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# Quartz

Allow users to browse, edit, and save images, using slideshows and Core Image filters.

## Overview

This collection of documents provides the API reference for the Quartz framework; in particular, for Quartz Composer, ImageKit, and PDFKit. The Quartz Composer API supports  processing and rendering graphical data and allows developers to create custom patches for the Quartz Composer developer tool. ImageKit provides user interface support for browsing, editing, and saving images, showing slideshows, and browsing and previewing Core Image filters. PDFKit is a technology that allows applications to display and manipulate PDF documents.

## Topics

### Viewing and Transforming Images

[ImageKit](/documentation/Quartz/imagekit)

### Displaying PDFs

[PDFKit](/documentation/Quartz/pdfkit)

### Quartz Composer

[Quartz Composer](/documentation/Quartz/quartz-composer)

### Using Quick Look

[Quick Look](/documentation/Quartz/quick-look)

### Conversion Filters

[Quartz Filter](/documentation/Quartz/quartz-filter)

### Constants

[Quartz Constants](/documentation/Quartz/quartz-constants)

### Macros

[Macros](/documentation/Quartz/Quartz-macros)

## See Also

  [Quartz Composer Custom Patch Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/QuartzComposer_Patch_PlugIn_ProgGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004787)

  [PDF Kit Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/PDFKitGuide/PDFKit_Prog_Intro/PDFKit_Prog_Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001863)

  [Image Kit Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/ImageKitProgrammingGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004907)


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