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 DEPENDENCIES:
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ofxQuartzComposition
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This is an addon for openFrameworks to manage Quartz Compositions (.qtz files).
See http://www.vimeo.com/16346790

Currently there is support for:
- loading multiple QTZ files inside an openframeworks application.
- rendering to screen (use FBO to render offscreen)
- passing input parameters (float, int, string, bool etc) to the QTZ input ports
- reading ports (input and output) from the QTZ (float, int, string, bool etc)

Todo:
- passing Images to and from the composition


How is this different to Vades ofxQCPlugin (http://code.google.com/p/ofxqcplugin/) ?
ofxQuartzComposition is the opposite of ofxQCPlugin. ofxQCPlugin allows you to build your openframeworks application as a QCPlugin to run inside QC.
ofxQuartzComposition allows you to run and control your Quartz Composition (.qtz) inside an openframeworks application.