but so far I can only do them using >> conditional patches reading the patch time, and then going through an >> interpolation patch. >> > >> > I know that QC isn't really an animation tool, but is there any books or >> articles that anyone could share that would help me achieve my goal? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Charlie >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/achim%40boinx.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/gtoledo3%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] >> > >
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