Application using Composite operation in kdrive

Abhinav Duggal abhinavduggal at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 09:45:18 PDT 2007


I have one more question regarding composite.How does Xvideo use composite
operation of kdrive?
Thanks.

On 7/9/07, Abhinav Duggal <abhinavduggal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I think  the graphics with cairo are very stunning.Can I build Cairo for
> ARM? My purpose is to implement composite routine  in kdrive to use  h/w
> acceleration.I have already compiled GTK  for ARM.Can I then run
> applications cairo  which use kdrive's  underlying composite function to
> accelerate?
> Thanks.
>
> On 7/9/07, Carl Worth <cworth at cworth.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:54:42 +0530, "Abhinav Duggal" wrote:
> > > I have a basic question about composite operation in
> > > kdrive.Whichapplication request  uses composite
> > > operation.Is it only used in case of 3D operations like transparency
> > or
> > > shadows etc.If have a picture and I want to display it onto root
> > window will
> > > the composite operation be used in this?Or it is used only in case of
> > 3D
> > > cases of transparency and shadowing .Please clarify my understanding
> > of
> > > composite operation.
> >
> > The composite operation is the fundamental operation on which modern
> > rendering is based. So an application that uses cairo heavily will end
> > up calling into composite for basically everything, (text, images,
> > etc.).
> >
> > I hope that helps answer your question,
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> >
>
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