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Movie Importer
This patch creates an image from a QuickTime movie at a specified URL or file path. The movie path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the Quartz composition file if available. The QuickTime movie plays according to the time Quartz Composer passes to the patch. By default this time is the same as the one passed to the parent macro patch, which is likely the global composition time. The movie p... more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

RSS Importer
This patch downloads and parses an RSS feed, then returns information about the feed and its list of articles. The URL to the feed is specified through the "URL" string input. When the feed has been downloaded and parsed, the "Done Signal" output is temporarily set to True, the feed's information (title, link, date...) is available on the "Information" output as a structure, and the list of articles is available as a structure on the "Article List" output. Each member of this structure is a structure it... more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

Mesh Importer
This patch imports an mesh from a digital asset exchange (dae) file, with an option to extract all separate meshes into a structure. Note that the mesh data is not saved within the composition. more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

XML Importer
Downloads and parses XML from a specified URL or file path. The file path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the Quartz composition file if available. The URL must use one of the allowed protocols: file, http or ftp. The download starts when the "Update Signal" input is set to True. When the download and parsing are finished, the "Done Signal" output is temporarily set to True and the XML is ... more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

Composition Importer
This patch loads a Quartz composition from a Composition Repository identifier, a URL or file path, and allows to communicate with its inputs and outputs, if any. The composition file path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the parent Quartz composition file if available. A template of keys and types for input and output ports can be defined and those ports will automatically be connected to ... more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

Image
This patch imports an image from a file. Most common image file formats are supported: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TGA, OpenEXR, JPEG 2000, PDF... Note that the image data is saved within the composition. more...
Uploaded 07 Feb 20:56

XML Downloader
Downloads and parses XML from a specified URL or file path. The file path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the Quartz composition file if available. The URL must use one of the allowed protocols: file, http or ftp. The download starts when the "Update Signal" input is set to True. When the download and parsing are finished, the "Done Signal" output is temporarily set to True and the XML is ... more...
Uploaded 19 Jan 19:47 · built-in patch

Composition Loader
This patch loads a Quartz composition from a Composition Repository identifier, a URL or file path, and allows to communicate with its inputs and outputs, if any. The composition file path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the parent Quartz composition file if available. A template of keys and types for input and output ports can be defined and those ports will automatically be connected to ... more...
Uploaded 19 Jan 19:47 · built-in patch

Composition Repository
This patch queries the Composition Repository for compositions of a given protocol, and which match an optional set of attributes. more...
Uploaded 19 Jan 19:47 · built-in patch

Image Downloader
This patch downloads an image from a URL or file path. Most common image file formats are supported: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TGA, OpenEXR, JPEG 2000, PDF... The file path is considered absolute if starting with '/', relative to the current user directory if starting with '~', or otherwise relative to the location of the Quartz composition file if available. The URL must use one of the allowed protocols: file, http or ftp. The download starts when the "Update Signal" input is set to True. When the do... more...
Uploaded 19 Jan 19:47 · built-in patch