QuartzComposer UserExamples

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Sample Quartz Composer patches, FX, and text patches

• To use: save a file to disk by option-clicking on a link, drag the saved file into VDMX's "qcFX" folder, and then relaunch VDMX. The new fx will be available in the "QuartzComposer" category in your Video FX Palette

VDMX QCFX Template Template Quartz Composer document containing the standard VDMX inputs and control-types, to get you started creating your own FX creations.

SpinZoomEdgesFeedback Applies an 'edges' effect, then zooms, rotates, and feeds back the resulting image.

Presence Similar to GridPro's Presence effect- highlights the difference between the video and an accumulated image of the video's past frames.

Motion Blur A motion blur that's somewhat different from VVMotionBlur.

tb zoomEcho 1.1 Another motion blur/frame-echo effect, this time with added zoom-blur fun. Quite processor-hungry, sadly.

tb compmodeEcho 1.0 Yet another motion blur/frame-echo effect, featuring different compositing modes for the echoed frames.

tb channelRemove 1.0 Removes the selected RGB channel from the video input. In mode 1, a stillframe of the selected colour channel at the current frame is overlaid on top of the video input.

tb easyFreezeFrame 1.0 Creates an instant freezeframe, with adjustable mix of freezeframe and live video.

tb weirdDistort 1.0 A weird distortion effect. Works particularly well on faces (I scared myself, testing it with my laptops iSight).

tb pixelGlitch 1.0 A glitch effect that freezes areas of the screen. Hook up the Freeze Video and Freeze Pixels buttons to a Waveform plugin set to random or to audio levels at different bands to get the full effect.

tb thresholdStretch 1.2 Updated: now stretches pixels above/below or to the left/right of an adjustable threshold line. Controls for Axis, Flip and threshold Position, Standard (0) and Infinite (1) modes.

tb thresholdStretch mix 1.0 Variation on thresholdStretch. Stretches pixels at Edge 1 towards Edge 2. Stretches pixels at Edge 2 towards Edge 1 and cross-fades the results. Vertical and Horizontal modes.

tb cutNshut 1.1 Updated: now removes a vertical or horizontal strip from the frame and closes the gap. Controls for width and position of removed area, axis of operation and flip.

tb frameRoll 1.0 Simulates vertical and/or horizontal hold errors on CRT displays/TVs. Adapted from Msa_ChannelShift.

tb scanProcessor 1.0 Inspired by analogue 'scan-processor' video generators. Can be used as a strange transition, or just to generate odd contoured landscapes and squiggly lines. Now updated with vertical and horizontal modes.

tb sphereIterator 1.0 Maps the input onto the surface of multiple nested spheres. Works best with material with a black background, as dark areas become transparent.

tb cubeIterator 1.0 Same as sphereIterator, but maps input video onto the surface of multiple cubes. Works best with material with a black background.

tb slitScan 1.0 Implementation of the classic 'Stargate' slit-scan effect. Now with vertical and horizontal modes, Flip, Freeze, manual Scan, Rate and Angle controls.

tb colourFuck01 1.0 F*cks up your video's colour in various different, completely uncontrollable ways. Pointless really, but you might find a use for it... Thanks to memo once again for the offset mode CIKernel code.

tb thresholdPosterize 1.0 Posterize effect. Cuts colour channels when their value falls below a threshold value. Controls for threshold level for Red Green and Blue channels.

tb chromaZoom 1.0.qtz Independent zooms for Red, Green and Blue colour channels. Controls for RGB zoom levels and master zoom.

ImpossibleTunnel The incoming video is replicated-in-place, but the rendering order is reversed, giving the illusion of an impossible tunnel.

Motion Isolater Samples an incoming video stream while the button is down- on releasing the button, only displays differences greater than the threshold between the current frame and the last sampled frame. Works on the alpha channel; it's basically a motion mask.

msa_RockyBalboa Distorts images by exploding edges, resulting in people looking like Rocky Balboa.

msa_ChannelShiftSimple A simple RGBA channel shift effect.

msa_ChannelShift An RGBA channel shift effect with a few different modes: 0: simple shift, 1: repeat edge pixels, 2: wrap around edge pixel pixels, 3: mirror edge pixels

msa_badtv Creates a bad tv effect with scanlines, distortion, line sync, vertical hold problems etc.

msa_FrostedGlass.qtz Frosted Glass effect. Pretty simple really.

msa_DiffMatteAuto.qtz Allows recording of a clean plate and creates a difference matte.

msa_SmartThreshold.qtz Applies a threshold with upper and lower limits.

aen_shakycamera 0.3 A shaky camera effect. The amount of shake could be controlled.