Category - Tool

Generates a signal whenever the value or object on its input port is updating. more...

This patch returns the number of members in a structure. more...

This patch returns the current absolute time expressed in seconds since the reference date of January 1st 2001 GMT ("system time"). Use the Date Formatter patch to convert a system time to a formatted string. more...

This patch simply returns the time it receives from Quartz Composer as a number. This patch is typically used to retrieve the current time at a given place in the composition's patch hierarchy and perform some actions based on it. Note that Quartz Composer times are guaranteed to be positive or null. more...

This patch samples an arbitrary value and keeps it memorized. The "Value" output contains the currently memorized value. While the "Sampling" input is set to True, the current value on the "Sample Value" input replaces that memorized value. If the "Reset Signal" input is set to True, the memorized value is cleared more...

This patch returns the current rendering destination's dimensions, in Quartz Composer coordinates system units or pixels and with its aspect ratio. The Quartz Composer coordinates system is defined so that (0,0,0) is at the center, the x axis is horizontal and the y axis is vertical. The z axis is orthogonal to the x and y axes, so that it comes out towards the viewer. The width of the rendering destination is always 2 units wide and the left and right borders have coordinates -1.0 and +1.0, respectivel... more...

This patch implements a configurable input port whose value can be replicated to input ports on other patches. Input Splitter is typically used to set a constant or forward the same value to several inputs of various patches at once. The value to set is passed to the Input Splitter input, which simply forwards it unchanged to its output. From there, the value is transmitted to all of the inputs the output is connected to. Note, that by default, the Splitter input and output types are virtual, meaning t... more...

This patch compares two strings and returns the result as an index: "0" if the strings are equal, "1" if the first string precedes the second one, "2" otherwise. Note that the comparison is case-insensitive. more...

This patch returns the number of characters in a string. more...

This patch computes the MD5 hash of the input string and outputs it as 32 characters hexadecimal string. more...