It may be odd to reply so long after the fact, but I was just installing a clips folder, and was looking to reconfirm the location. In testing to make sure the install is ok, I found something somewhat noteworthy:
Now, apparently now you can *drag clips onto the Editor surface(!)*, and in the past you didn't used to be able to (it seems like one had to double click). Even though this feature may be being deprecated, it now works better, even though there is no way to automatically place clips there from the menu. However, one can always drag the Clips folder icon onto the end of the dock, making it *very easy* to add new clips. This all comes as a pleasant surprise to me. Re: flattening virtual macros; the quickest stock way I've found: In the save menu, if you hold down option, you can "save a flattened copy as". So, you can either save the entire composition you're working on, or : Make a new blank, copy&paste the virtual macro onto the new blank, save a flattened copy of it onto your desktop, drag it onto the composition you're working on, and "explode macro" out of the extra macro layers that were created in the process. Option 2: When you make a virtual macro, it's path gets placed in the patch description. Highlight this description, control+click, and choose "Open". This opens the actual virtual macro qtz. Edit, close QC, reopen, and then it's changed globally. This is the quickest way to handle global editing on a virtual patch loaded into your system. -GT On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Troy Koelling <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Alex Drinkwater wrote: > > What's the deal with Clips and Virtual Patches? I can't find any reference >> to Clips in the new QC Editor menus or preferences. Have Clips now been >> deprecated? >> > > Yes, in time we hope that virtual patches will entirely replace clips, > although all your old clips will continue to work if placed in the correct > path. > > > This seems a shame, as I found them very useful. Is there some way to >> convert a Virtual Patch to a simple Macro, that can be edited? If not, there >> should be. That way, the same compositions could be used as Virtual Patches, >> and also edited as needed, in the same way as an instance of a Clip.. >> > > As always, we cannot comment on future or ongoing work, but please file > requests on the way you'd like to see things. > > > I've come a little late to the Quartz Composer 4 party (despite >> pre-ordering Snow Leopard some time before if was released), so apologies of >> this has already been covered. >> >> > Welcome to the party :) > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > -- George Toledo [email protected] www.georgetoledo.com The information contained in this E-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or return E-mail. You should not use or disclose the contents of this E-mail or any of the attachments for any purpose or to any persons.
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