qc2movie(1) BSD General Commands Manual qc2movie(1)NAMEqc2movie — Quartz Composer export tool
SYNOPSISqc2movie inCompositionPath|repositoryCompositionIdentifier outMoviePath
width height duration [--parameterKey1 value1 ...]
DESCRIPTIONqc2movie is a tool that exports a Quartz Composer composition into a
QuickTime movie by adding a track containing this composition. It is the
command line equivalent of exporting a composition for the Quartz Com‐
poser application to a QuickTime movie.
OPTIONS
inCompositionPath|repositoryCompositionIdentifier
specifies which composition you want to export. Ar
inCompositionPath is the path to the composition.
Ar repositoryCompositionIdentifier is the identi‐
fier of a composition which lies in the Quartz Com‐
poser Repository.
outMoviePath specifies movie file path to which the composition
will be exported to
width defines the width of the export movie
height defines the height of the export movie
duration defines the length of the export movie
[--parameterKey1 value1 ...]
passes composition specific parameters through the
command line tool to the composition
EXAMPLES-To create a 10 second QuickTime movie containing a Quartz Composer track
of the Particle System composition:
qc2movie "/Developer/Examples/Quartz Composer Compositions/Par‐
ticle Systems/Particle System.qtz" ~/example.mov 640 480 10
-To merge two video tracks (30s each) together using an image transition
protocol abiding composition (Swing for example) in the Quartz
Composer Repository (using its identifier: /swing):
qc2movie /swing ~/merged-example.mov 640 480 60 --input‐
MoviePath1 ~/firstVideo.mov --inputMoviePath2 ~/secondVideo.mov
--duration 2
-To apply an image filter protocol abiding composition to the video track
of a movie:
qc2movie /colorpencil ~/effect-example.mov 640 480 30 --input
~/Video.mov
SEE ALSOpcastaction(1)Mac OS July 9 2007 Mac OS