Quicktime IC SDK 1.01

QuickTime IC is an extension to the QuickTime system extension that abstracts applications from image capture devices such as the QuickTake 200. It is a modular architecture that provides opportunities for developers, as well as Apple, to provide additional benefit for users. 

For example, the QuickTake 200 comes with three components: 
„ Camera Access application 
„ QuickTime IC system extension 
„ QuickTake 200 camera component 

Camera Access is an application that leverages the QuickTime IC system extension, as well as QuickTime and or other system services. It is what a person uses to communicate with the QuickTake 200, view images, and transfer them to the desktop. It also provides several image enhancement functions such as cropping, image lightening, darkening, rotating, etc. Developers are provided with the opportunity to modify their applications to support QuickTime IC in a similar fashion to the Camera Access application to better integrate image capture solutions into their application. 

The QuickTime IC system extension provides all the necessary system level functions for applications to communicate, view, and even manipulate images from image capture devices. For example, when you want to see the images stored in the camera, a small component of code resident in the QuickTime IC extension is called upon to display the images in a contact sheet view. Again, developers are provided with the opportunity to extend this layer to provide additional functionality. 

The final item is the device component. This is the piece of software that allows communications between the camera and the QuickTime IC system extenion. This is a unique component provided with the QuickTake 200. When the user launches the Camera Access application, a panel appears that shows them if the camera is connected, the number of images in the camera, and two buttons (one to view images in the camera and the other to transfer images between the computer and the camera). This camera panel is an example of a camera component. Camera vendors will be provided with the opportunity to create components unique to their digital cameras. 

This entire modular architecture will provide advantages for application developers, camera vendors, and ultimately, end users. It will make it easier for application developers to better integrate their applications with camera devices. This, in turn, will make it easier for users to integrate images with their documents, presentations, web sites, and other communications. It will also provide users with more image and camera savvy applications to improve their productivity. Camera vendors win because they no longer need to spend large amounts of time creating image capture applications. They will simply be able to provide components that transparently interoperate with the other parts of the system. 

As always, this architecture, like Apple's QuickTime, provides complete system level interoperability ensuring ease-of-use and true plug-and-play operation. 

Sample code showing how to create a QuickTimeȘ IC-savvy application, as well as sample code showing how to create a panel component.  Complete API documentation is included as well.


Mac OS-only at this time, SDK includes components which allow QTIC-savvy applications to deal with QuickTake 150 and 200 digital cameras. Applications will work with other cameras, if the vendor provides a QuickTime IC camera component.

Does not work with the original Apple QuickTake 100 digital camera.