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# Composition Categories

Categories for compositions.

## Topics

### Constants

[`QCCompositionCategoryDistortion`](/documentation/Quartz/QCCompositionCategoryDistortion)

A composition that produces a distortion effect.

[`QCCompositionCategoryStylize`](/documentation/Quartz/QCCompositionCategoryStylize)

A composition that produces a stylize effect.

[`QCCompositionCategoryUtility`](/documentation/Quartz/QCCompositionCategoryUtility)

A utility composition.


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