Update: with some fiddling with sample code, I have written a basic movie file renderer which does a lot of what I need. It doesn't have all the bells & whistles of QuartzCrystal, but it does the job.
I'm not sure on the legalities of releasing tweaked Apple sample code as open source, but once I've tidied things up I'd be interested in sharing the code with anyone interested. The sample in question was QTKitCreateMovie. I replaced the bunch of images read from disk with a bunch of snapshots from a QCRenderer. http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/QTKitCreateMovie/index.html On 4/12/2009, at 10:33 AM, Keith Lang wrote: > The file that is created by Quartz Composer can be opened by > Quicktime, but it's not a rendered movie file — which means it's not > editable by imovie etc to my knowledge. > However, some apps like Screenflow do support QC's which you can 'edit'. > > However, I the best option for you is probably QuartzCrystal, a 3rd > party wonderful little app by http://kineme.net/ > I use and recommend it — it has rendering options like motion blur. > > Hope that helps, > Keith > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Rua Haszard Morris > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm on Snow Leopard and iMovie 09. >> >> I was under the impression that iMovie openly supported Quartz Compositions, >> and you could import and use them in iMovie projects, but now that I've >> tried it, I find it doesn't seem to be working. Is this something that is >> possible? Has it changed in different versions of iMovie? >> >> What I want to do is develop animations in Quartz Composer and then render >> and edit them in iMovie, for eventual sharing (i.e. I need to render to >> standard video files using common codecs, not quicktime-embedded quartz >> composition). I would also like to overlay them on video if possible. Is >> this kind of thing supported? If not, what tools do people recommend? >> >> I have tried dragging .qtz files into iMovie, importing via the import >> command, and importing quicktime movies exported from Quartz Composer. I was >> able to achieve some results with quicktime files but the movie for some >> reason was limited in duration to 30 seconds, truncating a good chunk of the >> animation. >> >> So I'm at a loss of where I can take these Quartz Compositions .. I feel >> like I'm in a walled runtime-render-only garden..!! >> >> thanks in advance, >> Rua Haszard Morris. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/songcarver%40gmail.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]
