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The Quartz Composer User Interface

The Quartz Composer development tool has two main windows: the editor and the viewer. The editor window is for assembling and connecting patches to create a composition. The viewer window shows the output produced by the composition, the rendering resources consumed by the composition, and debugging information.

This chapter describes the editor and viewer windows, the utility windows and views, the key menu items, and other aspects of the user interface for Quartz Composer. After reading this chapter, you’ll be ready to use the editor to create a composition.

Contents:

The Editor Window
The Patch Creator
Patch Parameter Pane
The Patch Inspector
The Viewer Window
Menus

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