Image Downloader Blocking Patch

Image Downloader (Blocking) is an alternative to the built-in “Image Downloader” patch, and is distinct in the following ways:

This patch was commissioned by CoreMelt (http://coremelt.com/) for use in the ImageFlow plugins for Final Cut Studio (http://coremelt.com/products/products-for-final-cut-studio/imageflow-fx.html).

Versions

Image Downloader Blocking Patch v1.0   119 KB ppc · i386

Image Downloader (Blocking) is an alternative to the built-in "Image Downloader" patch, and is distinct in the following ways: * It blocks rendering until the image is loaded (unlike the built-in patch, which continues rendering, but the image may not appear until many frames have rendered) * It has a user-definable VRAM cache limit. Do a "Show Package Contents" on the patch bundle, edit the Info.plist, and check out the ImageDownloaderBlockingCacheVRAMLimitPercent property. It's a decimal scalar percent; "0.75" means "use 75% of available texture ram on the active display context". This patch was commissioned by CoreMelt (http://coremelt.com/) for use in the ImageFlow plugins for Final Cut Studio (http://coremelt.com/products/products-for-final-cut-studio/imageflow-fx.html).
Source
http://kineme.net/QuartzComposerPatches/ImageDownloaderBlockingPatch
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Kosada Incorporated<br /> <br /> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:<br /> <br /> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.<br /> <br /> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Instructions

  1. Download most recent file using above link
  2. Extract content (you will see single *.plugin file)
  3. Copy this file to:
    • ~/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-Ins (~ sign stands for home directory, so it is /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-Ins)
    • or, for system wide installation (for all users) you can copy this plugin to /Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-Ins

Patches

The following patches are defined in Image Downloader Blocking Patch plugin: