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QuickTime 4 Reference

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Graphics Exporter Components

This chapter describes graphics exporter components, introduced in QuickTime 4.0. Graphics exporter components provide a standard interface for exporting image files in a variety of formats. To work with graphics exporter components, you should also be familiar with the conceptual and reference material presented in "Graphics Importer Components."

This chapter is divided into the following major sections:

• "Introduction to Graphics Exporter Components" discusses the basic functions used to export an image file and explains the supported image file formats.
• "Using Graphics Exporter Components" discusses how to write an image file using a graphics exporter. It also discusses how graphics export components work
• "Writing Graphics Export Components" discusses how to write a graphics exporter component.
• "Graphics Exporter Components Reference" describes the new constants, data types, and functions in the Graphics Exporter Component.