Kineme: Quartz Composer Stuff

kineme.net was a community surrounding the development of
Quartz Composer custom patches, plugins, and other hacks.

Please read the installation guide
and check out the Documentation.

The Kineme website has retired;
you can no longer log in or post new threads or comments.

If you need access to your Kineme product license keys,
please contact us and include your e-mail address,
kineme.net user name, and order number for verification.

Our current focus

In 2012, we started building a new visual programming environment
that doesn’t rely on Apple's Quartz Composer (which Apple no longer supports).
We’ve created Vuo, and people are using it to create amazing shows and installations.
You can download the free Community Edition.

Unsupported — We cannot guarantee that this software will work properly on Mac OS 10.8 and above.

If you'd still like to purchase a license to an unsupported Kineme product,
please use PayPal to send the appropriate amount to store@kosada.com,
we'll respond with your license key(s) within 24 hours.

Release: Kineme2D, v1.2

Release Type: Production
Version: 1.2
Release Notes

Changes since Kineme2D 1.1

  • Added support for the SVG path command S ("smooth curveto") to the Vector Structure With SVG patch.

Known Issues

  • Triangle Structure With Vector and Extrusion With Vector will not generate triangles, and may under rare circumstances crash, when given a vector that intersects itself.
  • The example composition Kineme2D-latheBalloon.qtz doesn't work on 10.8 due to a bug in QC's Interaction patch.
  • Vector Structure With SVG supports only a subset of the SVG language.
    • Supported SVG features include:
      • SVG files generated by Adobe Illustrator
      • Some path elements (moveto, lineto, horizontal lineto, vertical lineto, curveto (cubic), smooth curveto, close)
      • Basic shapes (rect, circle, ellipse, line, polyline, polygon)
      • Text
      • Groups
      • Transforms
      • Stroke/fill attributes
    • Unsupported SVG features include:
      • Size units other than pixels (inches, ems, percentages, ...)
      • Gradients
      • CSS
      • Scripting
      • Animation

Credits

@bernardo created the Kineme2D logo.

@gtoledo3 and @usefuldesign.au contributed to the sample compositions.

Kineme2D uses the GNU Triangulated Surface Library, which is licensed under the LGPL. Our modifications are provided.

If Quartz Composer disappeared tomorrow, how would you get your work done?

New fortnightly poll: If Quartz Composer disappeared tomorrow, how would you get your work done?

You may choose more than one response, or write in your own scenario.

Investigate other visual programming environments.
73% (44 votes)
Use Processing.
38% (23 votes)
Use OpenFrameworks.
35% (21 votes)
Never upgrade past OS 10.8.
33% (20 votes)
Use VDMX (I already own a license).
30% (18 votes)
Write text code in C++/Objective-C/Java/JavaScript/Python/...
28% (17 votes)
I wouldn't get my work done (I'd starve).
25% (15 votes)
I'd cry.
23% (14 votes)
Use Adobe After Effects (I already own a license).
20% (12 votes)
Use Cinder.
18% (11 votes)
Use vvvv (I would purchase a license).
17% (10 votes)
I'd have to work more hours.
15% (9 votes)
Use Pure Data.
12% (7 votes)
Use Max/MSP/Jitter (I would purchase a license).
12% (7 votes)
Use Modul8 (I already own a license).
10% (6 votes)
Make my own replacement.
10% (6 votes)
Use Touch Designer (I would purchase a license).
8% (5 votes)
Use glsl.heroku.com.
8% (5 votes)
Use Isadora (I already own a license).
8% (5 votes)
Use ofxComposer.
8% (5 votes)
Use ThreeNodes.js.
7% (4 votes)
Hire somebody to write text code for me.
7% (4 votes)
Use Adobe After Effects (I would purchase a license).
5% (3 votes)
I would lose some of my favorite work
5% (3 votes)
Use Max/MSP/Jitter (I already own a license).
5% (3 votes)
Use Isadora (I would purchase a license).
5% (3 votes)
Use vvvv (I already own a license).
5% (3 votes)
Use uScript for Unity 3D (I would purchase a license).
3% (2 votes)
Use VDMX (I would purchase a license).
3% (2 votes)
Quartz Composer is not important to my work.
3% (2 votes)
Reverse-engineer QC
2% (1 vote)
Use Touch Designer (I already own a license).
2% (1 vote)
Use uScript for Unity 3D (I already own a license).
2% (1 vote)
Use Modul8 (I would purchase a license).
2% (1 vote)
Use Arkaos Grand VJ (I would purchase a license).
0% (0 votes)
Use Arkaos Grand VJ (I already own a license).
0% (0 votes)
Total voters: 60

Release: Serial IO, v1.0

Release Type: Production
Version: 1.0
Release Notes

Changes since Serial IO 0.2

  • Released source code on GitHub.

Release: AudioTools, v1.1

Release Type: Production
Version: 1.1
Release Notes

Source code available on GitHub.

Changes since AudioTools 1.0

  • Added "Channels" input to the Kineme Audio Input patch, for specifying which channels to analyze (feature request).
  • Tested on 10.8.

Credits

@gtoledo3 (http://qctwit.blogspot.com/) commissioned the development of the Audio Embedded File patches.

Release: DataTools, v1.2

Release Type: Production
Version: 1.2
Release Notes

Source code is available on GitHub.

Changes since DataTools 1.1

  • Fixed DTMultiExpressionPath so that underscores, logical and, and logical or no longer throw exceptions on use.

Known Issues

Kineme StructureTools, Kineme Value Historian, and Kineme Spooky must be uninstalled to use Kineme DataTools.