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qc2movie(1)                              BSD General Commands Manual                             qc2movie(1)

NAME
     qc2movie -- Quartz Composer export tool

SYNOPSIS
     qc2movie inCompositionPath|repositoryCompositionIdentifier outMoviePath width height duration
              [--parameterKey1 value1 ...]

DESCRIPTION
     qc2movie 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 Composer 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 identifier of a
                           composition which lies in the Quartz Composer 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 com-position composition
                           position

EXAMPLES
     -To create a 10 second QuickTime movie containing a Quartz Composer track of the Particle System
              composition:
              qc2movie "/Developer/Examples/Quartz Composer Compositions/Particle Systems/Particle Sys-tem.qtz" System.qtz"
              tem.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 --inputMoviePath1 ~/firstVideo.mov --input-MoviePath2 --inputMoviePath2
              MoviePath2 ~/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 ALSO
     pcastaction(1)

Mac OS                                           July 9 2007                                          Mac OS

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