QuickTime Toolkit. Volume 1: Basic movie playback and media types / Apple.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Apple Computer, Inc.

Series:

QuickTime developer series.

QuickTime developer series

QuickTime toolkit ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

QuickTime.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (641 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""When QuickTime application developers get stuck, one of the first places they look for help is example code from Tim Monroe. Finally, Tim's well-crafted examples and clear descriptions are available in book form-a must-have for anyone writing applications that import, export, display, or interact with QuickTime movies."" -Matthew Peterson; University of California, Berkeley; the M.I.N.D. Institute; and author of Interactive QuickTimeQuickTime Toolkit Volume One is a programmer's introduction to QuickTime, the elegant and potent media engine used by many of Apple's indus

Contents:

Front Cover; QuickTime Toolkit: Basic Movie Playback and Media Types; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Development Platforms; How to Read This Book; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. It All Starts Today; Introduction; Movie Controllers; The Application Framework; QuickTime Support; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Control; Introduction; Managing the Controller Bar; Managing Controller Bar Buttons; Using the Controller Bar Custom Button; Selecting an Entire Movie; Movie User Data; Opening URLs; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Out of Control; Introduction; Getting Started; Preparing Movies for Playback

Playing MoviesEditing Movies; Looping Movies; Playing Picture-in-Picture Movies; Conclusion; Chapter 4. The Image; Introduction; Importing Images; Expanding the Application Framework; Transforming Images; Working with Multi-image Files; Exporting Images; Finding Image Files; Conclusion; Chapter 5. In and Out; Introduction; Exporting Movies; Importing Files; Default Progress Functions; Custom Progress Functions; Progress Functions for Image Operations; The Code; Conclusion; Chapter 6. Doug's 1st Movie; Introduction; The Structure of QuickTime Movies; The Structure of QuickTime Movie Files

Creating QuickTime Movie FilesAdding Media Samples; Saving a Movie; The Code; Conclusion; Chapter 7. The Informant; Introduction; Movie Posters; Movie Previews; File Previews; Movie Annotations; Conclusion; Chapter 8. The Atomic Café; Introduction; File Previews: The Sequel; Shortcut Movie Files; Atom Containers; Internet Connection Speed; Movie Tracks; The Code; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Somewhere I'll Find You; Introduction; Data Handler Overview; The File Data Handler; The Handle Data Handler; The Resource Data Handler; The URL Data Handler; The Pointer Data Handler; File Transfer

Data Reference ExtensionsConclusion; Chapter 10. Word Is Out; Introduction; The Edit Menu Revisited; Text Importing; Text Tracks; Text Searching; Text Editing; Chapter Tracks; Hypertext Reference Tracks; Some Loose Ends; Conclusion; Chapter 11. Timecode; Introduction; Timecode Standards; Timecode in QuickTime; Timecode Tracks; Timecode Track Operations; Conclusion; Chapter 12. 2001: A Space Odyssey; Introduction; Endian Issues; The QuickTime Media Layer; Carbon; Conclusion; Chapter 13. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Introduction; Compression; Compressing Images; Compressing Image Sequences

Asynchronous CompressionConclusion; Chapter 14. A Goofy Movie; Introduction; Sprite Properties; Sprite Tracks; Creating Sprite Tracks; Hit Testing; Conclusion; Chapter 15. An Extremely Goofy Movie; Introduction; Video Override Tracks; Tweening; Graphics Mode Tweening; Matrix Tweening; Spin Tweening; Multimatrix Tweens; Conclusion; Chapter 16. Wired; Introduction; Events, Parameters, Actions; Controlling Movies Using Wired Sprites; Wired Sprite Utilities; Variables and Conditionals; Draggable Sprites; Sprite Button Behaviors; Conclusion; Chapter 17. Moving Target; Introduction; Targets

Movie-to-Movie Communication

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-04627-2

9786611046279

0-08-054017-1

OCLC:

476104031