<![CDATA[QC Actors]]>I am currently looking into Quartz Composer and possibilities to use compositions in Isadora. Two questions:
1. Is there any documentation planned for the QC actors, and if so, when will it be available? (I can't get many of them to work and wonder what I might be doing wrong).
2. Can I open the QC actors as compositions in Quartz Composer to understand what they are doing? Where are they stored on my computer? (I found a few on system/library/graphics/QCcompositions, but they don't seem to be the ones that show in the Isadora list).
Thank you for any help!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/144/qc-actorsRSS for NodeThu, 21 May 2026 04:35:42 GMTTue, 24 Jul 2012 23:37:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:09:04 GMT]]>I don't experience this either.
But for a workaround you can make your settings and then take a snapshot (the camera symbol on the left top) and with the "recall snapshot" actor and the "enter scene trigger"  you can automate recalling the snapshot when entering the scene.

Best
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5936https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5936Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:09:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 17:38:58 GMT]]>@DiaHamed
Maybe you have something going outside Isadora that does this. I do not experience this at all.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5902https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5902Fri, 16 Jan 1970 17:38:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 17:38:55 GMT]]>Hello All

I'm currently playing around with some qc actors in izzies, so far every thing works fine except for they're reloading.
The qc actors tend to totally reset all its parameters every time I load them. Like when I configure the parameters of any qc actor and move to another scene in izzy, once I get back to that previous scene the qc actor is reset to its initial default.
Does any body know a workaround for this issue ?? Like, to save the configuration and prevent the reset !!
@Mark Thanks for your great detailed explanation above here.
Best regards to all 
Dia
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5900https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5900Fri, 16 Jan 1970 17:38:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:13:21 GMT]]>@eric you can find the link here  scroll to download, unzip, go to the example patches, and you'll find the rutt etra vdmx qtz files vanakaru mentioned in there that will get you started. of course you can then customise the inputs you want etc in QC before you get going with it in izzy. if theres any specific details you want to know about get in touch.

attached is a pic to get you started once its in izzy.  
best, Lanz

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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5551https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5551Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:13:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:28:19 GMT]]>@eric Rutt Etra QC plugin(**QC 01 - v002 Rutt Etra VDMX **) works with isadora.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5544https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5544Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:35:45 GMT]]>@Lanz :  i love the Rutt etra patches.  any info yo have on integrating them into Izzy would be much appreciated.  thanks.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5542https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5542Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:35:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:30:58 GMT]]>Yeah leave freeframe plugins folder as it is.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5373https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5373Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:30:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:38:13 GMT]]>thanks Skulpture, It's incredible that I saw that screen preference so many times, I even deselected the system option for speed without having anything in none of the /compositions folders... But I should leave the FreeFrame folder content as it his right?

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5372https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5372Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:38:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:03:21 GMT]]>So .qtz and .plugin need to be in two different locations.

I often restart my machine when chaining things like this to refresh the system and library.
Hope this helps.
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5371https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5371Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:03:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:58:24 GMT]]>.qtz files need to go into the Compositions folder. (see image)

Plug-ins need to go into:
/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-Ins/

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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5370https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5370Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:58:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:24:41 GMT]]>oh and I forgot to add this fourth as well:
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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5368https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5368Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:24:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:29:37 GMT]]>Thanks for Lanz last night.
So it seems that I may have a potential for troubles here (beside the fact that some are not visible in Isadora)... could please someone be so kind to advise me what I'm doing wrong here?
I have 1 QC folder in the user/library/graphics, 1 in ~/library/graphics and then the ~/library/application support/freeframe
are all in the right place or???

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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5357https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5357Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:29:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:37:49 GMT]]>Kinect and Rutt always delivers a nice effect ;-)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5352https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5352Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:28:17 GMT]]>@bruper I've got this running i can't attach qtz file here but i can email it over to you.

attached is a picture so you can copy the settings of one of the many different things you can do with Rutt Etras effect, this spinning point cloud style thing i never get tired of :)  if others would like this effect, ill put it up on my site or make a little clip explaining. Its pretty straight forward to adapt the original rutt etra qtz patch if u know QC.
best, 
Lanz

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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5351https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5351Fri, 16 Jan 1970 16:28:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:48:57 GMT]]>@ Mark,

did you do a patch "v002 Rutt Etra isadora"? I have the Rutt plug-in but was not able to put the QC in Isadora,...

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5350https://community.troikatronix.com/post/5350Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:48:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:54:28 GMT]]>Dear Eric,

Please send me the QC patch in question to my personal email. I'll have a look -- though I'm a bit behind with various patches from others I need to examine. So it may take a few days.
Best Wishes,
Mark
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4288https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4288Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:54:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:53:04 GMT]]>In case anyone is following this thread, I did finally get the Quartz patch working in Izzy by recreating it in QC from scratch.  Must have been something weird in there that was causing problems.

After getting it working, I modified it to publish 2 inputs for video and photo inputs.  When I replaced the patch in Izzy it wouldn't function at all.  Removng the inputs allows the patch to work.  Has anyone had success with a QC patch using inputs from an Izzy actor?  Thanks.
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4263https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4263Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:53:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:30:00 GMT]]>Hi Michel,

Thank you for your answer. It's not me who bought the licence I'm using. I believed that if you can use the Isadoracore with a licence, it's that you have the core video licence, because a basic licence would not run with Isadoracore...

I'll buy the right licence if we don't have it already.

Thanks again. Fred.S.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4153https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4153Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:30:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:02:27 GMT]]>@Fred2s
The version you are using is called IsadoraCore but did you buy the core video license, for extra $ 25.-?

Best,
Michel

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4152https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4152Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:02:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:34:03 GMT]]>Thanks Graham.  I created the Quartz patch myself using only standard QC elements, so no plugins should be required.

BTW the patch was created under OS X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion), and I've have been having some 'issues' (ahem) since upgrading, things like random QC crashes, spinning beach balls at times I hadnt seen them before & so on.  I just mention that in case there's something different going on with 10.8 that might be causing this problem with the QC patch not showing up in Izzy.  (I will reiterate that the patch does operatie without error in both QC & CoGe, and I was able to create a MOV file from it in QC).  Thanks.
eric 
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4140https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4140Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:32:49 GMT]]>Hi guys! Sorry to bother you, but I can't find how to use QC compositions as Izzi actors. I put my QC composition into all folders that Mark indicated, but nothing happens. I don't see anything, even original QC compositions from Apple. I precise that I use an IsadoraCore 1.3 version, my computer runs with OS X 10.6.8 and all file pathways are selected in Isadora Preferences. What am I doing wrong ? Thank you for your attention.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4139https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4139Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:32:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:31:48 GMT]]>Does the one in question require a plugin? Some Quartz files (.qtz) files have a plugin which is built for them specifically. You often need the plugin in order for it to work/appear.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4132https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4132Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:31:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:51:51 GMT]]>Thanks for the thorough explanation Mark.

I'm having an issue with QC Actors with the moment.  I have 2 QC patches that both work fine in QC itself - dont see ay errors raised anywhere.  When I put them in the /Library/Compositions or /System/Library/Compositions folders, one shows up in Izzy and works ok, but the other does not appear in the actor selection list.  I can drop the one that doesnt show up in Izzy into CoGe and it plays fine.  I know its not much to go on but, anyone have any ideas?  Thanks
eric
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4127https://community.troikatronix.com/post/4127Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:51:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QC Actors on Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:40:31 GMT]]>No worries Graham... spread it around!

M
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/3779https://community.troikatronix.com/post/3779Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:40:31 GMT