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Quartz Composer
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<p>Quartz Composer is a <a href="/facts/Node_graph_architecture/TsbKB2yp">node graph system</a> provided as part of the <a href="/facts/Xcode/glURdIVT">Xcode</a> <a href="/facts/Development_environment_(software_development_process)/gG7DJoE6">development environment</a> in <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> for processing and <a href="/facts/Rendering_(computer_graphics)/YYxfnmAq">rendering</a> graphical data. It is capable of making sophisticated animations for keynote or presentations and creating animated screensavers. </p><p>Quartz Composer uses <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> (including <a href="/facts/GLSL/5yQ3WqTA">GLSL</a>), <a href="/facts/OpenCL/ns8y6np7">OpenCL</a> (only in Mac OS X Snow Leopard and later), <a href="/facts/OpenAL/dM93Da1W">OpenAL</a>, <a href="/facts/Core_Image/ar5faNSS">Core Image</a>, <a href="/facts/Core_Video/NB566NLf">Core Video</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> and other technologies to create an <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a> and a developer tool around a simple visual programming paradigm. Apple has embedded Quartz technologies deeply into the <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a>. Compositions created in Quartz Composer can be played standalone in any <a href="/facts/QuickTime/rA3GQp2j">QuickTime</a>-aware application (although only on Mac OS X Tiger and later), as a system <a href="/facts/Screensaver/13tBFbKh">Screen Saver</a>, as an iTunes Visualizer, from inside the Quartz Composer application, or can be embedded into a <a href="/facts/Cocoa_(API)/p10p5aFI">Cocoa</a> or <a href="/facts/Carbon_(API)/KAIwFWI2">Carbon</a> application via supplied <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">user interface</a> <a href="/facts/GUI_widget/SuVeScB2">widgets</a>. While Quartz Composer is included with the iPhone SDK, as of December 2015 there is no way of running Quartz Compositions on <a href="/facts/IOS_(Apple)/mK5cggH5">iOS</a> devices. Starting in macOS Catalina, the Quartz Composer framework has been deprecated, although it is still present for compatibility. </p>