Introduction to QuickTime Video Effects and Transitions Guide

Organization of This Document

This document is divided into five chapters:

How To Add QuickTime Video Effects discusses how QuickTime video effects are implemented and how you can add effects to QuickTime movies.

Constructing a Video Effects User Interface discusses how to construct a user interface that enables users to select an effect, change its parameters, and preview the results.

Built-in QuickTime Video Effects discusses SMTPE effects, which are implementations of over 100 standard effects defined by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, plus the set of effects implemented by Apple Computer, which you can use for a variety of purposes.

Creating New Video Effects describes how you can create your own video effects. The chapter walks you through the implementation of a sample effect component. The sample effect is built on a framework of code that you can reuse when you implement your own effect component.

Video Effects API describes the constants, data types, and functions defined in QuickTime that support video effects.

See Also

The following Apple books cover related aspects of QuickTime programming:

QuickTime Overview gives you the starting information you need to do QuickTime programming.

QuickTime Movie Basics introduces you to some of the basic concepts you need to understand when working with QuickTime movies.

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