On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Alastair Leith wrote:

> Hi Mark
> 
> I'm not sure if you are thinking to run the .qtz file server side or client 
> side. 

Alastair,

For my application it needs to be server side.

> 
> Sounds like you are thinking server side in which case you made need to 
> create an App for the .qtz file and run that from cmd line and then get the 
> results in whatever way as a web native file jpeg, h264, etc. Cocoa is Not my 
> dept so take that with advised tonne of sea-salt.  

I found this tutorial via google:  

https://www.georgestarcher.com/?p=254

I wonder if this is essentially what I need to do?  

> 
> Another route is an Applescript command to have Quartz Composer open the 
> file, Viewer Window and run it, but the .qtz file would need to export the 
> result(s) itself. Apple has a image exporter plugin for QC in the developer 
> example files, well it did for 10.5 at least. There are other 3rd party ways 
> to get live visuals out of QC — not least (soon to become beta) Syphon 

Applescript will probably be too slow for my application.  Syphon looks very 
promising!  

> 
> Easier way to implement is client side but this restricts the .qtz to Mac OS 
> X clients only on Safari browser and then only Macs that have the correct OS 
> to run your .qtz. There is documentation on Apple site for how to do this. 
> Start with these:
> Adding Compositions to Webpages and Widgets
> Introduction to Quartz Composer WebKit Plug-in JavaScript Reference
> 
> Hope this helps a little or at least encourages. Interested to see the 
> results.

Thanks so much for your advice. 
> 
> Alastair
> 
> 
> The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if 
> I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate. 
> Antoine de Saint-Exupery 
> 
> On 12/12/2010, at 1:07 AM, Mark Engelhardt wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am new to Quartz Composer,  
>> 
>> I want to create my own .qtz file and then display the resulting image on 
>> the web.  So I am trying to understand how to apply a .qtz to a local file 
>> via the command line, or directly in php.  
>> 
>> I have tried both CoreImageTool  and cifilter, but they only seem to work on 
>> the builtin Core Image functions.
>> 
>> What am I missing? 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Mark
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