QuickTime

Logo descriptions by RarityLand and OmegaSnowflakes

Logo captures by TheBigLogoFan2

Editions by iheartparamount, LEGOGuy1999 and others

Video captures courtesy of TheMJG1, techman323, Gilby 1385, and chaugoo

Background: QuickTime is Apple's multimedia framework system for Windows and Mac, introduced in December 1991.

1st Logo
(December 2, 1991-1999)

Nicknames: "Quicktime Q", "Early Film Reel Q I"

Logo: On a black background there's 4 colored squares (one red, one yellow, one green, and one blue, looking similar to the Windows logo) with the "QuickTime Q" placed at the center of them, or one-fourth of the QuickTime logo. Below the squares there's a red rectangle with "QuickTime". The "Q" logo wipes into an Apple logo, play/next/previous/pause buttons, filmstrips, or various types of files, and then to the logo again.

FX/SFX: Early 2D animation, which is quite choppy; but we'll take it, because it's all computers were really capable of handling.

Music/Sounds: A choir throughout while a guitar and bass tune plays, then we start hearing a slow clicking-like sound, which the choir and last note of the tune is sustained.

Availability: Extremely rare. Found on software that carry QuickTime 1.0, and can be also found as a sample file. Also found on QuickTime 2.0.3 and QuickTime 3.0.

Editor's Note: TBA

2nd Logo

(February 1994, 1996)

Nicknames: "Quicktime Q II", "Early Film Reel Q II", "QuickTime and the Grid", "Identificating QuickTime"

Logo: The previous logo zooms in spinning. A green grid appears with a moving arrow and digit numbers at the left. The logo starts to animate like before, before the grid starts to identify the logo. As "Identification: QuickTime" appears blinking in below, the grid and other elements zoom and go to the logo. A flash appears, and brings in the logo with the remaining light going to the white part of the Q.

FX/SFX: Creative 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A whoosh when the logo zooms in, then some beeps that go fast-paced. When the identifier arrow comes close to the center of it, the beeps slow down, then rapidly speed up again when red lines appear. A bang can be heard when we go into the QuickTime logo, and an electronic twinkle is heard when the light shines on the white part of the Q.

Availability: Appears only as a QuickTime 2.0 sample, which can be found on the 1996 CD-ROM of Noddy: The Magic of Toytown on a CD-ROM.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Logo

(June 8, 1999-2001)

Nicknames: "Quicktime Q III", "Film Reel Q I", "QuickTime/Apple Combo"

Logo: On a white background we see a newer 3D version of the QuickTime logo, in blue. Below there's "QuickTime". The name fades out while the logo wipes clockwise into a red Apple logo.

FX/SFX: The logo wiping.

Music/Sounds: A short synth entry.

Availability: Seen on QuickTime 4.0, also found as a sample file, Can be seen on the 2000 CD-ROM Hi-5 Activity Centre.

Editor's Note: TBA

4th Logo

(April 2001- )

Nicknames: "Quicktime Q IV", "Film Reel Q II", "Liquid Q", "Zooming Dot"

Logo: On a white background, a blue dot appears at the center, zooms and spins and leaves liquid trails which later form the QuickTime Q from before, but in a newer fashion. The other part of the film reel Q appears wiping and the word "QuickTime" ripples in.

Variant: Starting with QuickTime 7.x (2005), the logo was slightly improved (with smoother animation) and "QuickTime" is in a different font.

FX/SFX: The dot forming the logo, and the other parts appearing.

Music/Sounds: A 4-note synth bell and an ascending airy synth, accompanied by a synth pad.

Availability: Current. Still found as a sample file on newer versions of QuickTime.

Editor's Note: TBA

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